How useful/important is it for a Paladin to have a good Spellcraft skill, really?
It depend on if he wants to depend on someone else to identify spells for him or not.
Usually it's one of the skills that I decide not to try to get as a paladin: it could be nice but there are just too few skill points to try to get this one too.
All the Spellcraft DCs are 15+ and Int is a dump stat. How is only 1 rank worth anything? (Dont know if that came off as snarky, so let me assure you it wasn't! Genuine question. :) )
class skill. 1 point is a 4 point bonus.
No I get that, but we're talking about a Paladin here, so the Int is likely a 10 (no way it's higher than a 14 max) so, at best, you're looking at a +6 total, which means you're still only 50/50 for level 1 spells, and it only gets harder the higher you go.
I really don't see a reason to buy the skill at all, but I wanted to ask in case I overlooked something. :)
No I get that, but we're talking about a Paladin here, so the Int is likely a 10 (no way it's higher than a 14 max) so, at best, you're looking at a +6 total, which means you're still only 50/50 for level 1 spells, and it only gets harder the higher you go.
I really don't see a reason to buy the skill at all, but I wanted to ask in case I overlooked something. :)
50/50 is a whole lot better than 0, you can't use the skill untrained. I'd say it's worth a single rank to have an entire skill opened to you than to be marginally better at some other skill.