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<blockquote data-quote="miscreationist" data-source="post: 4420885" data-attributes="member: 61518">I'll try to give it a shot.&nbsp; This is how I understand it.Let's take a typical 1st level rogue with +2 Intelligence Modifier.&nbsp; According to Table 5-1 on page 53 of Alpha 3, the rogue gets 8 + 2 Skill Ranks to spend.&nbsp; On page 52 under &quot;Acquiring Skills&quot; it states that a character can only spend 1 rank in any skill because he has only 1HD.&nbsp; So the rogue can have 1 skill rank in any skill.&nbsp; A second level rogue could have 2 ranks in a skill because it has 2HD.Skill checks are the same as 3.5 with the exception of class skills.&nbsp; Those skills that are class skills for the rogue will have a +3 modifier on skill checks.&nbsp; This is done to eliminate the x4 multiplier for skill ranks at first level in 3.5 and reflects the idea that many players put in the maximum number of ranks into a skill if they bothered to train in a class skill at all.You may have noticed that here are no cross-class skills.&nbsp; You can't spend 1/2 a point like in 3.5, so those skills will be a bit better for a Pathfinder character vs. a 3.5 equivalent character.One difference that you will notice is that you will have less ranks in your most used skills vs. a 3.5 character, so if an old prestige class has a certain rank requirement for the skill, it will need to be lessened by 3 for a Pathfinder PC and the total skill ranks needed for a character that does not have that skill as a class skill would need to be doubled in order to simulate cross-class skills in these requirements.&nbsp; Additionally, many skills were consolidated into one skill.&nbsp; While I am not sure that I agree with all of the consolidated skills, keep in mind that a character in Pathfinder will have a wider variety of skills as opposed to a character under 3.5 who has equivalent skill training.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="miscreationist, post: 4420885, member: 61518"] I'll try to give it a shot. This is how I understand it. Let's take a typical 1st level rogue with +2 Intelligence Modifier. According to Table 5-1 on page 53 of Alpha 3, the rogue gets 8 + 2 Skill Ranks to spend. On page 52 under "Acquiring Skills" it states that a character can only spend 1 rank in any skill because he has only 1HD. So the rogue can have 1 skill rank in any skill. A second level rogue could have 2 ranks in a skill because it has 2HD. Skill checks are the same as 3.5 with the exception of class skills. Those skills that are class skills for the rogue will have a +3 modifier on skill checks. This is done to eliminate the x4 multiplier for skill ranks at first level in 3.5 and reflects the idea that many players put in the maximum number of ranks into a skill if they bothered to train in a class skill at all. You may have noticed that here are no cross-class skills. You can't spend 1/2 a point like in 3.5, so those skills will be a bit better for a Pathfinder character vs. a 3.5 equivalent character. One difference that you will notice is that you will have less ranks in your most used skills vs. a 3.5 character, so if an old prestige class has a certain rank requirement for the skill, it will need to be lessened by 3 for a Pathfinder PC and the total skill ranks needed for a character that does not have that skill as a class skill would need to be doubled in order to simulate cross-class skills in these requirements. Additionally, many skills were consolidated into one skill. While I am not sure that I agree with all of the consolidated skills, keep in mind that a character in Pathfinder will have a wider variety of skills as opposed to a character under 3.5 who has equivalent skill training. [/QUOTE]

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