kitcik
Adventurer
[MENTION=78958]Empirate[/MENTION] I agree with everything you are saying 100% as RAI.
I think I finally see what the OP is getting at, though.
He is trying to make a RAW argument that even if the variable HD in the equation (8+int) * (hd+3) is zero, you still get the +3 such that, under RAW not RAI, this template gives you a skill boost.
I am not familiar enough with templates to conclude on this, although your discussion above is clearly RAI.
I think I finally see what the OP is getting at, though.
He is trying to make a RAW argument that even if the variable HD in the equation (8+int) * (hd+3) is zero, you still get the +3 such that, under RAW not RAI, this template gives you a skill boost.
I am not familiar enough with templates to conclude on this, although your discussion above is clearly RAI.