Unlearning Skills Question.

[cole45]

I have a timing question on unlearning skills.

To unlearn a skill you need to not use them during an event. What about In between event skills like Research?

Here's my question.

Say Now, with my new levels, I buy research. I can use it between events to dig up something. Then I go to the event. I don't use it. Then between the next event, and the one after that, I don't use it. May I unlearn it before that event?

[Ug]

You can't unlearn Path skills, so I am not sure if you can unlearn "additional path skills" or not.

[GM_Chris]

This is very interesting stuff.

All I can say is where in the book does it say you cannot use the skill during the event?

[cole45]

Basic Research Pg 53:
This skill allows you to research some past lore between events.

PG 108
A character may unlearn a single skill per event by not using it at all...

It also states that you can not unlearn a path. But what about skills from OTHER paths?

[Tonia Glowski]

It is not repeated in the new rulebook, though I'm uncertain if it's intentional or not, but here are two things that (at least used to) affect that answer:

#1 - You have to announce at the beginning of an event that you are unlearning the skill, then not use it for a whole event, then it is lost by the beginning of the next event.

#2 - You only earn levels/can spend points at the beginning of each event, not the end of each event. (i.e. After your first event, you gain 4 levels, which technically do not kick in until the beginning of the next event, so you could not use research in between your first and second event.)

As I said, this is how it used to work... now the process is ambiguous in the handbook.

[GM_Chris]

Tania is correct.

There is one cavae' or how ever it is spelled. Those rules are for 10 events a year not 4.

Let us put an FAQ on how many skills you can unlearn.

You can unlearn skills from other paths.

[cole45]

I see.
So does that mean you can spend your points right after an event? And if you can unlearn other path skills, then how do skills that take in between events work?

[GM_Chris]

Skills bought at the end of an event dont take place till the beginning of next event so say you learn research at the end of event 1.

You would not beable to use that skill until between event 2-3

Chris