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At the very least, the indies have an extra 6 months to get their stuff out there to their audiences for this "revival" now that GTA6...

For me the first question any DM needs to ask themselves when it comes to their skill list for their game is "Which checks am I asking...

I don't think so. Important in the sense that the check is likely to have a meaningful impact on the game. The dc has nothing to do...

Apparently the term "engineer" is venerable. It comes from Middle English "enginour" from a similar term in Old French. Surprising, as a...

I use Mechanics. I have no idea when the term 'engineering' entered the English vernacular, but it feels too modern to me for a typical...

We don't bother with "actions" outside of combat, so neither of those have mattered in my games. If someone does something that...

Heh, I agree the original 5e Tool system was a 'mistake'. But it accidentally turned out to be the best crafting system that D&D has...

Yeah, I know that's how WotC tried to patch their original mistake with the Tool system, but for my money it shouldn't have gotten to...

For my recent Theros campaign I did something along these lines... I renamed the 'Persuasion' and 'Intimidation' skills to 'Rhetoric'...

Other of ideas caught my attention. Definitely delete Acrobatics! You mention interesting uses of skills. I am comparing notes. I get...

I have to imagine that the game mechanics were not the thing they were getting most of their responses on... it was probably entirely...

The real issue I've always had with the 5E skill system is that they originally made an interesting choice by moving a whole bunch of...

I allow players to make up a skill and select it if it makes sense. There have been a lot of tool proficiencies created. In terms of...

Oh, I really like this word. In the past I've always defaulted to 'Etiquette' or 'High Society' or 'Nobility' when I wanted to include...

That's why I use 'Mechanics' myself.