Gathering Tool Talent... this does what, precisely?

[daemonworks]

Playing my first game, took gathering, and got the first talent... a choice between reduced calorie cost (which seems fine) and... +1 damage for relevant tools.

I've gotten conflicting information as to what precisely the second option actually /does/ in any real way. It doesn't even specify the tools (we're kinda guessing sickle/scythe and possibly machete, and there's nothing that even hints at what the bonus would actually mean with either.

Hard to evaluate with missing/vague info.

[Other]

It does nothing, and you should always pick the calorie reduction talent for gathering. The corresponding talents for mining and logging raise the damage on the tools by 1, which is fantastic for mining, and iffy for logging (since many of the logging tool actions don't care about damage - clearing debris & breaking a fallen tree up into manageable chunks). Technically the gathering talent probably does the same +1 damage, but since absolutely nothing you hit with the scythe or machete cares about damage, they should probably remove that talent and give you just the one choice at level 3.

[Ranix]

strangeloop should change it to gathering tool durability