Love/hate the new KS rules

[keterys]

If you have a set of characters and they have differing intelligences, differing racial bonuses, some have skill focus and some don't, some have skill training and others don't, and some have magic item assistances and others don't... seems to me like there's a lot of possible different scores even at the same level.

 

[Keltheos]

I hate refer to the cliche, but its all about rule zero.

if you have a PC who is a dwarf, give him a +3 on his skill check related to architecture.

etc.

And this is probably what I'll be doing. I like the consolidation of the KS'es but the dilution of some of the non-combat abilities means that two characters will be exactly the same when it comes to what they know about the world, regardless of their backgrounds/etc.