|author_name=Ganteka Future
|date_created=28 November 2015
|status=4Version 2.0
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{{#set:Summary=Everyone always gets 4 + Int skill points per levelis the minimum for a PC.}}
==Minimum Skill Points==
Characters need skills so that they can perform their class role and players need their characters to have skills so they can actively participate in what's going onand make opposed checks and whatnot.
===The Rule===Presented below are some rules. Use some or all of them at your choice for you game.
PCs get a minimum of 4 skill points per level, regardless of [[SRD:Classes|class]] or [[SRD:Intelligence|Intelligence]] modifier.===The Rules===
====Modifications==== *Increase the Player characters get a minimum amount for higher balance ranges of play.*Grant free full ranks in a "flavor skill" which is intended for background/hobby use and is unlikely to come up in actual gameplay. Things like 4 + [[SRD:Appraise SkillIntelligence|AppraiseInt]] for most everyone, [[SRD:Craft Skill|Craft]] for mostly non-combat related things, [[SRD:Perform Skill|Perform]] for non-bards, modifier in skill points per HD. You can extend this to NPCs andmonsters if you want.* For every additional 3 skills added to your game (via homebrew skills or skills added from splatbook sources), of course, [[SRD:Profession Skill|Profession]], which was practically designed for this purposecharacters gain an additional skill point per level.*Free ranks in an essential All "usable untrained" skills are class skill or skillsfor everyone all the time for all levels. Let the [[SRD:Fighter|fighters]] [[SRD:Craft Skill|make their own gear]] or [[SRD:Barbarian|barbarians]] and [[SRD:Ranger|rangers]] [[SRD:Survival Skill|find their way in the woods]]Everyone can do what everyone should be capable of doing to participate.
