Proposals related to Tomes for consideration

[Borror0]

This is exactly what I have been saying when I said 'Of course, that could be solved with skill respec...'

I have always argued that a skill respec should not make a difference as of when you actually ate the tome. As you said, it otherwise penalizes those who don't have a sugar daddy to twink them at level 1. A skill respec should just assume you used the tome at level 1 (or 0, if that's easier). It would fix the design flaw that you exposed. It'd also have the bonus of making bound +2 tomes more attractive and making a suggestion like yours possible.

The more I think about it, the more I think that DDO should break from P&P rules and grant retroactive skill points for increased Intelligence, as though that stat increase occurred after hitting level 1 and before hitting level 2. There's plenty of precedents for making a minor break from P&P like this, and the current system severely penalizes characters that are not twinked by a sugar daddy from level 1, which is IMO very bad design.

This change would make a skill respec system possible (something players have been crying out for), and also end the ridiculous scenes of seeing level 1 characters go into the Reaver raid. (Yep, I've seen it. No kidding.)