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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shalimar" data-source="post: 2786355" data-attributes="member: 9600"><p>Those all sort of seem like rationalizations of why it is ok the way it is, instead of actual reasons that it should be this way.  I don't know if that came out right.  What I am trying to get at is that there are other D20 games where skill points are a lot more plentiful (4 being minimum), and Int Bonus still add in, and they seem to run fine too, so there is nothing game breaking in having more skill points, and it tends to allow for a much more fleshed out and diverse group when everyone has the skill points to sink a few points into the things that I always feel guilty about putting them into in DnD, ie knowledge(except arcane), profession, etc, things that flesh the character out, but are nowhere near as useful as Diplomacy, Heal, etc.  For me its like, there are certain skills that are the typical 'xxx' skills for whatever class, that characters need to perform their job, and only by taking away from those can I get the skills that flesh out the characters, making me feel guilty because I am short changing my role in the party because I have so few skill points to spread around.</p></blockquote><p></p>