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Originally Posted by Vigilance  So I'm seriously thinking about getting rid of class skills in Modern20.
We already made no class skills an optional rule in Modern Supplement #1 and as I work on Modern20 Revised, a free update/expansion to Modern20 core, I am seriously considering getting rid of them altogether.
Is there any reason I shouldn't? |
I like class skills. I just don't like cross-class skills.
I think it is appropriate for a class-based game to link certain skills with character class, and give incentive or advantages in buying them. But i think the default cross-class rules of the d20 System as found in D&D or d20 Modern are too harsh. Cross-Class Skills are just to expensive and too often worthless.
There are two approaches I liked:
I think the Pathfinder "fix" is pretty neat - basically, if you take a skill as a class skill, you get a +3 bonus to it. (But no more 4 x skill points at 1st level). The cost for the skills are always the same.
The Iron Heroes fix is also very good - all skills are linked to skill groups, and if a class grants you a skill group, you just need to take one rank in that group to get one rank in every skill of that group.