The Skill Monkey's Skills

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

It's always worth putting 5 ranks in Jump, Balance and Tumble for the synergy bonuses. You can spare the points, and it's like getting a couple skill focus feats for free.

 

[LostSoul]

Nothing really needs maxed once you get past say 5th level. Start spreading out so that you arte pretty good at a lot of things.

I'd say that the core 4 rogue skills - Hide, Move Silently, Spot, and Listen - should stay maxed out. Most other skills are pretty good if you leave them at +10.

 

[Timely Drought]

I'd say that the core 4 rogue skills - Hide, Move Silently, Spot, and Listen - should stay maxed out. Most other skills are pretty good if you leave them at +10.

I wouldn't count spot and listen as core rogue skills. I would count search and disable device as core rogue skills, and open lock is useful if you don't want to rampage through a dungeon breaking down every locked door and busting open chests.

In fact I wouldn't invest much in spot and listen if another party member had them maxed. Maybe just fill them up to half.

 

[snarfoogle]

If you have K(L), you might already know a needed piece of information. So you don't have to go out and gather the information -- you already know it. Saves you time and money.

Yes, that's fine in your home town, but if you're in a seperate plane, I think gather information would be more useful, and so you could use the ranks of K(L) on something else for more variety.

 

[Timely Drought]

Probably going for this:

Human - Int 16 - Rogue 19 - Shadowdancer 1

Bluff                 20
disable device        23
Escape Artist         10
Gather information    10
Hide                  23
Intimidate            14
Listen                10
Move silently         23
open lock             20
perform (dance)        5
search                20
Sense motive          10
Sleight of hand       23
Spot                  10
Use Magic Device      23
Use rope               5
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                     249

No tumble since I'm going the archery / spring attack route. Thinking of getting decipher script at 5. Maybe putting two ability score increases in intelligence at 4 and 8 for a few more skill points.