Heard some people asking in chat about useful skills to perm for softcore speed. In no general order, these are some I've found most useful for cutting days/turns off:
Sympathy, Empathy (TT) -- obvious, fam weight is incredibly awesome
Leash of Linguini (P) -- again, obvious
Wisdom (TT) -- mp = good
Saucecrafting, Cocktailcrafting, Pastamastery (S, DB, P) -- first is indispensable, last are useful in a pinch
Entangling Noodles (P) and Shieldbutt (TT) -- will provide the noodlebutt combat strategy used kingdomwide
Mad Looting Skillz (DB) -- +item is always needed
Moxious Madrigal & Magical Mojomuscular Whatever (AT) -- Cheap, easy AT buffs for any situation
Ur-Kel's Aria (AT) -- +ML is your quickest way to cut down turns
Ode to Booze (AT) -- More adv + free runaways (with bander)... incredibly useful
Combat Modifying Skills (AT, SC, DB) -- very useful in parts... being able to get +/- 20 (realistically) to combat shortens a lot of quests significantly, and makes sonofabeach always worth doing during war.
These aren't definitive, and some are arguable, at best. But these are those I find myself using all the time and that have cut days off of my SC ascension times.
Welshie
