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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 6208876" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I can certainly see how some folks wouldnt find any difference between combat skills and social skills. I think you need to play the game in a way that makes sense for you, so if these things feel similar to you, then that is your experience and how play functions at your table. I guess for me, i don't want combat and social skills (or mental skills) to function the same. I am okay letting random rolls determine some of the stuff that goes on in combat (though I would still like my descriptions of what i am eying to do to factor in) but for conversations with NPCs, interactions with the environmeent, etc I want to handle those details directly and avoid abstracting them as much as possible. I dont think my way is better than others, or the only way to play an rpg, but it is the way that works best for me. That doesnt mean no rolling for non-combat situations, just that there are times where i find skills like diplomacy and evn detect intrudig on my interaction with the setting and its people. As I said before, i really tend to notice it during things like investigation adventures or puzzles, where the fun for me is figuring those things out, not having the system simulate my character figuring them out.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 6208876, member: 85555"] I can certainly see how some folks wouldnt find any difference between combat skills and social skills. I think you need to play the game in a way that makes sense for you, so if these things feel similar to you, then that is your experience and how play functions at your table. I guess for me, i don't want combat and social skills (or mental skills) to function the same. I am okay letting random rolls determine some of the stuff that goes on in combat (though I would still like my descriptions of what i am eying to do to factor in) but for conversations with NPCs, interactions with the environmeent, etc I want to handle those details directly and avoid abstracting them as much as possible. I dont think my way is better than others, or the only way to play an rpg, but it is the way that works best for me. That doesnt mean no rolling for non-combat situations, just that there are times where i find skills like diplomacy and evn detect intrudig on my interaction with the setting and its people. As I said before, i really tend to notice it during things like investigation adventures or puzzles, where the fun for me is figuring those things out, not having the system simulate my character figuring them out. [/QUOTE]

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