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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 5534394" data-attributes="member: 13966">You can use the retraining rules in Player's Handbook II to replace some old skill ranks.&nbsp; You cannot gain &quot;free&quot; skill ranks short of Wishes with DM judgment on how to handle it.&nbsp; The standard rules for Wish do not include granting skill bonuses or skill ranks, so it would be up to the DM's judgment as one of the &quot;greater&quot; uses of the Wish spell.&nbsp; Also, Inherant bonuses are only for ability scores, not skills (at least so far as the DMG and SRD are concerned).If you want to Wish for great skill in, say, disarming traps and other devices (the Disable Device skill), it would be up to the DM to determine how many ranks you gained or how much of a bonus you gained (of course, if you didn't already have the skill, then the wording of the Wish ought to give you actual ranks in the skill).And yes, there's an increase in cost when adding multiple effects to a magic item.&nbsp; If the item takes up a normal magic item slot, such as an amulet or the like, then +10 to 10 specific skills would cost 100,000 GP, while a slotless item (like an Ioun Stone) performing the same function would cost 115,000 GP.&nbsp; Not much difference.&nbsp; The magic item cost guidelines are only guidelines, anyway, and the DM always has final say on what custom magic items can be created.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 5534394, member: 13966"] You can use the retraining rules in Player's Handbook II to replace some old skill ranks. You cannot gain "free" skill ranks short of Wishes with DM judgment on how to handle it. The standard rules for Wish do not include granting skill bonuses or skill ranks, so it would be up to the DM's judgment as one of the "greater" uses of the Wish spell. Also, Inherant bonuses are only for ability scores, not skills (at least so far as the DMG and SRD are concerned). If you want to Wish for great skill in, say, disarming traps and other devices (the Disable Device skill), it would be up to the DM to determine how many ranks you gained or how much of a bonus you gained (of course, if you didn't already have the skill, then the wording of the Wish ought to give you actual ranks in the skill). And yes, there's an increase in cost when adding multiple effects to a magic item. If the item takes up a normal magic item slot, such as an amulet or the like, then +10 to 10 specific skills would cost 100,000 GP, while a slotless item (like an Ioun Stone) performing the same function would cost 115,000 GP. Not much difference. The magic item cost guidelines are only guidelines, anyway, and the DM always has final say on what custom magic items can be created. [/QUOTE]

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