Multi-classing and skill rank maximums

[roguerouge]

Okay. I have a 4th level ranger with 0 ranks in tumble. I take a level of rogue. What is the maximum number of ranks that I can put into tumble? 4? 8?

 

[Christian]

8. Maximum ranks for a skill which is a class skill for any of your classes is character level +3.

 

[Zelc]

Right, and you can also buy your Handle Animal or any other Ranger class skill up to 8 as, but you may have to pay 2 skill pts as normal for buying CC skills.

 

[irdeggman]

pg 59 of the PHB lays this out.

It is also in the SRD:

Skills: If a skill is a class skill for any of a multiclass character’s classes, then character level determines a skill’s maximum rank. (The maximum rank for a class skill is 3 + character level.)

If a skill is not a class skill for any of a multiclass character’s classes, the maximum rank for that skill is one-half the maximum for a class skill.

 

[moritheil]

Yup. Once you have it in one class, your max ranks are what they would be if that class was your only class. The cost still changes if it's not a class skill for the class you're currently taking levels in, of course. This is part of why Able Learner is so great for humans.