Ambiguously Gendered Return of 'What is the Hivemind?'

[Bront]

Your faith in my characters is overwhleming.

Hey, at least you get a bonus to convince magical beasts that you're a little girl...

 

[Jdvn1]

I've read Anton's sheet--I know all his secrets!

At least, all the secrets that I posted. I like his picture, though.

 

[Jdvn1]

Your DMs are wise to not let you use it then

Seconded.

 

[Jdvn1]

Heh. Wild Empathy won't work against it, and I doubt Diplomacy would either.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Your DMs are wise to not let you use it then

Not allowing a character to use a skill on which they focused just because they focused on it is mean. That's worse than forcing the ranger to never fight their favoured enemy or the cleric to never fight undead...especially since it took a significant investement in not getting Eldritch Spear to help out Rayni's Diplomacy.

That said, I don't think any of my GMs are actually actively seeking to stop the skill use for this reason, so it isn't their fault, I guess.

 

[Jdvn1]

Not allowing a character to use a skill on which they focused just because they focused on it is mean. That's worse than forcing the ranger to never fight their favoured enemy or the cleric to never fight undead...especially since it took a significant investement in not getting Eldritch Spear to help out Rayni's Diplomacy.

That said, I don't think any of my GMs are actually actively seeking to stop the skill use for this reason, so it isn't their fault, I guess.

You're allowed to use it, but it's just mostly useless.

 

[Rystil Arden]

You're allowed to use it, but it's just mostly useless.

Diplomacy is very useful though. If I could convince a Hostile girl to become Helpful with a 12 Charisma character with no Diplomacy, imagine what my characters who actually have the skill can do!

 

[Jdvn1]

It is, but not in the situations you're in, apparently. Kind of like Anton's skills right now.

 

[Rystil Arden]

It is, but not in the situations you're in, apparently. Kind of like Anton's skills right now.

Not so--Anton has already gotten to use Survival and Knowledge (Nature), two of his highest skills Besides, it seems like he hasn't invested as much in his favourite skills as Rayni (Rayni had +13 Diplomacy at Anton's level) which is cool because he also has some other cool abilities.

 

[Jdvn1]

Well, being 1st level, the two uses of the skills were pretty weak. I've invested in skills, but my race limits me and as a fighter class, I can't waste early feats on skill focus.