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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JustKim" data-source="post: 1925002" data-attributes="member: 5478">Everyone would take the skill unless they like to make bad choices, as sneak attack damage is far more valuable than any skill, especially when you already have 8/level. The Rogue class would not be affected.Other classes would be affected. A lot of characters would invest in sneak attack as a cross-class skill for essentially free damage. I believe the able learner feat also lets you take cross-class skills as class skills, so with one feat any character will be as good at sneak attacking as a full Rogue. Or, if you disallow this somehow, a level 7 Fighter/1 Rogue can invest all his skill points in sneak attack and be as effective as a Rogue 8 instantly. Same with any prestige class that grants sneak attack, which by the way will be much easier to qualify for if sneak attack is granted through skill points. You'd have to redesign every Rogue option out there.Additionally, what about skill focus? What about spells and magic items that raise skills? You not only break the skill mechanic with a skill that requires no checks and has no key attribute, to balance it you'll have to exclude a mess of core options to balance it out. In the end it's not even a skill.</blockquote>