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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 4032419" data-attributes="member: 6562">The best solutions I've seen are as Arkhandus describes: use a carrot in place of a stick. I think it's the Conan system which grants a PC a bonus feat for every four levels in his favored class -- yes, this means all single-class Humans get a boatload of bonus Feats, but Humans are supposed to rule, right? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />You could instead offer +2 skill points or +1 skill point and access to an additional class skill at every level within the PC's favored class. This works nicely if you allow skill tricks.There's also using a different stick: every class, even every base class, has at least on prerequisite. If it's your first class, you get the pre-req free; if it's not, you must take the pre-req before you're allowed in. From memory, my list was something like...Barbarian: 4 ranks in one of Climb, Jump or Swim, one of Toughness, Athletic or AlertnessBard: 4 ranks in Kn:History, one of Persuasive, Negotiator or Magical AptitudeCleric: 4 ranks Kn:Religion, Skill Focus (Kn:Religion)Druid: 4 ranks in Kn:Nature, Skill Focus (Kn:Nature)Fighter: Weapon FocusMonk: 4 ranks Concentration, Improved Unarmed StrikePaladin: 4 ranks Kn:Religion, 4 ranks Ride, Mounted CombatRanger: 4 ranks Survival, TrackRogue: 4 ranks in any 4 Rogue skills, and either Skill Focus (any Rogue skill) or one of the +2/+2 feats which gives a bonus to two Rogue skillsSorcerer: 4 ranks Kn:Arcana, Dragontouched (from Dragon Magic) or Eschew Materials, or one of the spell-like ability feats from Complete Arcane (like Night Haunt)Wizard: 4 ranks Spellcraft, Skill Focus (Spellcraft)This gives everyone an extra (weak) feat at 1st level and a few extra skill points, and that sort-of "compensates" them for needing to spend a feat-slot to qualify for another class.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>

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