"Manually" calculated skills

[mPicart]

Why are there some skills that don't automate any Rank bonus or Stat bonus totals? Skills like: Linguistics, Ambush, and Spells.

[RKBrumbelow]

Why are there some skills that don't automate any Rank bonus or Stat bonus totals? Skills like: Linguistics, Ambush, and Spells.

Because they are calculated differently depending on what set of the rules you are using. Linguistics is not really a numerical skill anyway (unless I am confusing it with language) number of ranks determines how good you are at it. 1 rank you recognize it, 3 ranks or so you can speak it, 20 ranks and you are a nobel laureate in whatever language. Ambush similarly provides a bonus but not the normal 5/2/1/.5
Spells are also really fairly useless as skills, (at least for acquisition) you are only going to use the stat 1x each level its ranks X5 plus your die roll to see if you acquire that chunk of the list.

[mPicart]

Yikes! I forgot the OB/Parry split!
In your experience, what is the easiest way to use OB/DB that can change every round? Use Hotkey values?

[mPicart]

Oops, wrong thread. Please disregard last entry.
You answered my question, thanks.