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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FreeTheSlaves" data-source="post: 2403494" data-attributes="member: 9952">4 'minor' problems stemming from 1 change would send alarm bells ringing in my world. 5 ranks in spot is either a heavy investment in crossclass which will be of little use versus an appropriate challenge; or if in a newly allowed 'class skill' it would tread on the other various class niches. I've only once seen such a fighter build & you're right it is boring. A less dungeoncentric game if mentioned at the start (I'm assuming noone is suggesting a rule change post character generation) will allow the players to choose more skill heavy characters anyway.Do not underestimate the strong desire for players to choose a combat heavy character, even if the roleplaying is 75% to combat 25%; that is what 3/4 of my players have chosen regardless. Without guidelines these extra skill points would be sunk into UMD, cc Spot & Listen, maybe a social skill like Gather info.I think part of this topic is a seeming unwillingness to mainly accept a skill that is not max ranked, and the more minor issue of putting ranks in a cross class skill.</blockquote>