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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThWatcher" data-source="post: 5007079" data-attributes="member: 86237">I like the Scientist Advanced class.I think I will go with Smart x/Scientist yQuestion 1: I noticed that the Scientist table does not show the 'Bonus Feats' that other Advanced classes in other books show.  The ones that are given at 3rd, 6th, and 9th levels.  Is that as intended?  Or are the Bonus Feats mentioned elsewhere in the D20 Past manual?  Or is there something else that replaces the Bonus Feats?Question 2: Say I take 3 levels of smart class, then a level of Scientist, then a 4th level of Smart, can I use the Bonus Feat to get one of the Scientist 'Invention Feats' like 'Simplified Invention'?  Question 3:  There is no Wealth check given if you take the full 'x 5 day' rate for Building an Invention.  Also, the first line after the -Discoveries Made- table implies that Building an Invention can be done with no wealth being lost.  So, should I just assume that an Invention made at the 'x 5 day' rate has a wealth cost DC of 14 or less and therefore costs no wealth points if I have 15 or more in wealth?Question 4: I'm assuming we will start at the bottom of whatever level you start us at.  If that is the case, I would not be able to build any inventions till we have adventured some ti get exp. points to spend on the inventions.  Assuming no spare exp. points when the game starts, will I be able to start with 1 or more Inventions already built?  As far as concept; I'm thinking something along the lines of the son of a Texas Cattle Baron that while not entirely pampered, was given room to pursue his scientific skills.  Or the son of a businessman who was allowed to 'tinker' in the garage.  His parents had lower-middle class income.  His father's parents were also of middle class income.  His mother's parents were well to-do but would not share their wealth because they were still mad at her for 'marrying below her class'.  Even so, the character got to spend time with both sets of his grandparents.  His father's parents tended to coddle him while his mother's would often state that he was spoiled.  The coddling grandparents had middle class income and tended to buy him toys and books and encouraged his imagination.  The other grandparents gave him little in the way of toys or money.  They did, however, aid him in his higher education by footing the bill for his university years.</blockquote>

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