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<blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 4535405" data-attributes="member: 63763"><p>Jack of all Trades is definitely a solid choice for Bards ... at which point any skill training is only a +2 boost.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately though, if the option is get training in thievery or get training in thievery AND have the option to sneak attack (and be considered a Rogue), there isn't really a reason to pick the first option OVER the second option. There may be a third option ... but that doesn't make it so the second option isn't better than the first option.</p><p> </p><p>You can carry around a secondary weapon solely to use when you want to get the sneak attack off. You have the Dex for it ... so you could pick up Quick Draw.</p><p> </p><p>In general, IF you meet the prereq for the MC feat, taking that feat instead of the skill training feat is better. It's getting the skill trained AND something else vs. getting just the skill trained.</p><p> </p><p>There may be arguments against getting trained in the skill at all, or how useful it is to get the secondary benefit or being considered part of the class. But that is ignoring the fact that if someone wants to train in that skill, getting the MC feat gets them more than a simple skill training feat would.</p><p> </p><p>Maybe a Dwarven Fighter is better off taking a greatsword or taking the feat for a fullblade instead of taking the dwarven weapon feat ... but that has nothing to do with dwarven weapon being strictly better than a proficiency feat for a single superior axe or hammer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalterKovacs, post: 4535405, member: 63763"] Jack of all Trades is definitely a solid choice for Bards ... at which point any skill training is only a +2 boost. Ultimately though, if the option is get training in thievery or get training in thievery AND have the option to sneak attack (and be considered a Rogue), there isn't really a reason to pick the first option OVER the second option. There may be a third option ... but that doesn't make it so the second option isn't better than the first option. You can carry around a secondary weapon solely to use when you want to get the sneak attack off. You have the Dex for it ... so you could pick up Quick Draw. In general, IF you meet the prereq for the MC feat, taking that feat instead of the skill training feat is better. It's getting the skill trained AND something else vs. getting just the skill trained. There may be arguments against getting trained in the skill at all, or how useful it is to get the secondary benefit or being considered part of the class. But that is ignoring the fact that if someone wants to train in that skill, getting the MC feat gets them more than a simple skill training feat would. Maybe a Dwarven Fighter is better off taking a greatsword or taking the feat for a fullblade instead of taking the dwarven weapon feat ... but that has nothing to do with dwarven weapon being strictly better than a proficiency feat for a single superior axe or hammer. [/QUOTE]
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