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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 5396069">Still using them, though they're for specific things.&nbsp; Sometimes they're for &quot;surprise&quot;, like the player drinks a beer that some random strange gives them, and they have to make an Endurance check because it was poisoned.&nbsp; &nbsp;Skill checks happen for a reason, someone is tracking them, roll perception, the road is unstable, athletics.&nbsp; Specific cases, though I may surprise a certain player with the check, they will always happen because there is some aspect of the world, or something they are dealing with that calls for it.&nbsp; Individual skill checks however, do not grant XP, party skill checks may.&nbsp;Overall, I'm not running skill checks constantly because it's just annoying bookwork I don't want to keep track of.&nbsp; Can the rogue jump over the fallen tree?&nbsp; His dex is 20, heck yes he can.&nbsp; Can the ranger find wood for the campfire, his nature is 12, so yes, actually, that skill check was a DC 2, I'm certain even the barbarian who can't read could do that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 5396069"] Still using them, though they're for specific things. Sometimes they're for "surprise", like the player drinks a beer that some random strange gives them, and they have to make an Endurance check because it was poisoned. Skill checks happen for a reason, someone is tracking them, roll perception, the road is unstable, athletics. Specific cases, though I may surprise a certain player with the check, they will always happen because there is some aspect of the world, or something they are dealing with that calls for it. Individual skill checks however, do not grant XP, party skill checks may. Overall, I'm not running skill checks constantly because it's just annoying bookwork I don't want to keep track of. Can the rogue jump over the fallen tree? His dex is 20, heck yes he can. Can the ranger find wood for the campfire, his nature is 12, so yes, actually, that skill check was a DC 2, I'm certain even the barbarian who can't read could do that. [/QUOTE]

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