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Disable device skill too high?

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Globetrotter

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One of my characters has a 6th level rogue/1st level wizard.

We both just purchased this program and started entering all the PC's in.

We found a discrepancy from his sheet to the program: skills.

His disable device skill is off by +2 points.

Please help me break this down:

20 dex (including all magic)= +5
5 skill ranks= +5
Class Skill= +3

This should total= 13

The hero lab option for needing tools is on, so his penalties are zero when using having tools. in this case, he has a set of masterwork tools: +2

His total should be 15, yet it is 17.

If I remove the masterwork tools and all ranks except 1, he has 11 points: 1 rank, 3 class skills and 5 for dex. It should be 9...

He is an elf character with the poisoner archtype. Can anyone shed some light on this?
 
Check the Trapfinding class ability for Rogues, p. 68 of the Core Rulebook:

Trapfinding: A rogue adds 1/2 her level to Perception
skill checks made to locate traps and to Disable Device skill checks (minimum +1). A rogue can use Disable Device to disarm magic traps.
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From everything you've said, he should have a bonus of +18. I'm guessing that he has a -1 armor check penalty from his armor or encumberance.
 
but the poisoner archtype removes trapfinding and replaces it with poison mastery...

Do you think that is a bug?

Thanks for pointing out the trapfinding bonus, i forgot about that one
 
Globetrotter said:
But wouldn't this apply to Perception checks and not disable device?

I am not seeing the connection.
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LOL I was testing you and you passed. :) My bad too little sleep as I put together Search with Disable Device.

So just tested this and yea the +3 from the Rogue ability is still applying to the Skill even though the ability is disabled. So that is the issue and an easy fix for Mathais. I am sure the next update will have it in their. I added a note to the Bug Thread about it HERE.
 
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Globetrotter, thanks for posting this problem. I've fixed it for the next update. ShadowChemosh, thanks for posting the results in the bug reports thread.
 
I probably should have done that, but yes, thanks Shadow.

I get nervous to post things in the bugs list unless I know it is a bug and not my inability to use the program properly.
 
Even if you're not sure if you're correct, it's still a bug report, and it keeps down the number of threads, so the forum is easier to navigate and it makes the question easier to find for the next person who wants to ask about the same thing, so that the number of duplicate posts is reduced.
 
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