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<blockquote data-quote="Noinarap" data-source="post: 4039442" data-attributes="member: 59730">Skills are still in the game. Subterfuge and so on is covered by the skill system and good old role-playing. Having ranks in a skill and maybe a few feats or powers for special applications is enough. Combat abilities are relevant to the game because tactical combat has always been a core element. Tactical bluffing or climbing or sneaking is less interesting and varied. The game has a lot of combat classes because there are meaningfully different ways to succeed in combat.I don't see why we need class levels and powers and so on to resolve crafting or professions. The details are largely irrelevant to game-play. It doesn't really matter how the bow gets made or how the inn is run. The results only effect one player- there is no teamwork or drama or anything that makes such actions worthy of the spotlight. Further, these abilities find infrequent use. A wizard will have to roast people with spells a lot more than he will have to roast a chicken. A warrior will have to trade sword blows with orcs a lot, but we will not be leading men into battle very much. Having an entire leveling system dedicated to rare situations is not valuable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Noinarap, post: 4039442, member: 59730"] Skills are still in the game. Subterfuge and so on is covered by the skill system and good old role-playing. Having ranks in a skill and maybe a few feats or powers for special applications is enough. Combat abilities are relevant to the game because tactical combat has always been a core element. Tactical bluffing or climbing or sneaking is less interesting and varied. The game has a lot of combat classes because there are meaningfully different ways to succeed in combat. I don't see why we need class levels and powers and so on to resolve crafting or professions. The details are largely irrelevant to game-play. It doesn't really matter how the bow gets made or how the inn is run. The results only effect one player- there is no teamwork or drama or anything that makes such actions worthy of the spotlight. Further, these abilities find infrequent use. A wizard will have to roast people with spells a lot more than he will have to roast a chicken. A warrior will have to trade sword blows with orcs a lot, but we will not be leading men into battle very much. Having an entire leveling system dedicated to rare situations is not valuable. [/QUOTE]

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