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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1833172" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Or, rather, D&D is better without skills <em>in the core rules</em>, because then every individual DM can make up his own home-brewed skill system and teach it to his own players: "<em>Where first had the edge on this specific front was that because they didn't exist (pre-1984 or so), players and DM's could add stuff in - house rule it into existence.</em>"</p><p></p><p>But at what point do we say "No, that <em>should</em> be in the core rules"? Why have classes in the books at all? Let DMs house rule them in. Why have races? Let DMs house rule them in.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure you do. If 'knows everything' is too much, how much <em>is</em> he allowed to know based on his background? Is he allowed to know more when he goes up a level? If he's spent all his time in his background studying in libraries, how come his fighter is just as good in combat as my fighter, whose background talks about his years of one-on-one tutelage with the finest weapon master on the continent?</p><p></p><p>-Hyp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1833172, member: 1656"] Or, rather, D&D is better without skills [i]in the core rules[/i], because then every individual DM can make up his own home-brewed skill system and teach it to his own players: "[i]Where first had the edge on this specific front was that because they didn't exist (pre-1984 or so), players and DM's could add stuff in - house rule it into existence.[/i]" But at what point do we say "No, that [i]should[/i] be in the core rules"? Why have classes in the books at all? Let DMs house rule them in. Why have races? Let DMs house rule them in. Sure you do. If 'knows everything' is too much, how much [i]is[/i] he allowed to know based on his background? Is he allowed to know more when he goes up a level? If he's spent all his time in his background studying in libraries, how come his fighter is just as good in combat as my fighter, whose background talks about his years of one-on-one tutelage with the finest weapon master on the continent? -Hyp. [/QUOTE]
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