Skill Points

Skill Points are gained each level and can be spent on skills in order to improve them. The amount of Skill Points per level depends on the following things:

• The character's Intelligence
• Having the Skilled trait
• Getting the Educated Support perk

There is no level cap, so a Character can continue leveling up far beyond the last Perk at level 24 (choose before level 30!). With enough leveling, any Character can "top out", which is the level required to max all Skills. Once a Character "tops out", additional Skill Points only accumulate and are not really worth anything. Not many Characters ever top out, and it's considered excessive, and only for bragging rights.

Skill Points Earned, based on Intelligence

Character's Intelligence	Standard Skill Points per Level	Skill Points per Level w/Skilled	Without Skilled Tops Out at Level...
1	7	12	1064
2	9	14	827
3	11	16	677
4	13	18	574
5	15	20	496
6	17	22	438
7	19	24	392
8 +Educated	23	28	?
9 +Educated	25	30	?
10 +Educated	27	32	275

As you level up and spend SP to boost your Character's Skills, the SP cost goes up as the skill goes up. The following chart shows that each skill % point costs 1 SP for non-tagged skills as you boost skills under 100%, but the cost doubles to 2 SP per each skill % as you boost skill levels between 101% and 125%. The cost goes up again at 126% and so on. Tagged skills however cost half as many SP.

NOTE: If you don't use Skill Points right away, the will accumulate, but only up to 99. Skill Points are lost if they accumulate beyond 99, so it's important to use them before 99. Press "C" to check your Character's info and remember to spend Skill Points as you level up!

Skill Points Expense, based on Skill Level

Skill Level	SP Expense, for Non-Tagged Skills	SP Expense, for Tagged Skills
1-100%	1 SP for +1% Skill Level	1 SP for +2% Skill Level
101-125%	2 SP for +1% Skill Level	2 SP for +2% Skill Level
126-150%	3 SP for +1% Skill Level	3 SP for +2% Skill Level
151-175%	4 SP for +1% Skill Level	4 SP for +2% Skill Level
176-200%	5 SP for +1% Skill Level	5 SP for +2% Skill Level
201-300%	6 SP for +1% Skill Level	6 SP for +2% Skill Level