And Remarkable Athlete and Jack of All Trades don’t work with each other, since you can add your proficiency bonus, or any portion thereof, only once to a roll.
Does Jack of all trades count as proficiency?
Jack of All Trades isn’t full proficiency so it doesn’t count but expertise does because it’s proficiency twice.
What does remarkable athlete affect?
Remarkable Athlete adds half the character’s proficiency bonus (rounding *up*) to any Str or Dex checks that don’t already include a proficiency bonus, and Initiative is a Dex check, so the character’s Initiative bonus should be +5 at 7th level.
Do jack of all trades and reliable talent work together?
For a rogue/fighter or rogue/bard, Reliable Talent does work with Remarkable Athlete and Jack of All Trades.
Does initiative count for reliable talent?
reliable talent is for skills you’re proficient in. You’re not proficient in Initiative because it’s not a skill.
Can you use reliable talent with Jack of all trades?
When do you get Jack of all trades?
Bards get the ability “Jack of All Trades” which reads: Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn’t already include your proficiency bonus.
Can a bard use the Jack of all trades?
When you use the official D&D Beyond character sheet, all non-proficient skills for a bard with Jack of All Trades are marked as Half Proficiency in the tooltip. Since the rule says that the Jack of All Trades bonus applies to any ability check, it applies to a Tool check since using a tool is also an ability check.
Do you get proficiency on initiative in Jack of all trades?
Since Initiative is an ability check that uses your Dexterity, the Champion Fighter also gets half their proficiency to added to their initiative roll. Yes! The initiative roll is a Dexterity ability check, and is intend to gain a benefit from “Jack of all Trades”.
Can you use thieves tools in Jack of all trades?
Yes, it means exactly that. The requirement to use Thieves’ Tools to pick locks is proficiency in using the tools, which Jack of all trades does not confer. The bonus only confers a numeric bonus to ability rolls that don’t include the bard’s proficiency bonus, nothing else.
