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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 1859994" data-attributes="member: 14159">This in no way makes you eligible for PrC's earlier, it just saves you skill points.  At most, it helps low intelligence PC's (or PC's in low skill point classes) qualify for PrC's that have stiff skill requirements, but it doesn't fundamentally change the nature of meeting PrC requirements (some suggestions from my gaming group I shot down included a 2nd bonus feat, maximum skill ranks of 4+level instead of 3+level, a 10% racial XP bonus, and being able to ignore any one game-mechanic PrC prerequisite, all of which I thought were anywhere from potentially broken to just insane).In the above example, if the monk didn't have this ability when she multiclassed into cleric, she could still spend 2 skill points to go from 4 ranks in Tumble to 5 Ranks, since your maximum is based on if it was ever a class skill for you, not if it's currently a class skill for you.  Instead with this rule instead she can only spend 1 skill point to do so.Players Handbook (v 3.5) Page 62. "Regardless of whether a skill is purchased as a class or cross-class skill, if it is a class skill for any of your classes, your maximum rank equals your total character level +3"</blockquote>