Really Stupid Question About Cross Class Skills

[EntrerisShadow]

So for skills that cannot be used untrained, can a character pick that skill up by simply puttinv ranks in it? Or would they have to multiclass in order to do it?

[Shifty]

There is no cross class anymore, as all classes can choose any given skill.

Classes that have that skill gain a +3 bonus on a skill IF they put ranks into it.

For skills that cannot be used 'untrained', any class can put 1 point in that skill and be trained (and able to use it).

[seekerofshadowlight]

Yes, you can simply put ranks into it. The only diffidence between class skills and non-class skills would be the one time +3 you gain for taking a class skill.

An ninja'ed

[EntrerisShadow]

That is what I thought. I had house-ruled for a while that in order to get a skill your class was not traditionally trained in (e.g. A Fighter wanting to pick up Disable Device, or a Barbarian wanting Linguistics) you had to find a trainer and invest in time and possibly gold. (The gold was usually circumvented by a party member doing the teaching.) But it occurred to me I may be doing that for no reason or breaking some sort of rule as you weren't supposed to be able to use trained class skills anyway.