Editing Skills

'''Skills''' are specific areas of expertise, each associated with an [[Ability score|ability]]. When a creature is [[Proficiency|proficient]] in a specific skill, they may add their proficiency bonus to any [[Ability check|ability checks]] made using that skill, in addition that skill's associated ability score modifier.

In addition to being proficient in a skill, a creature can also have expertise in a skill. This is available through various [[Feats|feats]] and [[Classes|class features]].

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== Proficiency ==
Characters receive multiple proficiencies at Level 1.
* Two to four skill proficiency, depending on the chosen class.
* [[Backgrounds]] grant proficiency in two skills.
* Some [[Races|races]] have proficiency or expertise in specific skills.

Other ways to become proficient in a skill include:
* Various class fearures.
* Some [[feats]] grant additonal skill proficiencies.
* [[Multiclassing]] into a [[Bard|bard]], [[Ranger|ranger]] or [[Rogue|rogue]] allows the choice of one proficiency from that class's level one skill list.

===Background Skill Proficiencies===
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=== Expertise ===
Expertise is a deeper form of Skill Proficiency, allowing a creature to add {{em|double}} its proficiency bonus to corresponding ability checks:
* [[Rogue]]s gain expertise in two skills they are proficient in at both level 1 and level 6.
* [[Bard]]s gain expertise in two skills they are proficient in at both level 3 and level 10.
* [[Knowledge Domain]] [[Cleric|clerics]] gain expertise and proficiency in two skills, from a choice of [[Arcana]], [[History]], [[Nature]] and [[Religion]], at level 1.
* The Actor feat gives both expertise and proficiency in [[Deception]] and [[Performance]].
* [[Gnome#Rock Gnomes|Rock Gnomes]] have both expertise and proficiency in [[History]].

=== Jack of All Trades ===
A class feature granted to [[Bard|Bards]] at level 2, this provides "half proficiency" in some skills. The character adds half their proficiency bonus (rounded down) to any ability check involving a skill they do not already have proficiency or expertise in.{{NavGameplay}}
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