Skills question

[Vorvodoss]

On p.30 (FREd) there's a table of all the skill discussed in FREd. There's a column that says Base/+1 Cost. What does the +1 Cost mean? Usually, the base is 3 while the +1 Cost is 2 points. Could someone explain this to me? Thanks!

(*note: the reason I didn't want to ask Steve this is because you guys can probably help me out and Steve doesn't need anything else on his plate)

[ghost-angel]

Base is the Base Skill Roll as defined by 9+(Char/5)
+1 is just that, +1 one to the roll.

Example: Breakfall is a 3 for base/2 for+1 Agility Skill. You have a DEX of 15 so your Base Roll is 9+(15/5) = 9 +3 = 12 for 3 pts. Now you want a better than 12- chance for your Breakfall so you buy a few levels, say two levels, which is 4pts (2pts per level) and gives you a +2, now your roll is 14- (12+2 = 14).

that help?

[Vorvodoss]

Thanks. That does it for me. :)