Upgrade Tomes "retroactive"?

[C-Dog]

Quick question while all ability tomes are on 75%(!) discount...

So, if a character has some (but not all) +# tomes applied, and applies a Supreme "# -> #+1" Upgrade Tome, those existing tome values get upgraded by +1, check.

If that character later gets another +# in one of the other stats - will the Upgrade tome be applied retroactively? On TR? Sorry outa luck?

Or do you need to have all stats at +# before applying a Supreme +#+1 tome?

(I guess this question could apply to either Ability or Skill tomes)

[FuzzyDuck81]

Supreme ability upgrade tomes actually split out into 6 X+1 upgrade tomes (1 for each stat, so eg +4 to +5 supreme ability upgrade tome will be STR +4 to +5, DEX +4 to +5 etc) when you first activate them, which you then need to apply individually - a bit of a long winded way to do it, but has the advantage of letting you split the upgrades among multiple characters by passing through the bank if funds are tight.

[C-Dog]

Supreme ability upgrade tomes actually split out into 6 X+1 upgrade tomes (1 for each stat, so eg +4 to +5 supreme ability upgrade tome will be STR +4 to +5, DEX +4 to +5 etc) when you first activate them, which you then need to apply individually ...

So you can just bank the unused ones and apply later as you get +4 - nice!

(I'd hate to have to bank a Supreme Skill set! )

thx!
o7

[Matuse]

Unless you already have all stats at the same tome bonus, it's usually better to get the straight stat tome rather than the upgrade. So if you have all +7s already, the 7-> 8 is the better deal. But if you have 3 +5s, 1 +6 and 2 +7s, just get the +8 supreme tome and bump all of them without the intermediate steps that depend on a great deal of drop luck.