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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscuradoes learning the found schematics increase expertise rating?(3 posts)(3 posts)
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Posted July 21, 2013
I'm on a first time go through of the game and just starting to explore tech and crafting. My question is about the expertise system.I can see how learning degrees within a tech discipline gives you an increased expertise rating within that discipline, or you grab tech manuals from the tarant university to temporarily increase your expertise in a specific discipline while the manuals are in your inventory. What I'm wondering is whether learning "found" schematics will increase your expertise rating in the discipline the schematic applies to in the same way spending a character point on a schematic would when you learn it as a new "degree" in a discipline.
Posted July 21, 2013
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WalterwickJack: I'm on a first time go through of the game and just starting to explore tech and crafting. My question is about the expertise system.I can see how learning degrees within a tech discipline gives you an increased expertise rating within that discipline, or you grab tech manuals from the tarant university to temporarily increase your expertise in a specific discipline while the manuals are in your inventory. What I'm wondering is whether learning "found" schematics will increase your expertise rating in the discipline the schematic applies to in the same way spending a character point on a schematic would when you learn it as a new "degree" in a discipline.
No, found schematics don't increase your tech expertise in any way; in fact, that's what the whole tech manual mechanic is designed to overcome (by allowing you to craft items that would otherwise be outside of your core disciplines).

This is actually a good thing, as it allows mages the option to craft late game one-off tech items if they so choose, without sacrificing any of their hard-earned MA.
Post edited July 21, 2013 by TwoHandedSword
Posted July 21, 2013
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WalterwickJack: I'm on a first time go through of the game and just starting to explore tech and crafting. My question is about the expertise system.I can see how learning degrees within a tech discipline gives you an increased expertise rating within that discipline, or you grab tech manuals from the tarant university to temporarily increase your expertise in a specific discipline while the manuals are in your inventory. What I'm wondering is whether learning "found" schematics will increase your expertise rating in the discipline the schematic applies to in the same way spending a character point on a schematic would when you learn it as a new "degree" in a discipline.
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TwoHandedSword: No, found schematics don't increase your tech expertise in any way; in fact, that's what the whole tech manual mechanic is designed to overcome (by allowing you to craft items that would otherwise be outside of your core disciplines).

This is actually a good thing, as it allows mages the option to craft late game one-off tech items if they so choose, without sacrificing any of their hard-earned MA.
cool makes sense, I guess if found schematics increased your expertise that would actually be a pretty cheap way to raise it up and kind of take the significance away from having to spend a character point or spend gold on the manuals.
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