There are many, many traits out there which make a skill "always a class skill for you".
However, I can't seem to find one which gives access to the Stealth skill. Can anyone help me find one? (No 3PP and no campaign traits, please!)
Are traits with regional or similar links OK? Bandit, slippery, swamp rebel & Uskwood hunter all have such links. Highlander just requires that you come from a hilly or mountainous area.
Family trade is fun if you can get another party member to buy in. In a side game where the party is trying to start an assassin's guild a couple of us took this, turns out sneaking is the family business for our clan of ratfolk...
Thank you both for your suggestions!
Maybe I should have said non-regional/non-specific to an organization, but it's still useful to see what's out there.
As it stands, based on the suggestions given both Highlander and Family Trade could be useful for my purposes. Also Bandit sounds like a far more acceptable/less traumatic background than any of: Nidalese origin, slip slavery in Cheliax, or escaping from Wanshou on the far side of the world.
I wonder if there're any other traits which allow the choice of a new class skill.
Going by my Trait List spreadsheet (well, actually the up-to-date version on my desktop):
Slippery (Combat) Bellflower Network
Crocodile Swim (Race) Skinwalker - Werecrocodile-Kin
Trickster (Race) Vanara
Bandit (Regional) River Kingdoms
Highlander (Regional) Hills or Mountain
Swamp Rebel (Regional) Wanshou
Uskwood Hunter (Regional) Nidal
Family Trade (Family)
Wisdom in the Flesh (Religion) Irori