Any Feats to Give a Fighter or Paladin Spot as a Class Skill?

[domino]

I'm trying to make an epic Archer type, and one of the things I'd like to do is give him Distant Shot. The problem is that it requires 20 ranks in spot. And I'd like to be able to get it before level 37. The other problem being that all the other classes I've found that give spot as a class skill don't really work with the concept I have.

Help?

 

[irdeggman]

Able Learner from Races of Destiny makes all skills class skills for a character. Prereq is that the character must be human or doppleganger and take this feat at first level. But it is a great feat none the less.

 

[domino]

That was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

 

[boolean]

One or two levels of Ranger?

Two levels makes Spot a class skill for at least one of your classes (which make your max ranks level +3, even if you buy those ranks at double cst for cross class), gets you Rapid Shot as a bonus feat (in light armor) and gets you approx. 12 skill points to spend on Spot.

 

[domino]

With the problem of Ranger not fitting with the character concept, and would also be a third primary class to have taken, with all the lovely XP penalties.

 

[Deset Gled]

The Able Learner feat seems a bit overpowered to me. Seems to me there was a feat in a 3.0 book that turned 2 selected cross class skills into class skills. I don't remember where it was from of what it was called, but I think it was balanced a lot better than Able learner.

 

[Michael Tree]

Able Learner from Races of Destiny makes all skills class skills for a character.

No it doesn't. It does make your cross-class skills cost only one skill point/rank, but cross-class skills are still capped at (level+3)/2. Of course, one level of a class that gives you Spot as a class skill will solve that problem.

 

[domino]

Well crap. That doesn't do me any good. Whatever feat Gled was talking about would work much better. Or even something that would let me raise my max ranks in cross class skills up to the full level.

 

[HeavyG]

IIRC, most archery based prestige classes do have Spot as a class skill.

 

[Darkness]

Level 1 of Human Paragon (UA) allows you to make any skill a class skill for all of your classes. As a paragon class, it doesn't incur MC penalties either.
One problem, though: It has an average (i.e., like cleric) BAB progression.