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==== Learning Skills ====

Each character begins play knowing a number of skills equal to the number of skill points his character would gain with each new class level. When creating a character, choose a number of skills known based on your first class level (see Table 3-1L Skills by Class). Human characters add one to their number of known skills.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ {{Anchor|Table 3-1: Skills by Class}}
! Class !! Number of Skills Known <SUP>1</SUP> 
|- 
| Barbarian || class="left" | 4 + Int modifier
|- 
| Bard || class="left" | 6 + Int modifier
|- 
| Cleric || class="left" | 2 + Int modifier
|- 
| Druid || class="left" | 4 + Int modifier
|- 
| Fighter || class="left" | 2 + Int modifier
|- 
| Monk || class="left" | 4 + Int modifier
|- 
| Paladin || class="left" | 2 + Int modifier
|- 
| Ranger || class="left" | 6 + Int modifier
|- 
| Rogue || class="left" | 8 + Int modifier
|- 
| Sorcerer|| class="left" | 2 + Int modifier
|- 
| Wizard|| class="left" | 2 + Int modifier
|-
|COLSPAN="2" align="left" |<small>1 Minimum of one skill known, regardless of Intelligence penalty.</small> 
|}


For classes or monster types not listed on the table, simply assign a number of skills known equal to the number of skill points gained at each new level or Hit Dice, plus the character's or monster's Intelligence modifier.

Note whether each skill known is a class skill or a cross-class skill for your character, based on his starting class.

For example, a gnome bard has an Intelligence of 12 (+1 bonus), and thus may know seven skills at 1st level. He selects the following skills (and denotes [[SRD:Forgery Skill|Forgery]] as a cross-class skill):
*[[SRD:Perform Skill|Perform (string instruments]])
*[[SRD:Spellcraft Skill|Spellcraft]]
*[[SRD:Use Magic Device Skill|Use Magic Device]]
*[[SRD:Gather Information Skill|Gather Information]]
*[[SRD:Listen Skill|Listen]]
*[[SRD:Decipher Script Skill|Decipher Script]]
*[[SRD:Forgery Skill|Forgery]](cc)
Summary	The variant skill systems discussed here eliminate some of the complexity of the standard skill system, but at the expense of fewer opportunities for customization. +
Title	Alternative Skill Systems +