Profession reflects your aptitude for making money at your occupation and your ability to make the most of your money. It improves your earning potential and demonstrates an aptitude at developing a career. The more ranks you have in the skill the more power you have to rise in your chosen field and accumulate wealth.

Check: You make Profession checks to improve your Wealth bonus every time you attain a new level. The DC for the check is your current Wealth bonus. If you succeed at the Profession check, your Wealth bonus increases by +1. For every 5 by which you exceed the DC, your Wealth bonus increases by an additional +1. You can't take 10 or take 20 when making a Profession check to improve your Wealth bonus.

For example, when Yoriko attains her 3rd character level, she makes a Profession check. The DC is equal to her current Wealth bonus, +5. If she gets a result of 16, then she increases her Wealth bonus by +3 (+1 for succeeding on the check, and +2 for exceeding the DC by 11). Yoriko's Wealth bonus at the start of her 3rd level is +8.

How many ranks you have in the Profession skill (including ranks you may have just acquired after gaining a level) also adds to the Wealth bonus increase you receive upon gaining a new level. In addition to the Wealth bonus increase you gain from your Profession check result (if the check succeeds), the number of ranks you have in this skill increases your Wealth bonus as follows.

So, continuing the above example, if Yoriko has 5 ranks in Profession, then she would increase her Wealth bonus by +4 at 3rd level (+3 for her skill check result and +1 for the number of ranks she has in the skill).

Special: If your Gamemaster deems it appropriate, you can add your Profession modifier when making a Reputation check to deal with a work- or career-related situation.

Every time a character takes the Windfall feat, he gets a cumulative +1 bonus on all Profession checks.