Gorged on Power Ability not working

[Dupmeister]

When spending Ability points, under the General tab I saw "Gorged on Power" which says that bonuses from places of power last indefinitely. However, after spending a point on this, I went to a place of power and got a bonus to my Arrd sign, but it did not last long, I could see a counter on the screen and after a few minutes, it was gone. If I still have the bonus, there does not seem to be an obvious indicator that I do.

[deidian]

You placed the skill onto a skill slot?

[Dupmeister]

Ah, the bar on the right hand side? I was wondering about that. so if I dont have a skill loaded into one of those slots then it wont be active?

[deidian]

Like any other skills. You learn skills, but then for them to be active and in effect have to place them in the slots on the right side of the character menu.

[Vellari]

Originally posted by dupmeister:

Ah, the bar on the right hand side? I was wondering about that. so if I dont have a skill loaded into one of those slots then it wont be active?

Exactly. As you can see you can "only" have twelve active skills (a bit more in B&W after mutations). That's where "build" comes in, you have to pick how you like to play Geralt. Heavy on combat, signs or alchemy? Some mix between them? Your choice.

[Dupmeister]

ok, *very* good to know. I had missed that part during the tutorials. I was under the impression that once I invested points in an ability, it provided a passive effect. now that I know. I will load up those slots.

Thanks for the clarification.