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Audit monster dissection proficiency allocation #68760

Closed PatrikLundell closed 10 months ago

PatrikLundell commented 11 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The proficiencies gained from corpse dissection are allocated inconsistently and do not always contribute to prerequisite proficiencies, while leaving you in the dark as to what these are.

Solution you would like.

Dissection of creatures falling into a group described by proficiencies would contribute to those proficies or, when prerequisites are missing, the next missing prerequisite proficiencie(s).

Edit: After finally finding (through json files) that biochemistry has chemistry as its prerequisite chain, I realize that makes sense for the proficiency itself, but it then doesn't make sense for it to be gained through dissection, but rather should be gained through study of dissection products (acids, what I've seen so far) via research/training recipes.

Describe alternatives you have considered.

Fumble around in the dark and accept it's a proficiency lottery.

Edit: Retain biochemistry as a dissection gained proficiency where you analyze its properties while dissecting, rather than in a chemical examination environment, but then somehow indicate you need to study chemistry to gain the prerequisites, not dissecting lots of corpses.

Additional context

This is not a new issue...

Maleclypse commented 11 months ago

Anyone up for making a python script to build s list of monsters that lack proficiencies?

PatrikLundell commented 11 months ago

Manually going through stuff (partial result, but the post is large enough to be split off):

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PatrikLundell commented 11 months ago

That's finally the end of this survey. I'm not going to look at mods as there may be logic there I don't know anything about.

TheSaddestGoomba commented 11 months ago

I've got a PR draft #68197 that has weakpoints and proficiencies setup for amphibians.

Brambor commented 11 months ago

Anyone up for making a python script to build s list of monsters that lack proficiencies?

Sounds like a perfect job for me!