Heroes of High Favor: Dwarves

[Urklore]

In the Heroes Heroes of High Favor: Dwarves there is the Refined Skill Focus feat, providing +3 to any one skill or +2 to two skills, or grants two ranks in one skill.

So does this sound like to you if someone took it and got 2 ranks in a skill, they could enter a prestige class earlier. Is this anyone else's interpretation?

 

[DanMcS]

Your max ranks in a class skill is still level+3. I interpreted that as just two more skill points you can spend in any legal way you want.

 

[Skaros]

Sounds like it to me! Not necessarily such a bad thing, but there are probably some fringe cases where it could be abused, like most feats.

-Skaros

 

[Spatzimaus]

Your max ranks in a class skill is still level+3. I interpreted that as just two more skill points you can spend in any legal way you want.

It's even better if it's a cross-class skill, in which case the Feat is the equivalent of four skill points, and your max rank is (level+3)/2.

For example, let's say I need 6 ranks of Perform for a PrC. I took one level of Rogue at level 1, taking 4 ranks. From then on I go Wizard. At level 3 I take this Feat, put two more ranks (even though it's now a cross-class skill, the max is still level+3), and there.

 

[Piratecat]

I'll give Wulf a heads-up on this thread.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I caught this over in the Publisher's Forum:

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?threadid=45690

Answer there... feel free to yank it back here if anyone wants to discuss!


Wulf

 

[greycastle]

well, if you look at the prestige classes "Illithid Savant" from the SS book you'll find he has the ability to get BONUS and ABOVE his own ranks in skills *e.g. level 5, but has 16 ranks in perform*. The only 'problem' is that he can't spend his own ranks into those skills.