what are class skills?
- Thread starter kirinke
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(shouldn't this go in Rules?)
Class Skills are easier to purchase than Cross-Class skills. If a Skill is Class, each Skill Point you spend on it gets you one Skill Rank. If a Skill is Cross-Class, each Skill Point you spend on it gets you one half of a Skill Rank. Some Skills, called Exclusive Skills, cannot be purchased at all unless they are Class Skills. A character can have no more Skill Ranks in a Class Skill than their level +3, or half that in a Cross-Class Skill.
For instance, my character is Jo the Barbarian. He is an Elf with an Intelligence of 10, so gets 16 Skill Points at 1st level. I want him to be good at tracking, scaring people, jumping around, and basket weaving theory. I put 4 points each into Wilderness Lore, Intimidate, Jump, and Knowledge (Basket Weaving). The first three are all class skills, so I have 4 ranks in each of them. For Barbarians, all Knowledge Skills are Cross-Class, so I only my 4 points only buy me 2 ranks of that.
Hope that helps.
--Jeff
Class Skills are easier to purchase than Cross-Class skills. If a Skill is Class, each Skill Point you spend on it gets you one Skill Rank. If a Skill is Cross-Class, each Skill Point you spend on it gets you one half of a Skill Rank. Some Skills, called Exclusive Skills, cannot be purchased at all unless they are Class Skills. A character can have no more Skill Ranks in a Class Skill than their level +3, or half that in a Cross-Class Skill.
For instance, my character is Jo the Barbarian. He is an Elf with an Intelligence of 10, so gets 16 Skill Points at 1st level. I want him to be good at tracking, scaring people, jumping around, and basket weaving theory. I put 4 points each into Wilderness Lore, Intimidate, Jump, and Knowledge (Basket Weaving). The first three are all class skills, so I have 4 ranks in each of them. For Barbarians, all Knowledge Skills are Cross-Class, so I only my 4 points only buy me 2 ranks of that.
Hope that helps.
--Jeff
BSF
Explorer
Class skills are supposed to represent the things your character would be trained in according to the class chosen. These are the skills that it costs 1 skill point to acquire 1 rank for. The maximum number of ranks you can have is your level +3.
Cross-class skills are harder to learn since they are not in your "field of expertise". You can purchase them at 1 skill point for 1/2 rank (1/2 ranks round down) and your maximum is half your class skill ranks.
You still have to purchase skills, but class skills are the easy ones to purchase.
Does that help any?
Cross-class skills are harder to learn since they are not in your "field of expertise". You can purchase them at 1 skill point for 1/2 rank (1/2 ranks round down) and your maximum is half your class skill ranks.
You still have to purchase skills, but class skills are the easy ones to purchase.
Does that help any?
