Records of Eminence: Skill up items... no puppetmaster?

[Imakun]

An avatar is a much more individual entity compared to an automaton, which requires input from the master to do even a basic action like attacking (an Avatar will defend its Summoner acting on its own will). Lore wise, I wouldn't see any problem with manuals for the 'maton. If fact, it would make even MORE sense, seeing as they are mechanical beings.
Skilling up Automaton skills can be a pain in the {rear}, if it is possible to do system wise then they should definitely do it.

[Stompa]

An avatar is a much more individual entity compared to an automaton, which requires input from the master to do even a basic action like attacking (an Avatar will defend its Summoner acting on its own will). Lore wise, I wouldn't see any problem with manuals for the 'maton. If fact, it would make even MORE sense, seeing as they are mechanical beings.
Skilling up Automaton skills can be a pain in the {rear}, if it is possible to do system wise then they should definitely do it.

I'm not saying I disagree with you, but SMN avatars are related to the summoning magic level of the player-character. So it made sense for SE to add skill-pages for SMN magic skill. Autos are independent and their skill-up is unrelated to the player's own melee/magic skills so this imho is probably what happened with the ROE pages decision. But I don't know and it doesn't affect me so I have no opinion really.

[Imakun]

I'm not saying I disagree with you, but SMN avatars are related to the summoning magic level of the player-character. So it made sense for SE to add skill-pages for SMN magic skill. Autos are independent and their skill-up is unrelated to the player's own melee/magic skills so this imho is probably what happened with the ROE pages decision. But I don't know and it doesn't affect me so I have no opinion really.

I understand what you are saying and I know you're right, I was merely replying to the lore argument
Making skill up pages that are usable on the Automaton directly shouldn't be too hard to do, I wouldn't mind using them on the field instead of inside a town. Just say so in the item description/update announcement and have them fail to activate if used on the player.