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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swrushing" data-source="post: 2046493" data-attributes="member: 14140">i see it frequently.in our last campaign, the dwarf fighter spent cross class skills to max out sense motive. he turned out to be one of the best at it by mid levels. there is a myth that spending corss-class is useless since those who spend class will be much better. IE cross class guys spot wont beat a class guy's hide. While true that ignores the obvious, most guy's dont have hide as class skill. A guy at 10th level with cross class bluff at +6 plus say +1 for cha will beat in a bluff check most people who did not spend on sense motive at all (because they all heard its useless to spend corss-class skills) most of the time. Sure, he wont fool the cleric who knows sense motive, but most opposition are not cleric.One of my players however did suggest a rule i like, as a means of simplifying the math and shenanignas needed ror multiclassing and skills. His suggestion is to drop the 2-1 skill cost difference. Every pt spent on a skill is a rank. He thinks the "cross class cannot exceed half your class skill" creates the needed difference between them and that making a multiclass guy spend 2-for-1 when one class buys a skill and 1-for-1 when another class buys the same skill is needlessly complicated.I have used this in my stargate game and it has ran fine.</blockquote>