Skills

Background Skill Points

At creation, each character who starts as an established 'pirate' gets an extra 8 skill points to put into any of the following skills:

These skills are considered 'class skills' but only when using background skill points. They are still cross-class skills for your normal pool of skill points. At each additional level, the character gains 2 more skill points to be put into any of these skills. If the character was not a pirate at first level, he can take Craft, Perform, Knowledge, or Profession, as long as they're justified, but when he levels up, he's restricted to the pirate list.

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