@Karf Just to double check, but uh what else besides Charms counts for the examination? I mean we've sorta assumed that was just the requirement for getting 2 skills to apprentice rank, but uh felt it best to confirm that is the case as I can see possible caveats for some of them.
That assumes a couple things about breakthrough, and sorta ignores that the main benefit of potions is in fact the potions themselves. Like seriously unless resources gathering isn't a social action as implied in the previous update indicates where we can burn points to just avoid the fact that Rei has a Herbology score of "mistake frozen tree branch for resource in comedic succession", and just be stuck with the issue that Herbology appears to still influence the roll for making potions, which is a potential problem tbh.
Because the whole point imho of taking the potion boon is gamble that the snowballing effect Rei noted the point system to have does reflect in the game mechanics, and she can in reinvest the three* points earned from doing so back into getting the resources to make the potions. The reason it is a gamble is half the point is Rei can parallel process all three potions at once, and that benefits from having them will pay off enough before examination day, which I can very much see being the case if some of the options have resource constraints that can be bypassed by throwing points at them.
For the record I'm seriously contemplating Herbology next turn if the potions boon wins as I have zero intention of finding out if there is a failure condition for making potions.
*Look unless this being on the boon list is an indication that the Elders** are taking the gloves off in regards to what they're rewarding first year students I can't see anybody anybody beating Rei out on the overall*** points barring some absurd rolls.
**Specifically the House Heads as they're the ones playing games here.
***This isn't an inherently good thing as I can easily see Snape giving Rei a point, or three**** for exemplary insight into Potions as a... means of expressing his
displeasure over his loss of Face from the Slytherin first years slacking off enough that somebody outside of his House earned the most points in
Potions, and using the social humiliation to insure it doesn't happen again in future years.
****The three points if it happened would be part respect for talent enough to skip the basics in his field within a month, and part a desire to avoid any need to repeat himself
publicly in regards to what those with connections are supposed to do among the Slytherin first years. Well not that the seniors of their house are going to led the first year students live down such a social flub anytime soon.
