Basic Upping-Skills Question

[Goldeneye]

Simple little question:
When you level up, and are trying to put points into a skill, what caps how many points you can put in??
Example: lets say a Sorc is leveling up to lvl 3, but can only put 1 point into UMD, aka .5 skill points.
What caps how many points you can put in?
thanks a lot.

[Goldeneye]

I found this thread by RuneDarkfire

the cap of the intimidate skill is character level+3 like other class skills (instead of (CL+3)/2 like cross-class

by liath

So, skills are capped at [Character level] + 3 ??

[Cashiry]

You can only put 1 point into a skill per lvl except, up to 4 skill pts at lvl 1.

For your example: max skill pts put into umd at lvl 3 would be 6 skill points spent. Which equals 3 ranks due to .5 per skill pt.

So a lvl 14 sorc. Would have 4(1st)+13(2nd-14th)=17 skill pts spent

[Selinius]

Class skills are level+3
Cross class skills are (level+3)/2

[Cadaia]

So, skills are capped at [Character level] + 3 ??

CLASS skills are capped at char lvl +3 ranks. Cross-class skills (which UMD is for a sorc) are half that.

You can put as many points per level into any skill as you can afford. Class skills cost 1 skill point per rank and cross-class skills cost 2 skill points per rank.

[richieelias27]

cross class skills without a class level where said skill is also a class level for that class are actually (level+1)/2

only 2 points at level 1, not 4.

[Arianrhod]

A pure sorc can only put [level+3]/2 into UMD, as it is a cross-class skill for them (so 9.5 at 16th level). If they have a level of rogue or bard (for whom UMD is a class skill), their cap would be level+3 or 19 at 16th level.