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Thank you OnyxFlame. Apparently I wasn't articulating myself well enough because that has been one my main points. I think one of the ways a classless system is more realistic is *because* you don't have to choose your skills form the beginning. Ideally each character would start with the very basic skillset (as you described, with the racial language and a few other remedial skills), then they have the freedom to gain whatever skills they wish...whatever is suitable for their path.
Skills all start out at an unskilled level, and upon usage grow. Skills that are neglected...atrophy. Just like riding a bike, you may never forget how but you might be a bit rusty after 20 years of having not ridden one (at the very least you might not be able to pull off that bunny hop you did when you were 10). Anyway, I think the lines have clearly been drawn in this debate. There are those who like class based and those who like classless. And neither side seems to want to budge *chuckle*.
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