Feat to Gain a Class Skill?

[Atavar]

Hello Everyone,

Isn't there a feat (or feats) out there that lets you designate any skill as a class skill? I wanted to make Diplomacy a class skill for a swordsage (from Book of 9 Swords), and I thought the feat I was thinking of was in Complete Adventurer, but I couldn't find it. I know there is an Educated feat, but if I remember correctly that has to do with Knowledge skills.

I strongly prefer feats from WotC sources (better chance of getting DM approval).

Thanks in advance for your help!

Atavar

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[Edheldur]

The "Cosmopolitan" feat from 3.0 Forgotten Realms let you do that, but it has been revised in Player's Guide to Faerun I think.

 

[frankthedm]

This sort of thing is covered in the PHB in the Customising Characters paragraphs. Unless you are trying to break the skill, just ask the DM what other sklls you'd need to trade off your class list to get the skill.

Other than Tumble and UMD a feat would overpriced for a class skill.

 

[Stalker0]

I think cosmopolitan does it and gives you a +2 to the skill

 

[kreynolds]

Yes, the Cosmopolitan feat was revised in PGtF. In FRCS, it allowed you to pick a single skill to become a class skill, and also allowed you to take it any level, and more than once. In PGtF, it specifies Bluff, Gather Information, and Sense Motive, it doesn't make them class skills, you must take it at 1st-level, and it reminds that you can have only one regional feat. It is a regional feat in both products.

 

[Prism]

Skill knowledge (unearthed arcana p81) does exactly what you are looking for

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/buildingCharacters/alternativeSkillSystems.htm#skillKnowledge

 

[Delta]

Skill knowledge (unearthed arcana p81) does exactly what you are looking for

But only in the context of a variant, alternative skill system.

 

[Nyaricus]

But only in the context of a variant, alternative skill system.

Meh, you could still apply it to core, just use the "special" area only.

 

[wmasters]

There are a couple of house rules I've seen that do this; the one that I use (which I've stolen from someone on here, and can't remember who to give the credit to them) is that the feats which grant +2 to two stats (like Alertness) also makes both skills always class skills.

I don't know of any WoTC feat that does this, but I'd try and find a house rule way of doing it with your DM if it's something you want to take; a class skill is underpowered for a feat so shouldn't be a problem I'd think.

 

[Prism]

But only in the context of a variant, alternative skill system.

Even though its in the varient skill section the feat in the book is just a stand alone feat in a sidebar so with DM approval it can be taken without adopting any other rules from that section