How does a character gain an AT in a skill that he already has through
experience only?
On page 4 of the Player's Handbook there are rules for
characters to improve their skills with. Me and my group of players are
having trouble understanding exactly how this procedure goes for a
character to improve his or her stats by experience. This is how we
understand the procedure to go so far:
First off, a character in the group has to have the skill that
another player wants to gain proficiency in. When this character uses
the skill, the player obverves the procedure, through (Difficult,
Determination). If he is successful in this task he gains the skill
temporarily at level-0. Then when the opportunity arises he tries a
task that uses this skill, and if he succeeds, he gains an AT in this
skill. This sounds like an unusual procedure, so can someone give us
confirmation on it?
Later on the page, under Gaining The Skill, it mentions the
procedure for a character to improve the skill once he has the AT in it.
It also says that if the character already has that skill, success
increases the skill one level. But, how does that character gain the AT
in this skill he already has? Does he observe someone with the same
skill but at a higher level than himself? Or is the observation/tryout
stuff just skipped? The rules don't say, and this has befuddled us as
to what the correct procedure is. Someone please enlighten us.
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