| I like/prefer class skills. I don't like how hard you get dinged for cross class skills, but would prefer to see something like grim tales (build your own list), spycraft (numerous options exist to add to your list), or even alternity/pathfinder (class skill is merely a bonus). As is stands in D20 modern (and most d20 variants), picking cross class skills is a bit too much of a punishment.
To me, dissolving the skill-class linkage goes too far in making the feel and focus of the class too diffuse, injures niche protection too much, and makes "jack of all trades" characters too desirable.
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