Same skill feat from background and class - what now?

[Roswynn]

Hey folks,

I'm building a character with a very clear concept in my head, an investigator for the playtest.

She's got the Alkenstar Tinker background from LOWG but she needs to have Alchemical Sciences methodology. Both give Alchemical Crafting. I really hope I could change the background skill feat to something else because otherwise it would be annoying to have a wasted feat, but I found no info on the net.

I think my GM will allow me to choose another skill feat but since I run games too I need to know what to do in cases like this.

Help please?

[Captain Morgan]

As written, I'm not you can replace one of the feats, but any reasonable GM will allow you to do it.

[K1]

Custom background is what you are looking for.

Just change the bonus feat and you are all set.

[shroudb]

Yeah, can't think of a case in a home campaign where the GM wouldn't let the switch.

Official settings like pfs can be tricky though.

[Roswynn]

Thank you guys, GM indeed had no problem (whew).

[Ascalaphus]

PFS2 needs a good standard rule for this, but in a home game I would certainly just allow picking another feat that you qualify for. After all, that's how duplicate skill training at level 1 is handled.