Skill points & magic enhanced intelligence

[Jdvn1]

Yup. If you lost a requirement, you lost access to all class features except BAB, base save bonuses, and hit dice.

Well, I didn't know you lose spellcasting too. Ouch. And, what, skill points too?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Unfortunately, it seriously messes with some PrC's, like dragon disciple...

Only at 10th level, and it depends on your reading of 'already'...

-Hyp.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Well, I didn't know you lose spellcasting too. Ouch. And, what, skill points too?

It's arguable... skills appear outside the section labelled "Class Features", so losing class features could be considered not to apply to skills. However, hit dice appear outside "Class Features" as well, and they're specifically excluded, while skill points aren't.

-Hyp.

 

[Jack Simth]

Here's a variant that can make each Headband more unique and keep the numbers balanced: Each headband has a set of skills that it "knows" and you can gain those skill points from the increased intelligence of the headband. You lose those skill points when you take off the headband because you never really knew the skills, the headband did.

Edit: The only problem comes when the wearer has maxed out ranks in all the headband's skills, it won't balance out.

Simple - use "best of" rules - if the headband knows Hide(10) and Move Silently (5), and you know Hide(5) and Move Silently(10), when you wear the headband, you know Hide(10) and Move Silently(10), not Hide(15) nor Move Silently(15). It grants temporary ranks in a skill - not a bonus to the skill. Ranks do not stack with ranks (in the case of leveling up, you are improving your own Ranks, not stacking ranks).