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🎲5e - Expertise🎲

Expertise is a feature that enhances your use of a 💃Skill 🎲Proficiency. When you make an 🎲Ability Check with a 💃Skill in which you have Expertise, you add a bonus to the roll equal to your expertise level.

Expertise Level

Maximum Expertise level: The maximum Expertise level is 5, as represented on your Character Sheet.

Expertise Cap: At any point, the maximum level of Expertise levels you can put into a 💃Skill equals the ⚙️Ability modifier that 💃Skill is associated with. For example: If you have a +3 STR score and a +2 DEX Score, you can have a maximum of 3 Expertise in Athletics, Breaking and Intimidation and a maximum of 2 Expertise in each Acrobatics, Sleight of Hand and Stealth. A negative modifier in a score is treated the same as a +0 for the levels of Expertise you might have in a Skill.

Some features might allow you to increase your Cap.

Gaining a Skill Proficiency you already have: Whenever you gain 🎲Proficiency in a 💃Skill, in which you are already proficient, you gain one level of Expertise instead.

Gaining Expertise when already Capped: Whenever you gain 🎲Proficiency in a 💃Skill, in which you are already proficient, and in which you already have your maximum levels of Expertise, you can choose another skill to gain 🎲Proficiency in.