everwinter says:
Nice, thanks! Is it the same for other increases? For instance, do humans get an extra language when their INT modifier increases?
And for rangers:
"Trained in a number of additional skills equal to 4 plus your Intelligence modifier"
Do you gain "trained" in more skills as INT increases too? :O
If so, I'm guessing you can't use this to go from trained to expert in an existing skill; it would have to be a new skill from untrained to trained...?
Anything that advances based on an ability modifier is retroactive, so if you increase your INT then you get another skill, another language, etc. The only time you can increase a skill from trained to expert, expert to master, or master to legendary is when your level grants "skill increase"
Here is the text from the Rogue on Skill Increase:
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You gain more skill increases than members of other classes. At 2nd level and every level thereafter, you gain a skill increase. You can use this increase to either become trained in one skill you’re untrained in, or to become an expert in one skill in which you’re already trained.
At 7th level, you can use skill increases to become a master in a skill in which you’re already an expert, and at 15th level, you can use them to become legendary in a skill in which you’re already a master.
Note that each class gets skill increases in different quantities and at different levels. For example the Fighters text on Skill Increase looks like this:
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At 3rd level and every 2 levels thereafter, you gain a skill increase. You can use this increase either to increase your proficiency rank to trained in one skill you’re untrained in, or to increase your proficiency rank in one skill in which you’re already trained to expert.
At 7th level, you can use skill increases to increase your proficiency rank to master in a skill in which you’re already an expert, and at 15th level, you can use them to increase your proficiency rank to legendary in a skill in which you’re already a master.
So you can see the Rogue gets far more Skill Increases than a fighter, which means they will be able to have more skills at the higher tiers of proficiency by the end of their 20 levels.