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Actually, Many skills already do work when not maxed out.[br][br]You don't need max points in climb, jump, or survival-- mroe is nice, but witha handful of points, you can do cool stuff that stays level-appropriate until magic renders the skill moot. [br][br]Open Lock eventually gets high enough to ...

"Why should a third-level wizard be harder to see than the best nonmagical stealth character in the game?"

At higher levels, he isn't. Many powerful monsters have See Invisible, while it takes blindisght to see through a ridiculous hide score...