Why 30? 25 is "high-powered fantasy" in Pathfinder--I think that would be fine.<br/><br/>Also, why are people going to be ahead of others on the experience curve just because they use a skill more often? Couldn't, say, a fighter who has none of those use Intimidate to get the same thing running a protection racket or whatever? So no, I don't think that they should be given extra XP just for that.<br/><br/>What do you guys dislike about gaining an extra skill point whenever you take a favored class that can only be sunk into Perform, Craft, or Profession?<br/><br/>As for races, I'm fine with either the builder or using featured/uncommon races--but I do think we should limit (in other words, ban) monsters-as-races that use CR as their effective level, since those throw the power curve all over the place.