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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 5711128" data-attributes="member: 98255">And I would not. This is an argument that's been had before, and there was no clear 'winner'. The community is pretty divided over this one.I could get behind it if, and only if, the resources to buy those skills were completely siloed away from your other choices. Maybe training in these would come from your background (as would make sense).I still find it generally unnecessary though. You want your character to be good at something? Fine call him trained if a skill check ever needs to be made. What? He was really good at it? Trained and Skill Focus (that you didn't have to pay for). Maybe only half-assed at something? Just +2 or +3 then.10 foot poles made their glorious return in Mordenkainen's Emporium.I found it a little jarring at first, but now that I'm used to it, I prefer it this way. I'm perfectly ok with not needing Dex and Con and Wis and possibly even Cha on my Wizards (forex). It's bad enough that they still have Fighters with a mandatory dependency on Wisdom as well as their other physical stats. I'm good with having them not be completely stupid, foolish, louts, (again forex) but some choice by build would have been nice (without having to pay a feat for it).</blockquote>