skill points for a really stupid human

[candidus_cogitens]

I've got a human barbarian with a 5 intelligence. How many skill points should he get, per level? One or two? My thinking is that he would get two. The bonus point for being a human gets applied after everything else. So he should get the minimum one skill point, no matter how stupid he is, plus the one bonus point for being human.

Does that sound reasonable? Have their bean any authoritative rulings on this?

 

[kreynolds]

Sounds pefectly reasonable to me. You always get a minimum of 1, plus 1 more for being human.

 

[Artoomis]

It seems to me that you have the right way - at least as I recall that's been the conclusion each time this has been asked.

Of course, I could be wrong

 

[Bronn Spellforger]

Sounds about right to me. He gets 4 + Int modifer (-3) which gives him one point, and then the bonus point for being human. 2 points.

I gather you won't use the two points to learn a new language ...

 

[SableWyvern]

I asked this a while ago, and the consensus was humans get a minimum of two per level (and 8 at first level).

If you look closely at the rules, and implement them in precise order, you apply any Int mod, round up to a minimum of 1 and then add the human bonus.