Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 989574" data-attributes="member: 158">I myself prefer breaking down perform in SOME fashion, though not necessarily in the way that 3.5 does it.In all of the arguments I have seen so far, posters who are against the breaking down of Perform have made comparisons to either fighters and multiple weapons, or the craft skills, and have brought up known celebrities who are multi-talented.Yes, Bo Jackson could be a star American Football player and Baseball player - but he was very likely better at one than the other, albeit marginally. There are musicians who can play multiple instruments very well - but still have a favored one that they excel at. Fighters can pick up many weapons with equal facility - but they are still better at one or two weapons than all of them.A Weaponsmith (only) cannot craft a suit of armor as well, nor can a Sage of the Undead (alone) determine the number of prime material planes accessed by Lolth's Demonweb. The breakdown in Perform is more like the Craft or Knowledge breakdowns; the debate is hinged upon whether one thinks 10 categories are too many - I think it might be too many by about 4 (meaning I would have liked for it to be no more than 6 categories max). In truth, I would much have preferred something like ride, where you have the categories, but a penalty to use another category without obviating all the ranks entirely.</blockquote>