Putting ranks in cross-class trained-only skills [solved]

[TuggyNE]

I'm not sure where, but somehow I got the idea that this was either frowned on, or outright illegal. However, I've never seen any rules to that effect, so any ideas on the source of that?

Edit: Jeff the Green and andromax appear to have answered this satisfactorily.

[LTwerewolf]

No, otherwise there wouldn't be a such thing as cross class skills. Some DMs frown upon it, simply because that starts hurting the flavor of the class itself, but who is to say anyone but you should define your own character?

[Lord_Gareth]

It's "frowned upon" because Elf Dilenette (Races of the Wild) or Jack of All Trades (CompAdv IIRC) can give you the same sort of benefit for the "low" cost of one feat instead of alllllll those skill points.

[TuggyNE]

No, otherwise there wouldn't be a such thing as cross class skills. Some DMs frown upon it, simply because that starts hurting the flavor of the class itself, but who is to say anyone but you should define your own character?

Most cross-class skills aren't trained-only, so that doesn't directly apply.


It's "frowned upon" because Elf Dilenette (Races of the Wild) or Jack of All Trades (CompAdv IIRC) can give you the same sort of benefit for the "low" cost of one feat instead of alllllll those skill points.

Heh. Fair enough, I suppose.

[Jeff the Green]

Maybe because in 3.0 UMD and Perform (?) weren't just trained only, they were restricted to a few classes. (I think. I only ever played 3.0 once, and that was an elven sorcerer that wore armor and mostly fired a longbow.)

[andromax]

Maybe because in 3.0 UMD and Perform (?) weren't just trained only, they were restricted to a few classes. (I think. I only ever played 3.0 once, and that was an elven sorcerer that wore armor and mostly fired a longbow.)
Yep, Bard and Rogue only.
Tug: If you'd played any of the 3E video games you'd likely have gotten that impression.

[HunterOfJello]

Throw in some backstory why the character happens to have such an odd skillset and you should be fine. Some classes get so many skill points that they need to start moving into trained-only skills just to not end up wasting their skill points.

[TuggyNE]

Maybe because in 3.0 UMD and Perform (?) weren't just trained only, they were restricted to a few classes. (I think. I only ever played 3.0 once, and that was an elven sorcerer that wore armor and mostly fired a longbow.)

Ah, that's probably the source of it, yeah. Thanks :smallsmile:

... also, wow, that makes my single-crossbow halfling ranger almost look good. :smalltongue: