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<blockquote data-quote="Bad Paper" data-source="post: 2069894" data-attributes="member: 24674">No.Officially, per WotC, you would be correct to grant the extra skill point per level, but that's stupid, because WotC also thinks that your favored class changes, and all that.&nbsp; Stupid stupid stupid stupid.&nbsp; Let's be &quot;realistic,&quot; shall we?You do NOT get the bonus skill point per level from then on, retroactively, or ever.&nbsp; That is a uniquely mental characteristic of humans, who are more flexible and adaptable than the other races.&nbsp; Nor does the elf lose its favored class of wizard, since it grew up in a heavily magical society.&nbsp; It should also keep its knowledge of how to make boots/cloaks of elvenkind.In order to smooth some of these differences in our groups, we allow a few of the mental tricks to stay with reincarnated characters, for example:The ex-dwarf (now goblin, heh heh) keeps stonecunning and all that, but loses saving throw bonuses.The ex-elves (now human and half-orc, respectively) keep +2 vs enchantments, but lose immunity to sleep.&nbsp; Note that the new human does not pick up an extra skill point per level.The ex-gnome (now half-orc and very angry about it) keeps daily cantrips and +2 on illusions, but loses the other stuff.The ex-human (now hobgoblin, and loving it) keeps everything.Yeah, humans get a pretty sweet deal in that they keep their free feat and skill points, but not only did the human lose a level to get there, he also doesn't get the neat tricks that other races get to keep (stonecunning or +2 v enchantments or whatever).&nbsp; The only core race that gets a truly raw deal is the half-orc, but only powergamers would bother to get their panties in a bind over that, and who cares about powergamers anyway?When our half-orc died, we actually used our single Raise Dead scroll on her, because dammit, we needed that barbarian NOW.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bad Paper, post: 2069894, member: 24674"] [b]No.[/b] Officially, per WotC, you would be correct to grant the extra skill point per level, but that's stupid, because WotC also thinks that your favored class changes, and all that. Stupid stupid stupid stupid. Let's be "realistic," shall we? You do NOT get the bonus skill point per level from then on, retroactively, or ever. That is a uniquely mental characteristic of humans, who are more flexible and adaptable than the other races. Nor does the elf lose its favored class of wizard, since it grew up in a heavily magical society. It should also keep its knowledge of how to make boots/cloaks of elvenkind. In order to smooth some of these differences in our groups, we allow a few of the mental tricks to stay with reincarnated characters, for example: The ex-dwarf (now goblin, heh heh) keeps stonecunning and all that, but loses saving throw bonuses. The ex-elves (now human and half-orc, respectively) keep +2 vs enchantments, but lose immunity to sleep. Note that the new human does not pick up an extra skill point per level. The ex-gnome (now half-orc and very angry about it) keeps daily cantrips and +2 on illusions, but loses the other stuff. The ex-human (now hobgoblin, and loving it) keeps everything. Yeah, humans get a pretty sweet deal in that they keep their free feat and skill points, but not only did the human lose a level to get there, he also doesn't get the neat tricks that other races get to keep (stonecunning or +2 v enchantments or whatever). The only core race that gets a truly raw deal is the half-orc, but only powergamers would bother to get their panties in a bind over that, and who cares about powergamers anyway? When our half-orc died, we actually used our single Raise Dead scroll on her, because dammit, we needed that barbarian NOW. [/QUOTE]

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