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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arbiter of Wyrms" data-source="post: 1925257" data-attributes="member: 18021">I'm not sure I understand exactly how max ranks for any given skill works for multiclass characters in 3.5.Let's look at an example multiclass PC.Ranger 4/ Rogue 4/Sorcerer 4The skills we'll worry about for example purposes are Bluff, Climb, and Concentration.  Before you check your SRD, I'll just remind you that Rangers get Cilmb & Concentration as Class Skills, but Bluff is cross-class.Rogues get Bluff & Climb, but Concentration is cross-class.Sorcerers get Bluff & Concentration, but Climb is cross-class.Max ranks for a 12th level ranger are Bluff 7.5, Climb 15, Concentration 15Max ranks for a 12th level rogue are Bluff 15, Climb 15, Concentration 7.5Max ranks for a 12th level sorcerer are Bluff 15, Climb 7.5, Concentration 15Max ranks for a 4th level ranger are Bluff 3.5, Climb 7, Concentration 7Max ranks for a 4th level rogue are Bluff 7, Climb 7, Concentration 3.5Max ranks for a 4th level sorcerer are Bluff 7, Climb 3.5, Concentration 77+7+3.5=17.5.  Is 17.5 the max ranks for all three skills in question for this character?  If so, how does it come to be that multiclassing into a class for which a particular skill is a cross-class skill actually increase max ranks to a level higher than is possible for a character who stays exclusively in the class which grants the skill as a class skill?4+4+4=12   12+3=15Is 15 the max ranks for all three skill for this character?  If so, is nothing lost by multiclassing "just a little bit?"  If so, what happens to, say the Bluff skill, for a Ranger 4/ Rogue 4? Max rank 11? Max rank 5.5? Split the difference at 16.25?</blockquote>

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