1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/skills.cc b/crawl-ref/source/skills.cc
index d39635531a..66d6adb6c2 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/skills.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/skills.cc
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ int exercise(int exsk, int deg)
         if (you.exp_available <= 0 || you.skills[exsk] >= 27)
             break;
 
+        // randomly deny skill excercise if not many points available
+        if (random2(you.exp_pool_cutoff()/10) >= you.exp_available)
+        {
+            deg--;
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if (you.practise_skill[exsk] || one_chance_in(4))
             ret += _exercise2( exsk );