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[peasant cretin]

Currently, tracking is just an auto-gain XP skill. It goes up whether you want it to or not, and is often the first skill anyone gets to legendary.

I'd like to see a change in regard to how the XP is gained. I think we'd be better served if it was based on actually finding significant tracks, than just auto-on, auto XP gain.

The tracks you'll come across are either a bracket ([), a quote ("), or an exclamation point (!). Your character leaves behind brackets. Quotes don't provide much information other than direction and are most commonly found. Exclamation points are less frequent, but they indicate creature type as well as direction.

I'm proposing that XP gain is linked directly to (l)ooking at the track, exclamation point (!). Your character would only gain XP once from (l)ooking at an exclamation point (!) and the gain from that specific track would only occur once.

This encourages would-be hunters to learn to make use of the in-game skill and sets them on the road to actually learning how to track a creature down. This also allows players who don't really want any tracking skill improvement (ie someone playing bard in a town), to avoid acquiring a skill that breaks their roleplay.

[GoblinCookie]

I would say eliminate XP gain for your own tracks but keep XP gain for others. 

[peasant cretin]

I think the quote (") track occurs way too often to reward with XP. If this gave XP, you'd have these (l)ook marathons in areas with heavy traffic. Here's low traffic:

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IMO the exclamation point (!) track is the one you're generally looking for and should really be the only source. Say 25 XP per ! as they don't occur as often.