Multiclassing and Skill Points

[RigaMortus]

It is no longer a cross-classed skill for them in terms of MAX RANKS as it is a class skill for the Bard/Rogue. But it is a cross-classed skill in terms of it costing them 2 SKILL POINTS per RANK.

 

[Spatula]

diaglo, read Hypersmurf's post again. Specifically:

Your rank cap for non-exclusive skills which are class skills for any of your classes is level+3.

"For any of your classes" is the key phrase. There's only ever 2 possibly skill caps for a character's skills (for non-exclusive skills, that is): level + 3, or (level + 3) / 2.

You still have to pay the cross-class skill cost if the skill isn't a class skill.

The existance of exclusive skills already makes figuring skill caps more difficult than it should be; don't complicate things further...

 

[diaglo]

this is where i disagree. i still say he has a max for his fighter levels which should be 2 for a 4th lvl fighter. since he took them after 1st.

edit: the +3 is a benefit of the class at 1st lvl only.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Aargh. I thought my example was fairly exhaustive.

For those of you who don't believe that the example character has a Max Rank in Disguise of 12, open your PHBs to page 55.

Read the section on Multiclass Characters.

Now go back to the top of p56, and read the section marked "Skills" again.

Now read it again.

If you still don't believe me, read it again.

Now reread the third paragraph of the section "Advancing a Level", in the right column of the same page.

And one more time.

Got that?

Happy?

-Hyp.

 

[diaglo]

Got that?

no. i don't have my books handy. and i refuse to memorize them. can you point it out in the SRD?

Happy?

no. but i'm not unhappy. i just disagree.


edit: i agree with your assessment of all of the other examples you put forth.

 

[Christian]

Geez.

For the purposes of determining the “Max Ranks” of a skill, use the character’s character level rather than individual class levels.

That's from the SRD, the second sentences under the 'Skills' subheader for the 'Multiclass Characters' section. 'Character Level' is defined a few paragraphs up as:

"Character level" is the total level of the character, determined by adding all class levels together. "Class level" is the level of the character in a particular class.

So the 'max ranks' in Disguise (eg.) for a Rogue3/Bard2/Fighter4 is his character level (3+2+4=9) + 3 = 12.

 

[diaglo]

okay, thanks Christian.