Guilt Puppy said:Re: Skill points, the first level was in Aristocrat, so it's (4+2)(Ari)*4 + (8+2)*2, or 44 total... So it looks in fact like I overspent by 6.
I'll go ahead and take the extra level of aristocrat, though, which'll bring my total up to 50. BTW, I do have one question about that -- should I consider myself at 3000 or at 6000 XP, in that case?
I don't penalize characters for what classes they take first; you can always count your most beneficial class as "1st", even if it isn't by your background. I hate the idea that one character might get to be more or less effective than another based on background.
And count as having 3000. XP is based on ECL, and your ECL is 3.