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=== Skills === | === Skills === | ||
Ability checks are usually made using a specified skill. Skills are specific areas of expertise, each associated with an ability, that characters can be [[Proficiency|proficient]] in.{{note|Ability checks made using skills are often referred to as ''skill checks'' by the community, although they are not referred to as such in-game.}} | |||
Ability checks are usually made using a specified skill. | |||
Character add their proficiency bonus to any ability checks they make using skills they are proficient in. | |||
{{SkillsTable}} | {{SkillsTable}} | ||
==== Skill proficiencies ==== | |||
All characters gain proficiency in two skills based on their chosen [[background]] during character creation, and can choose 2-4 more skills to be proficient in from a list of skills determined by their class. | |||
Additionally, some [[races]], subclasses and [[feats]] also give proficiency in specific skills, and [[bards]] receive the class feature {{SAI|Jack of All Trades}} at level 2, allowing them to add {{em|half}} their proficiency bonus to ability checks they make using skills they {{em|are not}} proficient in. | |||
{{BackgroundSkillsTable}} | |||
==== Expertise ==== | |||
Characters can also have expertise in a skill, which allows them to add {{em|double}} their proficiency bonus: | |||
* [[Rogue|Rogues]] gain expertise in two skills they are proficient in at both level 1 and level 6. | |||
* [[Bard|Bards]] gain expertise in two skills they are proficient in at both level 3 and level 10 | |||
* [[Knowledge Domain|Knowledge Domain clerics]] gain expertise in two skills, from a choice of Arcana, History, Nature and Religion, at level 1. | |||
* The [[Actor]] feat gives expertise in Deception and Performance. | |||
* [[Gnome#Rock gnomes]] have both expertise in History. | |||
==== Multiple sources of skill proficiency ==== | |||
Neither proficiency nor expertise stack: there is no special benefit to having multiple sources of proficiency on a single character, nor is there any benefit to having both proficiency {{em|and}} expertise at the same time. Some sources of expertise do, however, require the character to already be proficient in a skill in order to gain expertise in it. | |||
=== Common scenarios === | === Common scenarios === | ||