What exactly is a Signature Skill?

[crazyfellow1]

I read the description in the game, but I guess I don't really understand it. What benefit does a signature skill give you? Does it just make the skill especially potent? Does it just bump the skill up a little bit? Does it give advantage to a skill check like in D&D? Should you pick a signature skill from a category you're weak to so you can bump it up, like selecting logic if you have 2 Intelligence, or is that a waste? Is it just whatever you're character is most talented at, regardless of how you divided up your skill points?

[Gin-chan]

Literally just a plus 1 to the skill you picked and +1 to its max limit

[crazyfellow1]

Originally posted by Gin-chan:

Literally just a plus 1 to the skill you picked and +1 to its max limit

I guess I was overthinking it a bit.

[Kottery]

Originally posted by crazyfellow1:

Originally posted by Gin-chan:

Literally just a plus 1 to the skill you picked and +1 to its max limit

I guess I was overthinking it a bit.

To the whole row cap limit, not just one skill.

[Gallowsborn]

Just to clarify the comments above, your signature skill does the following:

A - The chosen skill starts with a free skill point. The only one your character will begin with.

B - ALL skills associated with the same attribute as the signature skill will have their MAX skill points increased by one. So you can invest one more point in them during the game then you usually would be able to.

C - The skill gets a pretty crown. The crown has no other effect (to my knowledge).

[crazyfellow1]

Originally posted by Gallowsborn:

Just to clarify the comments above, your signature skill does the following:

A - The chosen skill starts with a free skill point. The only one your character will begin with.

B - ALL skills associated with the same attribute as the signature skill will have their MAX skill points increased by one. So you can invest one more point in them during the game then you usually would be able to.

C - The skill gets a pretty crown. The crown has no other effect (to my knowledge).

Thanks for clarifying, appreciate it.

[Simon]

So in other words, it's probably better to apply it to one of your better abilities?

[clop1000]

Does it add some unique dialogue/action options?
Like having the inland empire as a signature skill does it give you some unique dialogue options?

[fwqhgads]

Originally posted by Simon:

So in other words, it's probably better to apply it to one of your better abilities?

Not necessarily. Since it increases the caps of other skills in the same row, it may actually be better to give it to a very weak skill. (Say if you are starting off with a 1 for any main stat, which would mean your max is 2 for all the skills in that group.)

Also if you are going low PSY or low PHYS, you may want to make Volition or Endurance a signature skill to get an extra max health/morale early on, in addition to increasing the max skills of a row.

But it is more fun to make it whatever you want---it is a role-playing game after all.