New Posts For Thread: What's your opinion about the Skills list ?http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29056597/Whats_your_opinion_about_the_Skills_list_Hello people.I would like to know what's your opinion about the actual Skills list in D&D. Do you want more skills in the list like in the 3.X or less ? Or maybe, like me, you just don't see the utility of a skill list and you prefer that races and cI'll hop on the cart and add:Player: My character should totally be able to *insert irrelevant but cool skill here*.DM: But you need to spend these character resources to do that.Player: Yeah, but I need those resources to do *insert multiple relevanhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29056597/Whats_your_opinion_about_the_Skills_list_?post_id=518846575#518846575I'll hop on the cart and add:Player: My character should totally be able to *insert irrelevant but cool skill here*.DM: But you need to spend these character resources to do that.Player: Yeah, but I need those resources to do *insert multiple relevanFri, 20 Apr 2012 17:51:30 -0500Just,uh, slap the new hotness onto the character when it's available. It may actually be cleaner than the "rebuild" process that currently occurs when a new book has way-more-obvious feats and such.[/quote]One of the stated objectives is to let playhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29056597/Whats_your_opinion_about_the_Skills_list_?post_id=518841227#518841227Just,uh, slap the new hotness onto the character when it's available. It may actually be cleaner than the "rebuild" process that currently occurs when a new book has way-more-obvious feats and such.[/quote]One of the stated objectives is to let playFri, 20 Apr 2012 14:55:00 -0500I think the second poster got it right more or less. The core system should start with just ability checks with circumstantial bonuses based on ROLEPLAYING. Later, a module should be introduced that presents skills under grouped headings so you havehttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29056597/Whats_your_opinion_about_the_Skills_list_?post_id=518830987#518830987I think the second poster got it right more or less. The core system should start with just ability checks with circumstantial bonuses based on ROLEPLAYING. Later, a module should be introduced that presents skills under grouped headings so you haveFri, 20 Apr 2012 10:08:07 -0500Just,uh, slap the new hotness onto the character when it's available. It may actually be cleaner than the "rebuild" process that currently occurs when a new book has way-more-obvious feats and such.[/quote]One of the stated objectives is to let playhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29056597/Whats_your_opinion_about_the_Skills_list_?post_id=518829303#518829303Just,uh, slap the new hotness onto the character when it's available. It may actually be cleaner than the "rebuild" process that currently occurs when a new book has way-more-obvious feats and such.[/quote]One of the stated objectives is to let playFri, 20 Apr 2012 09:23:53 -0500I like ability checks with specific modifiers for specific tasks. It is, I think, one of the simpler forms of task resolution you can have.http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29056597/Whats_your_opinion_about_the_Skills_list_?post_id=518819331#518819331I like ability checks with specific modifiers for specific tasks. It is, I think, one of the simpler forms of task resolution you can have.Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:01:56 -0500