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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magus Coeruleus" data-source="post: 945385" data-attributes="member: 1704">Also, you should also keep in mind rank limits for your skills.  See page 56 of the PHB.  The bottom line is that levels in a class count toward your max ranks if the skill is not prohibited to that class.  Otherwise, only levels in a class that is allowed that skill count towards max ranks.  Max ranks is sum of levels for classes for whom skill is not prohibited, +3So for a Ftr8/Rog5,Your max ranks for Use Magic Device is 8 (5 Rog levels, +3) because Fighters cannot take ranks in the skill, so those 8 levels don't count toward the max.Your max ranks for Move Silently is 16 (8 Ftr levels + 5 Rog levels, +3) because even though that's a cross-class skill for Fighters, it is not prohibited for them, so they count toward the max.  Of course, you still have to pay 2 skill points per rank when you are using points earned from levelling in Fighter, because it is not a class skill for Fighters.There are no skills that are allowed to Fighters but prohibited to Rogues.  If there were, your max ranks for those would be 11 (8 Ftr levels, +3).Cheers!</blockquote>