My apologies if this has been answered 80 times before. My search skills came up as a botch, I fear...
I am making an Isolate. I get +20 to two skills of my choice.
I'm also an Ultimate. I get +10 to a skill of my choice. I was raised to believe that unarmed hand to hand combat is a form of art.
Making my character.
Starting SOM is 15.
Add 10 for the Fury morph.
Now... based on these criteria, how high can I have a starting Unarmed Combat and what do I pay for it?
Do I take a base of 15, add 10 for free from my morph and start buying up from 25? Another 35 CP takes me to 60. Then... what exactly?
If I toss on the +20 from being an Isolate does that get me to 80 and I'm DONE/CANNOT spend more CP? Can I instead say, "Okay, I'm at 60. I'm going to spend another 38 CP to get my skill to 80 and THEN add +20 to it and have a starting skill of 99"?
Are skill bonuses from background & allegiance ways of getting over 80 or are they just cheaper ways to get UP to 80?
If 80 it the absolute highest I can get to no matter what... why do I fail at things I'm supposed to be really good at 20% of the time?
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-Duke Rollo