Boosting skill points

[Baron Opal]

Well, that's the point, to me. Although giving more skill points is good, I actually do not want to help the low-skill classes catch up to the others because it removes the incentive to multiclass into Rogue for skill points.

Actually, that's the goal for me. I'm looking to eliminate rogue multiclassing for just skill points. If you want to be a sneaky back-stabber, that's ok, but if you're just looking to pad your skills I would rather have a different method than just grabbing a level of rogue.

 

[Aus_Snow]

I give all beings, not just PCs, +2 skp per level (every level). It's worked a treat.

I wouldn't like to increase some classes' skp and not others, personally. I think the amounts are basically balanced, and +2 per level across the board doesn't change that much, if at all.

Just my 2c.

 

[Crothian]

Well, that's the point, to me. Although giving more skill points is good, I actually do not want to help the low-skill classes catch up to the others because it removes the incentive to multiclass into Rogue for skill points.

Each gains the same amount, no one is catching up. I perfer people not having to multi class to rogue just becasue of the skill pointys. I want them to do it for concept reason, not game mechanic ones.

 

[was]

I like that +2 idea, I might have just have to use it.

 

[Sravoff]

+4 to all classes!

Were I to boost skill points, it would either be +2 or +4. 2 skill is pretty un-useful, considering if you get hid u want move silent, u want climb u want balance, u get bluff un need sense motive.

Most skills have pairs, so boosting would be a good idea in my opinion.

But a flat bonus would be the best way to go in my opinion.

-Sravoff

 

[Rystil Arden]

Each gains the same amount, no one is catching up.

Well, not quite. An ordinal difference is not as important as a matter of scale, for skill points. For instance, let's say I gave all the classes +20 skill points because I really liked skills. Clearly, the 28 skill point Rogue isn't as special as compared to a 22 skill point Fighter as 8 would be to 2--this is like that on a smaller scale.

I perfer people not having to multi class to rogue just becasue of the skill pointys. I want them to do it for concept reason, not game mechanic ones.

And I definitely respect that--you know what you set out to do, and you've implemented a good variant to help achieve that. More power to you