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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5061912" data-attributes="member: 35909">It's a little complicated until you understand, then it's fairly simple to remember.&nbsp; Basically, a skill that was ever a class skill for you remains so, in terms of the number of ranks you cna pour into it (Hit Dice +3).&nbsp; However, the price you pay in skill points depends on what class you leveled up in when you allocate skill points.&nbsp; A Rogue 4 / Wizard 5 that just leveled to 5 in Wizard could have up to 12 ranks in Open Locks, because it is a class skill via Rogue.&nbsp; However, to increase it (we'll assume it was previously maxed at 11 ranks) to the 12th rank, he needs to spend 2 skill points to do so, because he's using a wizard level to increase it.The Able Learner feat &quot;trick&quot; is that Able Learner leaves the cross-class / class skill rank limitations, but you never have to pay double for a rank increase.&nbsp; A Barbarian 1 could still only have 2 ranks in Use Magic Device (cross class limit), but he would pay 2 skill points for it instead of 4.&nbsp; Thus, the trick is to take a single level in a class with a large skill list (Factotem, having every skill as a class skill, is the most optimzed/extreme choice).&nbsp; Now your rank limit on all skills is HD +3, and because of Able Learner, you're only paying 1 skill point for each rank.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5061912, member: 35909"] It's a little complicated until you understand, then it's fairly simple to remember. Basically, a skill that was ever a class skill for you remains so, in terms of the number of ranks you cna pour into it (Hit Dice +3). However, the price you pay in skill points depends on what class you leveled up in when you allocate skill points. A Rogue 4 / Wizard 5 that just leveled to 5 in Wizard could have up to 12 ranks in Open Locks, because it is a class skill via Rogue. However, to increase it (we'll assume it was previously maxed at 11 ranks) to the 12th rank, he needs to spend 2 skill points to do so, because he's using a wizard level to increase it. The Able Learner feat "trick" is that Able Learner leaves the cross-class / class skill rank limitations, but you never have to pay double for a rank increase. A Barbarian 1 could still only have 2 ranks in Use Magic Device (cross class limit), but he would pay 2 skill points for it instead of 4. Thus, the trick is to take a single level in a class with a large skill list (Factotem, having every skill as a class skill, is the most optimzed/extreme choice). Now your rank limit on all skills is HD +3, and because of Able Learner, you're only paying 1 skill point for each rank. [/QUOTE]

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