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<blockquote data-quote="Fenris" data-source="post: 261457" data-attributes="member: 2820"><p>Kap,</p><p> Yes, I also feel that non-multiclassed characters can be a bit narrow. I had not thought of it in those terms. But your background feat is almost like a 0 level class of its own. I can see more where you are coming from with this. And with respect to Crothian's comments about skill points, they would not be too powerful as I had thought at one point because the charcters still have a limited number of skill point, just more ways to spend them now. I need to rethink this whole thing. I may use both after all. I further tweak my system by culture, requiring some of the the skills chosen to be culturally appropriate (weaving in a culture known for it's blankets etc.)</p><p></p><p>One question I had for you. I really sat and looked at these and a lot of them seemed very similar as far as skills go. But I was working on a table to randomize them. I was doing it by race (not many half-orc professors in my world). But I was worried about saddleing some charcaters with courtesan or a back ground in their field. I want to mix things up a bit but don't want to handicap, or restrict my players too much. Any ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fenris, post: 261457, member: 2820"] Kap, Yes, I also feel that non-multiclassed characters can be a bit narrow. I had not thought of it in those terms. But your background feat is almost like a 0 level class of its own. I can see more where you are coming from with this. And with respect to Crothian's comments about skill points, they would not be too powerful as I had thought at one point because the charcters still have a limited number of skill point, just more ways to spend them now. I need to rethink this whole thing. I may use both after all. I further tweak my system by culture, requiring some of the the skills chosen to be culturally appropriate (weaving in a culture known for it's blankets etc.) One question I had for you. I really sat and looked at these and a lot of them seemed very similar as far as skills go. But I was working on a table to randomize them. I was doing it by race (not many half-orc professors in my world). But I was worried about saddleing some charcaters with courtesan or a back ground in their field. I want to mix things up a bit but don't want to handicap, or restrict my players too much. Any ideas. [/QUOTE]
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