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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8091802" data-attributes="member: 7006">I always use the 'Alternative Ability Score' variant rule, where I ask for an Ability Check and the player can then possibly add a skill they are proficient at.&nbsp; By doing this, and seeing what usually got applied... I was able to determine which skills were unnecessary in this system, and what categories of stuff felt like they were missing.&nbsp; Thus I merged some skills and added new ones.Animal Handling was merged into Nature; usually a Wisdom (Nature) check.Acrobatics was merged into Athletics; usually a Dexterity (Athletics) check.Intimidation was merged into Persuasion; usually a Strength (Persuasion) check.Medicine was merged into Survival; usually a Wisdom (Survival) check.Sleight of Hand was merged into Deception; usually a Dexterity (Deception) check.New skills included:Commerce (for interacting with merchants, appraising, haggling, and anything money related)Dungeoneering (for everything related to spelunking, dungeoncrawling and the Underdark)Etiquette (for interacting with things related to nobility, high society, castles and the like)Folklore (for interacting with commoners, low society, and stories/lore that the common folk might know)Mechanics (for things related to architecture, engineering, tinkering, and took the place of Thieve's Tools proficiency)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8091802, member: 7006"] I always use the 'Alternative Ability Score' variant rule, where I ask for an Ability Check and the player can then possibly add a skill they are proficient at. By doing this, and seeing what usually got applied... I was able to determine which skills were unnecessary in this system, and what categories of stuff felt like they were missing. Thus I merged some skills and added new ones. [B]Animal Handling[/B] was merged into Nature; usually a Wisdom (Nature) check. [B]Acrobatics[/B] was merged into Athletics; usually a Dexterity (Athletics) check. [B]Intimidation[/B] was merged into Persuasion; usually a Strength (Persuasion) check. [B]Medicine[/B] was merged into Survival; usually a Wisdom (Survival) check. [B]Sleight of Hand[/B] was merged into Deception; usually a Dexterity (Deception) check. New skills included: [B]Commerce [/B](for interacting with merchants, appraising, haggling, and anything money related) [B]Dungeoneering[/B] (for everything related to spelunking, dungeoncrawling and the Underdark) [B]Etiquette[/B] (for interacting with things related to nobility, high society, castles and the like) [B]Folklore[/B] (for interacting with commoners, low society, and stories/lore that the common folk might know) [B]Mechanics[/B] (for things related to architecture, engineering, tinkering, and took the place of Thieve's Tools proficiency) [/QUOTE]

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