-the level 50 leatherworker skill, waste not II, it halves the decrease in durability of the next 8 steps. what happens if i activate this skill and within those 8 turns i dont decrease durability (e.g. observe)? does the skill still count the turn or does it only count when you decrease durability?

-lv 50 skill for armorer (or blacksmith i cant remember) that lower the recipe level to current level or something like that. how exactly does this work and how good is it?

-Regarding inner quiet, does this have a cap on how much bonus stacks? and do the touch skills have to in a row or something? i have been using bygotts blessing and lately it has not increased quality as much as i would have expected, and is including great strides.