lucy_ferre wrote:- Ridiculous XP boost. I heard it was a total of 40% extra experience (5% per cursed item). My troll ended up getting so much XP per floor that I had to victory dance constantly due to maxing out.
I agree. And I want to get rid of that, see above.
lucy_ferre wrote:- Cursed piety boost. x6 for complete bondage is extreme. I spammed his abilities all the time. Even x2 piety is enough to use his powers pretty often.
Yes, the boosts are too large. They should be toned down.
lucy_ferre wrote:- Transferring skills. Aptitudes and training don't matter much when you can boost a skill that you suck at (and never use) by 15 levels from another skill you can easily raise back up. Example: my TrHu transfered 5 levels of UC (at 20-something skill) for 15 levels of spellcasting.
I don't agree. Reskilling does nothing you couldn't have done with victory dancing in a (minmaxer speaking) better way: earlier, and without the xp loss.
The TrHu that donates UC will not be using unarmed combat anymore, right? That's okay, but it is a meaningful transfer. In my games, I found it hard to find good skills to take xp from.
Also, aptitudes do matter. What does not matter is training: reskilling allows you to adapt after the fact. This is exactly the strategic flexibility we had in mind. With Ash, you can tune your magical skill set to the books you find etc.