Negative Skills

[purple23]

Hi,
Been playing since November '17. I was wondering about skills levels...
say i have a skill that is kinda high, like "hide"; Then i cast a spell to increase it more.
I noticed it became a negative number on my skill list.
Is this really negative (bad); does the number only go so high then wrap back to the low end?
am i thinking my skill is really great when in fact it is horrible?
just gotten to a point were i have skills high enough to do that.

[PinataPlethora]

You're being a little too vague.

What's your skill before casting the spell?
What's your skill after casting the spell?
What spell are you casting?
Are you on a horse?

Skills should go up to 255 before cycling back to 0. Your skills are not that high.

[Shadowy Reality]

If you are under the effect of Level Drain you get -1 to all skills per level drained. This may make some skills go below 0.

In addition, if yo uare wearing full plate and a shield and have no ranks in Hide/Move Silently your skill will be in the negatives as both armour and shield give Armour Check Penalty to Hide and Move Silently.

[Lorkas]

The game definitely supports skill levels up to 127, and it's flat impossible to get any skill higher than that in Arelith (aside from lore on a level 30 INT-based pure bard).

I think you need to be more specific about the situation in order for anyone to help.

[Baron Saturday]

Are you wearing armor?

[Seekeepeek]

if you get it above 99 it will show as 00 at the character sheet if your NWN window is small enough. it will still work as if it was over 100 regardless of what your sheet say.

[purple23]

well... i was on a horse...
let me experiment and see what the situation is.
thanks for the info so far

[PinataPlethora]

Being on a horse gives you -50 to Hide, Move Silently, Set Trap, and some other stuff I can't remember. Check again while you're not on a horse, and it should be good.

If you go through a server transition on a horse, and then transition back without a horse, you'll be bugged with skill penalties and spell failure (if you don't have Mounted Combat) until you mount and dismount another horse.