Barbarian illumination he says, hah! Got you fooled....
see Phil's comment....
yeah, I was having a hard time putting my thoughts into pixels last night, so I apologize for the Njalor Riddle I left you.
Now, engage brain, limber up fingers and (oh shit, that got me tired, off for a nap... zzz...) ah, good to go...
If you have a bonus that allows a skill of 0 percent to be raised by 10 percent say, and then you decide to go back a couple of pages to a bonus that says you can put 10 percent wherever you want... but it has to be in a skill that has be above a base of 0 percent, well if not egregious, or even munchkinerry, then certainly chicanery.
Ergo, order of precedence might matter.
Clearer?
And Phil, as that great Canadian Barbarian Leonard Cohen was given to say (usually after a couple, whilst playing RQ classic) "of course there's a hole in his head... that's where the light comes in, and me and my little d20 put it there".
Cheers