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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8091787" data-attributes="member: 5948">I always used to view the Bureaucracy skill in Exalted with a bit of a raised eyebrow, but I do feel the lack of something similar in 5e.&nbsp; Something Int-based that covers law, politics, administration, current events, commerce, running one's own castle or lands or trading company, etc - otherwise all this stuff tends to come under 'History', which has never really rung true to me.&nbsp; Given the 5e 'as few skills as possible' approach, I'd probably put these all under the same skill.&nbsp; I know it's not going to be something that comes up in every game, but it really is a significant gap.As for some of the others, I'd again take a leaf from the White Wolf book and simply decouple proficiencies from their single ability score in some cases.&nbsp; So Endurance is Athletics, but using your Con modifier.&nbsp; Etiquette is Bureaucracy (yep, i'm still pushing for it!) using your Cha modifier.&nbsp; Or possibly Persuasion using your Int modifier if you're trying to recall the appropriate behaviour for a particular occasion.&nbsp; Streetwise i don't think needs its own skill, various combinations of Insight, Perception etc should do the job - perhaps certain background features might give +2 or something.&nbsp; Or if you wanted to get a bit abstract, you could decide it's done with Sleight of Hand using your Cha modifer...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8091787, member: 5948"] I always used to view the Bureaucracy skill in Exalted with a bit of a raised eyebrow, but I do feel the lack of something similar in 5e. Something Int-based that covers law, politics, administration, current events, commerce, running one's own castle or lands or trading company, etc - otherwise all this stuff tends to come under 'History', which has never really rung true to me. Given the 5e 'as few skills as possible' approach, I'd probably put these all under the same skill. I know it's not going to be something that comes up in every game, but it really is a significant gap. As for some of the others, I'd again take a leaf from the White Wolf book and simply decouple proficiencies from their single ability score in some cases. So Endurance is Athletics, but using your Con modifier. Etiquette is Bureaucracy (yep, i'm still pushing for it!) using your Cha modifier. Or possibly Persuasion using your Int modifier if you're trying to recall the appropriate behaviour for a particular occasion. Streetwise i don't think needs its own skill, various combinations of Insight, Perception etc should do the job - perhaps certain background features might give +2 or something. Or if you wanted to get a bit abstract, you could decide it's done with Sleight of Hand using your Cha modifer... [/QUOTE]

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