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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolfen Priest" data-source="post: 294637" data-attributes="member: 3909">The one thing I most appreciated about the 2e Skills & Powers Supplements was the 'breakdown' of the abilities, which more often than not did make a lot of sense.    The one in particular, which I was honestly quite surprised not to find in 3e, was the breakdown of Dexterity into (a) balance, and (b) aim.Personally, I would like to see Dexterity broken down into two abilities (I consider more aptly named): Agility, and Coordination.Take someone like Babe Ruth.  One of the greatest baseball players of all time.  He could hit a baseball better than almost any given set of 216 people, if not more, right?  However, do you think he could walk a tightrope?  I doubt it.  Ever watch those bowhunting guys shoot a bow?  Simply amazing accuracy.  Often, (from what I've seen) they are very heavy, and don't seem like they would be particularly difficult to hit in a 'melee' fight.  IOW, they are great with a bow, but are not physically graceful or agile.Now, look at a guy like Jackie Chan.  Nimble, quick, with a very low 'Armor Class,' right?  Yet, he's really no good at baseball, basketball, and those kinds of activities.  I really doubt he would get any bonus whatsoever for a ranged attack.  If you care to quibble with this point, then consider that such a person is certainly possible, right?I'm so convinced that these two 'abilites' are different (even more so than the other S&P ones like intuition and willpower, frex) that I've been very tempted to change the rules myself, except that it would obviously involve a lot of tinkering.  For example, the skill Hide may require Agility (as I call it), but what about picking a lock?  Is that really Coordination?  Is that even dexterity-related at all, or more related to Wisdom or perhaps even intelligence?  Soon a person could find him/herself totally overwhelmed with so many questions and house-rules based on such a simple thing as this, really, that one finds it really isn't worth it, for a game that is barely able to 'mimic' reality in the first place.Just some thoughts on the subject.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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