possible bug ??

[jan]

I just noticed that the feat " Skill Focus " might not work .

I base this on the following : i  tried a "tumble check " in game and saw that i received a +9  to it .
My points in tumble are +9 and i took the feat "skill focus Tumble " which should automatically give a +3 to tumble checks .
Any one has any idea about that ?

Thanks , Jan A.K.A. Barion

[osxmallard]

What you are wearing or holding affects tumble... did you try doing it holding nothing and wearing clothing (or naked)?

[Weeblie]

It looks fairly correct...

Base: 12
Armor Check Penalty: -8
Dexterity: +2
Skill Focus (Tumble): +3
Total: +9

[jan]

i tried it in normal clothes and i get a +16 then , is there a chart somewhere that shows how dex infects tumble ?
Asking this because i lose one point in dex when i wear full plate if you compare it to the clothes i wear normally .
*grins* before you all say it , yes ...Barion always seems to wear his armor  ;-)

[darkstorme]

It's the Armour Check penalty.

Click here.

While it only affects Dexterity-based skills, the reduction to DEX is not where the drain on Tumble comes from.

An armor check penalty number is the penalty that applies to Balance, Climb, Escape Artist, Hide, Jump, Move Silently, Sleight of Hand, and Tumble checks by a character wearing a certain kind of armor.

The terms in bold are the terms affected mechanically in Neverwinter Nights by the Armour Check Penalty.

[Weeblie]

Dex affects tumble with the same modifier as any other skill point is affecting tumble. In other words "(skill - 10) / 2" rounding downwards.

To my knowledge, wearing a full plate do not limit the maximum dexterity modifier to +1. That "maximum" is only present when calculating the dexterity bonus to AC, not for skill points nor saves (I think).

Which means that Barion, with the 15 dex, would have a +2 modifier to tumble from dex alone.

[Xirion]

Thats right, only AC-bonus us affected, but shouldn't Barion in this case get a + 17?
+12tumble,
+ 2dex
+ 3skillfocus
__________
= 17

without any armor that's how it should calculate... right? Wrong? *shrugs*