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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7634538" data-attributes="member: 20564">My first thought it that you can have those skills already from a background.&nbsp; The rule in the PHB about duplicate skills between background and class is that you can pick any skill.&nbsp; So a required skill in a class actually means that you can pick ANY skill instead of just skills on the class list.&nbsp; Meaning that required skills can actually dilute having appropriate skills by allowing off-list choice.My second thought is that many classes get reskinned for specific games or character plans, and having required skills hurts that creativity.Finally, a bard / paladin having perform as a required skill but not religion while a paladin / bard having religion as a required skill but not perform seems to just be a failing game solution, but requiring it to multiclass is too restrictive considering how few skills are given out, and giving it out for free strengthens multiclass with free skills and throws off the balance with straight classed characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7634538, member: 20564"] My first thought it that you can have those skills already from a background. The rule in the PHB about duplicate skills between background and class is that you can pick any skill. So a required skill in a class actually means that you can pick ANY skill instead of just skills on the class list. Meaning that required skills can actually dilute having appropriate skills by allowing off-list choice. My second thought is that many classes get reskinned for specific games or character plans, and having required skills hurts that creativity. Finally, a bard / paladin having perform as a required skill but not religion while a paladin / bard having religion as a required skill but not perform seems to just be a failing game solution, but requiring it to multiclass is too restrictive considering how few skills are given out, and giving it out for free strengthens multiclass with free skills and throws off the balance with straight classed characters. [/QUOTE]

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