Colen McAlister wrote:
> mgehl wrote:
>>
>> I can't find a specific rule for or against it, but I (and apparently
>> HL) thought that all addition came before multiplication in D&D.
>> Therefore, a human cleric gets 3 skill points/level, x4 at first level.
>> In your case, you get 2+1-3 = 0 skill points per level, minimum 1, and
>> therefore 4 at 1st level.
>
>
> Interestingly, the PHB specifically says that a human gets 4 extra skill
> points at first level. Not an extra 1 per level, multiplied by 4 at
> level 1 - just 4 extra skill points, and then 1 extra at each additional
> level. I can easily interpret that as meaning "added after intelligence
> penalties are applied".
>
> Does anyone know of an actual ruling on this? If not, I'll go ahead and
> post a thread on the wizards boards about it.
I posted a thread on the Wizards forums, and half a dozen people all
replied saying that your interpretation was right. This will be fixed in
the next release of Hero Lab, which should be out soon.
Thanks!
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Colen McAlister,
colen@wolflair.com
Chief Engineer, Lone Wolf Development