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<blockquote data-quote="Spectrum Rider" data-source="post: 452997" data-attributes="member: 6237"><p>If at least one of your classes has the skill as a class skill, then your max ranks is character level + 3; otherwise half that.</p><p></p><p>Even so, when you go up a level in a class that does not have the skill as a class skill, you still have to spend 2 skill points for each rank.</p><p></p><p>So, for example: a 5th-level wizard has a max ranks in Handle Animal of (5 +3)/2 = 4. If he adds one level of ranger, the max ranks is now calculated as though Handle Animal were a class skill, so they are now 6 + 3 = 9. When he increases his level as a ranger, he can buy one rank of Handle Animal for 1 skill point. But if he increases his level as a wizard, it costs him 2 skill points to add one rank to Handle Animal. </p><p></p><p>The exception to all this is exclusive skills. Only those classes for which the excusive skill is a class skill contribute to the max ranks. So, for example, an 8th-level ranger/5th-level wizard has a max ranks for Animal Empathy of 8 + 3 = 11. The wizard levels just don't count here. And, whenever he increases his level as a wizard, he can't buy Animal Empathy ranks at all. (When he increases his level as a ranger, it still costs 1 skill point for 1 rank of Animal Empthy.) </p><p></p><p>Thi is all in the PH, but I'm not looking at my copy right now so I can't give you a page number.</p><p></p><p>The Spectrum Rider</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spectrum Rider, post: 452997, member: 6237"] If at least one of your classes has the skill as a class skill, then your max ranks is character level + 3; otherwise half that. Even so, when you go up a level in a class that does not have the skill as a class skill, you still have to spend 2 skill points for each rank. So, for example: a 5th-level wizard has a max ranks in Handle Animal of (5 +3)/2 = 4. If he adds one level of ranger, the max ranks is now calculated as though Handle Animal were a class skill, so they are now 6 + 3 = 9. When he increases his level as a ranger, he can buy one rank of Handle Animal for 1 skill point. But if he increases his level as a wizard, it costs him 2 skill points to add one rank to Handle Animal. The exception to all this is exclusive skills. Only those classes for which the excusive skill is a class skill contribute to the max ranks. So, for example, an 8th-level ranger/5th-level wizard has a max ranks for Animal Empathy of 8 + 3 = 11. The wizard levels just don't count here. And, whenever he increases his level as a wizard, he can't buy Animal Empathy ranks at all. (When he increases his level as a ranger, it still costs 1 skill point for 1 rank of Animal Empthy.) Thi is all in the PH, but I'm not looking at my copy right now so I can't give you a page number. The Spectrum Rider [/QUOTE]
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