Professions

[Skyrender]

I found an old PDF which detailed a lot of professions with associated bonuses, in exchange for experience debt at character creation. For example, fishermen get Favored Enemy (aquatic), translators get Speak Language as a permanent class skill, and so on.

One thing I noticed that doesn't make sense: the brewer profession changes the XP necessary to use the Brew Potion feat from 1/25th of the potion's base cost (4%) to 1/20th of the base cost (5%), while setting you back 150 XP (or 250 XP if you're not a female!) at character creation. Scribes get the same thing for Scribe Scroll (no gender bias on this one). Is this some kind of oversight? A mistake? Is there any errata for this?

[Saintheart]

That sounds like homebrew, there's nothing like that in the orthodox rules. As such, it likely does have even more horrible errors and miscalculations than the average WOTC sourcebook.

[mabriss lethe]

Yeah, pretty sure that was some 3rd party material. However, there are a small number of Profession skills that have secondary benefits in the official books. The two coming to mind are Sailing and Mining.

[KillianHawkeye]

Somebody didn't know how fractions work.

[Thurbane]

Sounds a bit messy, but I do like the concept of giving some mechanical benefits from Profession skills.

In the past, I have homebrewed some synergies for Profession. If you have Profession (hunter) 5 ranks, for instance, you get a +2 bonus on Track checks.

[Crake]

Somebody didn't know how fractions work.

20 is a smaller number than 25, thus it's less, right?

[KillianHawkeye]

20 is a smaller number than 25, thus it's less, right?

That's why A&W's 1/3 lb burger failed to compete with the McDondalds quarter pounder. :smallamused:

[Crake]

That's why A&W's 1/3 lb burger failed to compete with the McDondalds quarter pounder. :smallamused:

Probably the same reason they call it a double quarter pounder rather than a half pounder.