Dwarven Greed

[Kelso]

The following passage is in the description of the Dwarven Race from version 2 of the Pathfinder Alpha:

"Greed: Dwarves treat Appraise as a class skill when
attempting to determine the price of nonmagical goods
that contain precious metals and gemstones."

With the current rules for Skills, a class skill is basically the same as a non-class skill, except you get a +3 if you have ranks. Does this mean that a Dwarf gets a +3 bonus to Appraise checks in the situation listed above, even if it's not a regular class skill?

The wording is a little vague. As a DM, I'd probably rule that Dwarves get a situational +3 to appraise checks, but the wording could probably be a little clearer.

[JoelF847]

I believe that a class skill requires that you have at least 1 rank before the +3 bonus applies. So that for appraise, dwarves only get the +3 if they put a rank in the skill.