Half Celestial Skill Points

[Thalionalfirin]

I was looking at a summarized version of the Half Celestial template (on Crystalkeep.com) and it made reference to the base skill points changing.

"Base skill points are now (8+int mod) * (racial HD + 3)"

Exactly what does this mean?

If a creature with 4 racial HD had an int modifier of +3, would that mean it had a total of (8 + 3) * (4 + 3) or 77 skill points to be allocated?

 

[pbd]

That is correct, but it applies to racial hit dice only. So level based hit dice are as normal.

 

[Staffan]

Also, those skill points replace the skill points the creature would normally get. So you don't get the critter's normal skills PLUS 77 skill points.

 

[Stormrunner]

Replaces it's normal racial skill points, that is.
So a centaur with Int 16 would normally get (2+3)*(4+3)=35 racial skill points; a half-celestial centaur would get 77 racial skill points as per your formula (not 35+77). Since her racial "class" skills are Listen, Move Silently, Spot, and Survival, and at 4 HD she can only buy each up to 7 ranks (for a total of 28 points), the remaining 7 or 49 points would have to be spent cross-class.

Once that is done, then start spending skill points gained from class levels.