3.5: Skill Tricks: Swift Concentration and Collector of Stories

[Yajirobe]

I can't figure out if these tricks are of the sort once-per-encounter type or repeatable-as-needed type.

When one of the Skill Tricks ask for a specific action (like Opening Tap), I assume that it's the once-per-encounter thing.

But what about a trick that grants a flat bonus (like Collector) or lets you use something as an action that shouldn't be able to (Concentration as a Swift)


Te reason for my doubt is that it states that, unless otherwise noted, the tricks are once-per-encounter. But I can't find a repeatable-as-desired trick on the list of the Complete Scoundrel.

[Bakkan]

To the best of my knowledge, all of the skill tricks are 1/encounter, barring presitge class abilities. So for instance, the Collector of stories can only add +5 to one Knowledge check per encounter, the Swift Concentration trick can only be used in one round per encounter, and so forth.

[Vaz]

Skill Tricks are 1/minute out of an encounter.