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Message: <blockquote data-quote="genshou" data-source="post: 2646130" data-attributes="member: 13164">Took me forever to actually get down to your question which you referenced at the top of your post.  I was actually confused about whether or not you really were asking a question at all for a bit.The problem with multiclass characters and logical assignment of retroactive skills is something I've already covered:If you are a cleric 3/fighter 7, you are 10th-level, with max ranks of 13.  Now suppose you go to great lengths to purchase a magical tome to increase your Int from an odd score to an even score.  The increase in Intelligence doesn't do anything to your skills immediately, but you suddenly have a lot of extra room in your brain.  So, the next time you gain a level (or if this seems too soon, alternatively the level after that on the grounds that you must spend a full level with the Int bonus to get the retroactive benefit), your expanded mind is able to pick up a large number of skill points that you now have room for because of your Int and level.  When you get your next level in fighter, you are a cleric 3/fighter 8, and you get the skill points for your fighter level as well as applying those from previous levels which you suddenly gained for your Int increase.  Another suggestion I'd offer up is that you cannot spend more than 4 skill points on any given skill per level, in order to prevent a 19th-level character who bumps their Intelligence from suddenly getting the benefit of 23 ranks and maxing out a skill they have never used before when they get those retroactive skill points at 20th-level.The following from another thread is getting more and more relevant to this thread as time passes.  I've cleaned the text up a bit to better illustrate my point than when it was first written.  Make note as you read of the definitions I use for Education, Intelligence, and knowledge (as opposed to Knowledge).</blockquote>

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