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<blockquote data-quote="Kerrick" data-source="post: 4389700" data-attributes="member: 4722">Sure you could - if you went past 20th level.Huh? Maybe I misunderstood what you were saying. If you train in a new school, you can choose which school to gain the abilities from when you gain the proper level (8th, 14th, 20th).I was thinking about this, and I see where you're coming from - the PC would be assumed to be training in both styles more or less equally. He would only be able to choose from one style when picking abilities upon gaining a new rank, though - giving them two abilities would ensure that every monk would train in two styles. Adding the feat that lets you choose a new ability will balance this out.You can't have it both ways, though - either you can automatically start at Initiate rank in the second style (due to cross-training and existing experience) and can advance to Grandmaster, or you can start at Acolyte and go to Master. I don't see how you can start at a higher rank and go to Master and have it work properly. I'm assuming that each time you gain a rank, it works for BOTH styles - as I said above, it's assumed that you're training in both simultaneously. It's like skills - you gain a number of skill points to advance multiple skills at the same time.Acolyte and Initiate are basically the same thing, but I usually see Initiate placed higher on the ladder - an Acolyte is someone who knows next to nothing and usually has little to no access to anything special; an Initiate has usually gone through some kind of ritual or rite of passage and has a mark to denote his status/rank and additional responsibilities/duties/privileges. Effectively, you've been &quot;initiated&quot; into the group/organization/guild/whatever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kerrick, post: 4389700, member: 4722"] Sure you could - if you went past 20th level. Huh? Maybe I misunderstood what you were saying. If you train in a new school, you can choose which school to gain the abilities from when you gain the proper level (8th, 14th, 20th). I was thinking about this, and I see where you're coming from - the PC would be assumed to be training in both styles more or less equally. He would only be able to choose from one style when picking abilities upon gaining a new rank, though - giving them two abilities would ensure that every monk would train in two styles. Adding the feat that lets you choose a new ability will balance this out. You can't have it both ways, though - either you can automatically start at Initiate rank in the second style (due to cross-training and existing experience) and can advance to Grandmaster, or you can start at Acolyte and go to Master. I don't see how you can start at a higher rank and go to Master and have it work properly. I'm assuming that each time you gain a rank, it works for BOTH styles - as I said above, it's assumed that you're training in both simultaneously. It's like skills - you gain a number of skill points to advance multiple skills at the same time. Acolyte and Initiate are basically the same thing, but I usually see Initiate placed higher on the ladder - an Acolyte is someone who knows next to nothing and usually has little to no access to anything special; an Initiate has usually gone through some kind of ritual or rite of passage and has a mark to denote his status/rank and additional responsibilities/duties/privileges. Effectively, you've been "initiated" into the group/organization/guild/whatever. [/QUOTE]

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