Ascension Skill Points (
ASP) are reserved only for
Player Characters. When a player rolls ANY
Skill Roll during the game, and if the
Main Roll is a Natural 20, the system rolls another with no modifiers. If the result equal or greater than the skill tier being used, the player gains an
Ascension Skill Point. The idea is to gain a skill roughly 3-5% of the time a player rolls a meaningful skill roll.
These are extra points that a PC can gain by adventuring doing
Skills which progress while interacting with the story or adventure.
In my experience this is typically not an issue, but you can perhaps roll a as a secret roll if you feel this mechanic is being abused with stuffed Skill Rolls.
The Spirit of this idea stems from Skyrim, as a player plays the game, they gain
Skill Points in
Skills they use.