Little idea

[Hon]

If it's a no it's a no, I dont mind but i think that Observation should effect your chances of finding something % wise.

Surely someone who has 125 observation should have a better chance at finding a 50% herb than someone with no observation skills.

I was thinking maybe it would work like the scent tree.

Learning "D" Rank allows the user to search for Common things, while "S" for Nearly Impossible. Each rank user learns increases chance of finding by 2% for the Rank of Herb, and increases per Rank thereafter. Example: At "S" Rank User gains 10% increase chance in finding Common Herbs and Animals but only 2% Increase for Nearly Impossible Herbs and Animals.

But this time, it would be the different stages of skill mastery

Novice = D
Average = C
Advanced = B
Expert = A
Master = S

opinions?

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

I'd honestly believe that a herbalist would be much better at finding specific herbs, even without any real observation skill, than someone with just observation skill would be able to determine the difference of a herb with just the eye. They'd not know what differences to look for.

So when it comes to a herbalist with observation, I'm honestly on the side of saying no. Not because it doesn't make sense, but because it'd not end up like a cool bonus, it'd end up being mandatory. Even if it only gave a single extra percentage chance on finding a 1% herb, that'd still be an increase of 100% to the amount of availalbe herbs on the market.

So while "sensible" I don't see it bringing anything to the system, unfortunately. Just my 2c, though.

[Hon]

Of course i meant that this would have to stack along side herbalism and like with the scent tree you have to find or see the herb at least once before you get the perks maybe.

[Fui]

whats goign on with this?

[[Calibretto]]

I can see it working as a bonus that doesn't exceed a percent of his herbalist, after all an herbalist with higher observation should be able to find something faster than an herbalist with little to no observation skills

[Deleted]

Wouldn't it make sense for there to instead be an increase to find percentage based on the actual skill needed to search, with Observation merely providing a Synergy Bonus?

As an example, look at these numbers:

0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55...

Now, I can look at these numbers all day, able to clearly see them, but if I don't have any Skill in Math, I'm never going to realize that I'm looking at the Fibonacci Sequence.

So yes, Observation would certainly help in searching for things, but it's far more important to actually know what you're looking at. Thus if you're looking for a plant in a forest, Your Herbalism for Forest Region should be the thing that decides your FInd chance, with Observation providing a bonus to your Herbalism Skill.

In this way the Herbalism and Lore skills retain their importance, while Observation still grants a bit of a bonus.

[👺 Usiel]

No, sorry, not going to do it. Why? Because the highest to find animals and herbs is 80%. With Scent it'll be 90%. After awhile you can just do a post and automatically fail. Not going to go through with this.