Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
A review of Academy Handbook I: St. John's College of Abjuration and defence against the offensive arts is now up at d20 Magazine Rack.
[Malladin's Gate] Academy Handbook: St. John's College of Abjuration Review
- Thread starter Olgar Shiverstone
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malladin
Explorer
Just a quick note on the two NPCs you highlighted in the review.
The paragon character has a Skill Focus feat in Concentration, thus providing them with the two additional skill ranks required to enter the class 'early'.
I think the Antithaumaturgist is probably a typo on the class requirements. I'll have to speak to Nigel,who designed the class, to double check, but I'm pretty sure that all the classes (except for the Monk of St John) are pitched to be entered at around level 5 or 6, so I suspect the 12 ranks requirement is the error. I'll have to check this out to double check.
cheerio,
Ben, Malladin's Gate
The paragon character has a Skill Focus feat in Concentration, thus providing them with the two additional skill ranks required to enter the class 'early'.
I think the Antithaumaturgist is probably a typo on the class requirements. I'll have to speak to Nigel,who designed the class, to double check, but I'm pretty sure that all the classes (except for the Monk of St John) are pitched to be entered at around level 5 or 6, so I suspect the 12 ranks requirement is the error. I'll have to check this out to double check.
cheerio,
Ben, Malladin's Gate
Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
malladin said:
Skill Focus does not provide you additional ranks in a skill -- it provides an unnamed bonus to those skill checks.
The only way to get ranks in a skill to qualify for a PrC is to buy them with skill points (which means level +3 ranks for class skills, maximum). See the DnD FAQ, page 11, for confirmation.
Great product otherwise, by the way!
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