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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 235433" data-attributes="member: 172">Okay, but IME/O, there are still logical sets of skills that you will obtain in certain careers and professions. A few "hobby" skill points you throw here and there are of little consequence.Are they? Perhaps strict classes, but 3e style classes allow you to select a variety of different skills.Now I could make the case that, in a modern setting, you might be better off working around the model of having a majority of points go towards class skills instead of charging more (like CP 2020 and CoC), but the idea is still fundamentally correct.If, in D&D, he has enough knowledge in magic to qualify as a member of a class (vice just some cross class ranks in K:arcana), then it's going to take more that a few spare skill points spent that way.You don't have to fight the system to make illogical characters -- that's not a good thing. Like I said earlier: most viable, logical, well-justified character fall along the lines of classes ANYWAYS.Of course, because the gurps rules strongly encourage two types of characters instead of 11: the dex generalist and the int generalist.And IMO, they don't work because they don't encourage logical, self consistent, beleivable characters. And some, like GURPS, actually discourage them.</blockquote>