So as I round my way to 1000 TM i'm stuck having a question that I've never really wondered about in the past but has sprung up now. Clerics have TM in their SOI so we can get up to a 20% buff. How does this then work with our align assuming we get say a capped substratum from a warrior mage. Do they both stack to give us a 20% bonus, does substratum give us a 15% buff to our base tm + align bonus, or does it not affect us at all since buffs to the same skill don't stack? Any GM input here would be greatly appreciated or anyone with a difinitive answer for that matter. Since this has been bugging me for quite a few days now.

Cleric Align stacks with skill boosts, but bear in mind Cleric Align does not boost (or hinder) TM accuracy, it only affects the amount of mana you can put into the TM spell.

-Armifer
"Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong ... or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." - Italo Calvino

Wait - I don't think a 20% buff corresponds to a 20% increase in damage. Or even a 20% increase in mana you can funnel into a spell.

I think it corresponds to a 20% buff to RANKS. Meaning if you have 200 ranks of TM, with a capped Substratum you now have 240 ranks of TM for calculating to hit and mana you can funnel into the spell.

I am curious to hear if Clerics can stack TM buffs. AFAIK, only Warmies can do that, ostensibly, with Pathways.

+20% TM doesn't directly translate into +20% damage. It affects TM accuracy, which does have an affect on damage, but it's not a 1:1 correlation.

-Armifer
"Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong ... or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." - Italo Calvino