Skill points are essentially a unit of currency allotted to a character at startup and again with every experience level gained. The use of Skill Points in Dice Mob are very similar to how they are used in RPG video games. They are spent to increase the Attributes or Knowledge of a character so that character can face more difficult challenges.

Each character is allotted ten skill points to start with and gains three more skill points as they level up. (This is also mentioned in the Experience Levels section.) Skill points can be used to improve attack skills, defensive skills, and attributes or they can be used to add a new piece of knowledge or a special ability.

Sometimes a player doesn't need to care. Sometimes there isn't anything extra a character gets besides the additional dice so the skill degree is moot. Most skills, on the other hand, do get additional benefits at different degrees. We discuss that in the section on Standard Effects of Degrees and Levels.