Skill Points Too Low by RAW

[Endarire]

Greetings, message readers!

By D&D 3.0 and 3.5 rules as written (RAW), a character gets at least 2 + INT modifier skill points per level, or x4 this at the first hit die. Humans and some other races get +1 skill point per level which is also multiplied at the first HD.

Characters should get an additional skill point per level, multiplied at level 1.

I tested this with Human Sor and Wiz skill points and was short this number of skill points compared to other games such as ToEE. I did not test this with every race and class.

Thankee!

[Beorhtnoth]

Humans do get the extra skill point per level (except for Aasimar and Tieflings), but IWD2 doesn't precisely use the 3.0 (or 3.5) rules in many instances. In this case, skill points are lower probably because the game doesn't use the full set of skills.

You can see how skill points are distributed per level in the base game here: https://gibberlings3.github.io/iesdp/files/2da/2da_iwd2/skillpts.htm
Sorcerers and Wizards get 1 per level, instead of the 2 per level by SRD. The IWD2EE mod also adjusts Bards and Rangers to get 3 skill points per class level.

In this mod, Half-orcs and Half-elves also get the extra skill point per level as well.

[Endarire]

Thanks. A Half-Elf is seemingly just a better Human since HE gets the bonus skills and feat.

[Beorhtnoth]

Your comment made me realize I mistakenly said that Half-Elf and Half-Orc get the extra skill points. They don't, they receive an extra feat at first level and some other miscellaneous bonuses. So, HE is not always necessarily the best choice (although they are really good in the mod. In base IWD2 they were never worth taking over a human.)