I'm looking for thoughts on a new feature: Skill Perks.

Summary of Functionality:

- Most skills have a pool of Skill Perks
- Pools of Skill Perks are specific to the skill
- At X threshold, game rolls RNG to determine: 1) If a perk will be granted 2) If granted, roll against the poll of perks with one option being 'no perk'
- If 'no perk' is rolled, the skill can still receive a perk of the level drops and raises above the threshold once again
- Once granted, the perk is lost if the skill's level falls too low to support the perk, but is immediately reacquired when the skill's level meets/exceeds the perk's threshold
- Math is set up so players will typically only acquire a handful of perks, if that, but players that experience repeated death stand a higher chance of proc'ing a perk
-- This means a player could kill themselves repeatedly causing repeated skill drain so they could gain perks at every opportunity, but this would be time-prohibitive and effectively neuter/tank a character's stats during the process

Example:

'Bow' skill has the following perks in its pool:
1- Precise Shot: +X% to damage with bows when firing from a stationary position
2- Fast Draw: X% chance to draw the bow to max pull more quickly when drawing the bow
3- Frugal Hunter: X% chance to retrieve arrow when enemy loot drops
4- Hunter's Mark: X% chance to do bonus damage on subsequent shots on the same enemy
5- No perk

Let's say skills have the chance to proc a perk at every 15 levels, capping at 75, ex: levels 15, 30, 45, 60, and 75 all have a chance to proc a perk for each skill.

Scenario:

1. My bow skill is level 14
2. I shoot something and level up my bow skill to 15
3. Game rolls to see if a perk is granted for bow skill (success)
4. Game rolls to see which perk I get using the list above (result = 2, Fast Draw)
5. Player receives notification: "Your skill in bows has been refined" and the details of the perk would be listed in the player information area

Bow level falls below 15:

Small message in the upper left "Perk Lost" or "Refinement Lost" or nothing at all beyond the "Skills Lowered" message upon death.

Bow level raises to 15 again:

No rolls. Game immediately grants bow perk 2, Fast Draw.

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Each skill would have their own pool of perks that could steadily grow as new discoveries are made in each biome.