"skill tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skill trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skill tree (plural skill trees)
  1. (video games) A hierarchical visual representation of customizations a player can make to their character. Skill trees can either branch out or eventually fold back to a single point depending on the game. Typically some form of skill point is used as opposed to spending experience points. Categories (topical): Video games Hypernyms: tree (english: structurally)
    Sense id: en-skill_tree-en-noun-IASrB000 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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