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<blockquote data-quote="Afrodyte" data-source="post: 992007" data-attributes="member: 8713">To answer your question, the pros are pretty obvious: flexibility and customization.&nbsp; With this option, you get to design your character as you see fit.&nbsp; This in itself is a major boon if this is what you want to do.The cons have more to do with the gamers than the rule.&nbsp; There are some players who would take advantage of this to add options that are totally inappropriate for their character.&nbsp;&nbsp; For instance, somebody may decide that Use Magic Device makes perfect sense as a class skill for a single-classed Barbarian.&nbsp; Please.If you don't mind a bit of extra work, though, I'd say let them pick their class skills and justify it via background or experience.&nbsp; I'd limit the number of skills they can have as class skills depending on the class.&nbsp;&nbsp; I'd choose a nice round number to make it simple. For instance, Rogues can have a maximum of 20 class skills; Barbarians, Bards, Druids, Monks, Paladins, and Rangers get 15; Clerics, Fighters, Sorcerers, and Wizards get 10.&nbsp; These are all approximate, so you can alter them to what you think is reasonable.&nbsp; Yet, I would rule that in order to take exclusive skills, you must have levels in the class it is exclusive to.&nbsp; So, to take Animal Empathy requires levels in Druid or Ranger.For multiclass characters, this rule would only apply to the first class they take.&nbsp; All subsequent classes take the standard class skill list.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Afrodyte, post: 992007, member: 8713"] To answer your question, the pros are pretty obvious: flexibility and customization. With this option, you get to design your character as you see fit. This in itself is a major boon if this is what you want to do. The cons have more to do with the gamers than the rule. There are some players who would take advantage of this to add options that are totally inappropriate for their character. For instance, somebody may decide that Use Magic Device makes perfect sense as a class skill for a single-classed Barbarian. Please. If you don't mind a bit of extra work, though, I'd say let them pick their class skills and justify it via background or experience. I'd limit the number of skills they can have as class skills depending on the class. I'd choose a nice round number to make it simple. For instance, Rogues can have a maximum of 20 class skills; Barbarians, Bards, Druids, Monks, Paladins, and Rangers get 15; Clerics, Fighters, Sorcerers, and Wizards get 10. These are all approximate, so you can alter them to what you think is reasonable. Yet, I would rule that in order to take exclusive skills, you must have levels in the class it is exclusive to. So, to take Animal Empathy requires levels in Druid or Ranger. For multiclass characters, this rule would only apply to the first class they take. All subsequent classes take the standard class skill list. [/QUOTE]

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