If you don't like him, max that stuff on one of your main chars or Bairdotr.ДЄs for nasty deeds, I've found all of these skills fairly useless. Jahan comes with the scientist talent (gives an extra point in both) so I used him as my crafter/blacksmith. And weapons are really cheap to craft, so you can do it at every level-up. The same goes for bows/crossbows and any other weapon. For example a greatsword made at 5 blacksmithing, enhanced with a whetstone/wheel and with added tenebrium will do more raw damage than any legendary/divine quality weapon. The weapons and armor you can make at rank 5 (it's enough to take 4 points in each, there's a lot of gear that gives you an extra point in both, usually bracers and belts) are top-tier damage and armor wise. Some extra thoughts on crafting and nasty deeds:Д¬rafting and blacksmithing are incredibly powerful in this game. You can do it, but you'll have to hunt down every skill book you need (not all vendors always have all skills), and I've found it to be a huge pain in the ass.Д®DIT3: take the Pet Pal talent for your first playthrough. Mages need far out man and possibly elemental affinity.Д®DIT: my little write-up here was mostly from experience playing the game, but this FAQ explains the mechanics and thoughts behind builds really well.Д®DIT2: respec does exist later in the game (around level 13-15), but it's not worth it since you lose ALL your skills learned from books. Warriors get picture of health and possibly the elemental resist talent (forgot name.) The marksman focused skills like sidestep, avoid opportunists and elemental ranger are fun and fluffy, but ultimately weak.Д«ully is an excellent talent for phys damage dealers since enemies are often knocked-down if you play your warrior correctly.Дagger rogues need backstabber, bully, and maybe guerilla. Bigger and Better and All Skilled Up are both great for any build. Perception is not important, you can drink potions to find stuff and get it from gear later. I gave my mage extra speed (I think he ended up with 9 which meant an extra AP), extra con for warriors (both max AP and health) and I just maxed speed on my ranger (she ended up with 13). You only get an extra turn AP on uneven speed scores (7, 9, 11 etc.) After that, it's up to you. Every character needs at least 7 speed and 8 con to optimize start AP and AP gain. Regarding attributes: your main attribute for each class should be maxed ASAP (dex for rogue/archer, str for warrior, int for mage). Chain and hail are invaluable for crowd control while make invis and mass healing are excellent both in combat and outside. Aero gives you chain lightning and make invisible, while hydro gives you hailstorm and mass healing.

Personally I thought having two master spells (which means 5 skill points) in both aero and hydro was worth it though.

All you're missing out on is the second master spell in each school. You can technically make a generalist mage that has 4 points in all four elemental schools and still do fine. Two points are probably not worth it since most adept scoundrel abilities require daggers.

Strength affects the knockdown/ Rangers can use the scoundrel spells effectively since both scale with dexterity, so giving your ranger 1 point in scoundrel is excellent for the utility. That means warriors can't use spells effectively (you need 8 intelligence even for rank 1 spells to not fail half the time), except for summons and teleport. The main thing I've found was that warriors and rangers work best when specializing in strength and dexterity, respectively. I went with two 2-handed warriors (max man-at-arms, some utility stuff like vampiric touch/summon skeleton, teleport/cleansing wind), an archer (max expert marksman, utility scoundrel stuff like adrenaline, stealth and haste, utility geo stuff like spider summon and oil) and Jahan as a aero/hydro mage with maximum healing and crowd control (and crafting skills since he starts with scientist.) It was incredibly easy on classic difficulty, and would probably work on tactician. You get a lot less attribute points in DOS1 compared to 2. Battlemage doesn't work that well, as you'll be kinda gimped late game if you split points between intelligence and strength.

Divinity original sin 2 ranger build