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In low-level D&D variant E6, you max out at level 6 and only gain feats every 5,000XP thereafter. There is a feat as follows:

Skill Beyond Your Years
Prerequisite: Level 6
Pick a skill. Your max ranks rise from Level+3 to Level +5.

Is this feat of any actual use? You can't gain levels past 6 in E6, and therefore can't gain further skill points even if your max ranks goes up.

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Discussion in the E6 thread, besides "use Open Minded or the various +2 to 2 skills feats", proposes giving one skill point per feat you give out post level 6. Meets general approval. enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/… – mxyzplk♦ Aug 22 '12 at 12:41

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There's a feat called Open Minded in 3.5 that gives you five extra skill points, so it could be used together with this feat. It would stack with Skill Focus etc, and might help you meet the prereqs of some otherwise unavailable feat.

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Since feats cost 5000 XP, and Open Minded gives 5 skill points, my GM has houseruled that you can buy skill points for 1000 XP each, making this option slightly more viable. – DuckTapeal Aug 22 '12 at 12:52
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Depending on what you're going for, you can only get skill focus once (and you can do that further down the line). Plus, your DM will probably let you take the feat before allocating skill points so you can have the advantage of the highest rank in the game for that skill.

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Seems worthless to me. Deceitful, deft hands etc add to more than one skill, and skill focus adds a +3 bonus to a single skill, regardless of ranks. If it worked for more than one skill, it might be worthwhile. Otherwise it seems about as cool as toughness.

Nah, less than that even.

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"Is it super cool" is another question, but the feat works, you just would usually take two Skill Beyond Your Years before you take one of the random +2 to 2 skills feats. – mxyzplk♦ Aug 22 '12 at 12:40
Actually, the plus to skills is a bonus, not extra skill points. So 'the feat being of any actual use' answer would be yes, just not as much as some things. Two feats could mean disarming or cleaving. – LitheOhm Aug 22 '12 at 17:31

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