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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CRGreathouse" data-source="post: 381818" data-attributes="member: 474">If I am, I'd be the last to know. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />He has 3 ranks in Profession (barrister) and 4 in Ride - his Dex is a bit low.  It's quite enough for me, sure - he's spent his life fighting, nor learning other things, and isn't the brightest.He's never really used his horse in combat, so the skill points in Ride could be deemed excessive - though not by me.  I think all paladins should learn to ride. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Exactly - what about all the other traidional paladin skills?  Had I more skill points, I'd take them, making the character bland as ever - with the token exception of his legalistic skill.  (He's a paladin of Tyr, so it seemed natural. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)We're yin and yang.There would be more overlap between characters in a group if they had more skill points, to be sure, but I'm talking more about making the characters different from others of their class: I didn't like the lack of customization in 2E.  3E is much better, but the variety decreases when characters have too many skill points to spend.The barbarian gets 2 (4 base, -2 Int).  The paladin gets 5 (2, +2 Int, +1 human).  The rogue gets 13 (8, +4 Int, +1 human).(2+5+13)/3 = 6+2/3 > 6Yes, the rogue has a better Int than Dex.  Hey, the player wanted it there...Edit: Perhaps I misunderstood your last question.  Your quote is incomplete: "IMC,[...]", I said.  My camapaign averages over 6 skill points per level.*****On the issue of how many skill points are appropriate: I don't think that the number should always be low, just that it should be low for certain charatcters.  My wizard Narya gets 7 skill points per level (Int 21) and it's just enough to fill what he needs - but an arrogant genius like him needs to have more skills.  I couldn't adaquately play him at all with many fewer.  It depends on the character./me apologizes for typos, misspellings, circular logic, and poor grammar; it's late and I'm tired.</blockquote>

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