Idea for new Variant: Intermediate Skills [Archive] - Wizards Community

Idea for new Variant: Intermediate Skills [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Adrez Nesnsid
05-30-04, 07:33 AM Yesterday I thought of a great idea: 'What if there were skills in between class skills and cross-class skills?'

My idea is that that there should be a third group of skills for each class called 'intermediate skills'. When you spend a skill point on an intermediate skill for one of your character classes you gain three-quarters of a rank in that skill.

The following intermediate skills would be added to the various character classes' lists (and this list is FAR from complete):

Sorceror: Use Magic Device
Wizard: Speak Language
Monk: Heal, Speak Language
Fighter: Balance, Tumble (maybe)
and so on

P.S. I know that this thread doesn't seem quite right for this board, but I didn't know where else to post it.
Giarc
05-31-04, 04:14 AM Originally posted by Adrez Nesnsid
Wizard: Speak Language
Monk: Heal, Speak Language

Speak Language doesn't use ranks. Here's the 3.5 SRD description:

The Speak Language skill doesn’t work like other skills. Languages work as follows.
• You start at 1st level knowing one or two languages (based on your race), plus an additional number of languages equal to your starting Intelligence bonus.
• You can purchase Speak Language just like any other skill, but instead of buying a rank in it, you choose a new language that you can speak.
• You don’t make Speak Language checks. You either know a language or you don’t.
• A literate character (anyone but a barbarian who has not spent skill points to become literate) can read and write any language she speaks. Each language has an alphabet, though sometimes several spoken languages share a single alphabet.
Adrez Nesnsid
05-31-04, 08:54 AM I understand that it doesn't use ranks. It can still be designated as a class or cross class skill (Or, in this case, an intermediate skill) simply as a device for determining how many skill points you have to spend on it to learn to speak a new language.

(Case in point, it is, under the core rules, designated as a class skill for bards, and a cross class skill for anyone else)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Adrez Nesnsid 05-30-04, 07:33 AM	Yesterday I thought of a great idea: 'What if there were skills in between class skills and cross-class skills?' My idea is that that there should be a third group of skills for each class called 'intermediate skills'. When you spend a skill point on an intermediate skill for one of your character classes you gain three-quarters of a rank in that skill. The following intermediate skills would be added to the various character classes' lists (and this list is FAR from complete): Sorceror: Use Magic Device Wizard: Speak Language Monk: Heal, Speak Language Fighter: Balance, Tumble (maybe) and so on P.S. I know that this thread doesn't seem quite right for this board, but I didn't know where else to post it.
Giarc 05-31-04, 04:14 AM	Originally posted by Adrez Nesnsid Wizard: Speak Language Monk: Heal, Speak Language Speak Language doesn't use ranks. Here's the 3.5 SRD description: The Speak Language skill doesn’t work like other skills. Languages work as follows. • You start at 1st level knowing one or two languages (based on your race), plus an additional number of languages equal to your starting Intelligence bonus. • You can purchase Speak Language just like any other skill, but instead of buying a rank in it, you choose a new language that you can speak. • You don’t make Speak Language checks. You either know a language or you don’t. • A literate character (anyone but a barbarian who has not spent skill points to become literate) can read and write any language she speaks. Each language has an alphabet, though sometimes several spoken languages share a single alphabet.
Adrez Nesnsid 05-31-04, 08:54 AM	I understand that it doesn't use ranks. It can still be designated as a class or cross class skill (Or, in this case, an intermediate skill) simply as a device for determining how many skill points you have to spend on it to learn to speak a new language. (Case in point, it is, under the core rules, designated as a class skill for bards, and a cross class skill for anyone else)