nezumi.hebereke wrote:

I'm sure this is obvious to a lot of people, however I thought it worth documenting. - When figuring out the maximum you're going to bring a skill up to, end it on a multiple of eleven. That converts a critical failure to a critical success. - Don't bother buying up to a multiple of 10 unless you're planning on buying the point after as well. Some traps work on thresholds, which are almost always going to be a multiple of 10. - You can buy past 99, but it's a case of diminishing returns. The highest modifier listed in the book is -30. At that point, there's even odds you can just spend Moxie to reverse the roll (with one point of MOX being 15 points, which would buy 7.5 points in your 'super skill' of choice). - Don't buy in multiples of 5 or 10. That's silly. Buy in multiples of 'however many RP you have on hand'. When the dice roll in multiples of 5, I'll buy in multiples of 5. Any other silly tips and tricks for 'gaming' the system?

You cannot raise a skill beyond 99 (page 153). I don't even think that morph and implant bonuses can take you over 99, though modifiers can. However, do note that the maximum that the cumulative total of all modifiers can only alter any given roll is by ±60 (page 115). That said, the biggest way to game the system is to watch what backgrounds you pick. If you really want to game the system, play as an infolife, set your COG to 1, and raise your computer skills all to 80 (perhaps even raising one to 90 through the expert trait). The half-cost essentially grants you free CP in creating your character, and completely maximizes your initial character value. In fact, if you're wanting to find this out to watch your players, I'd suggest keeping an eye out for players who play as a Jovian Infolife (most valuable background + most valuable faction = walking contradiction).