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[Prestige Classes] Hey guys, as a player, would this upset you?
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<blockquote data-quote="NoOneofConsequence" data-source="post: 741538" data-attributes="member: 5400"><p>Just on the issue of dumping all your skill points from one level into one skill and gaining a massive level jump up from zero, how about this concept:</p><p></p><p>From birth to age 25 someone lives inland, they never see a coastline and never live near anything more impressive than a creek. Then they move to a city near the coast and they see the sea for the first time. They're entranced - they've never seen anything so beautiful. They learn to swim and they find that they love it. In fact they love it so much that in just a couple of months they're top swimmers, they do or hours every day. They had a life changing experience and they respond accordingly.</p><p></p><p>or</p><p></p><p>After ten years in the same dead end job the rookie that you trained gets promoted over you and you've just had enough. So you knuckle down, go to night school and learn comp sci and web design even though you've never liked computers and you have shown no aptitude up til now.</p><p></p><p>or</p><p></p><p>You've been a complete screw up your whole life and then someone buys you a helicopter flight for your birthday. You've never enjoyed anything so much in your life and you realise what it is you've been put on earth to do. You go back to school and study all the necessary courses to get your pilot's licence and fly choppers.</p><p></p><p>8 skill ranks at a go is not really that big a deal - it's not necessarily munchkinism, maybe the character just figured out what he wants to do with his life?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NoOneofConsequence, post: 741538, member: 5400"] Just on the issue of dumping all your skill points from one level into one skill and gaining a massive level jump up from zero, how about this concept: From birth to age 25 someone lives inland, they never see a coastline and never live near anything more impressive than a creek. Then they move to a city near the coast and they see the sea for the first time. They're entranced - they've never seen anything so beautiful. They learn to swim and they find that they love it. In fact they love it so much that in just a couple of months they're top swimmers, they do or hours every day. They had a life changing experience and they respond accordingly. or After ten years in the same dead end job the rookie that you trained gets promoted over you and you've just had enough. So you knuckle down, go to night school and learn comp sci and web design even though you've never liked computers and you have shown no aptitude up til now. or You've been a complete screw up your whole life and then someone buys you a helicopter flight for your birthday. You've never enjoyed anything so much in your life and you realise what it is you've been put on earth to do. You go back to school and study all the necessary courses to get your pilot's licence and fly choppers. 8 skill ranks at a go is not really that big a deal - it's not necessarily munchkinism, maybe the character just figured out what he wants to do with his life? [/QUOTE]
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