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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 4071948" data-attributes="member: 2067">Most anything you'd expect a brilliant detective, a cunning liar, a streetwise urchin, a clever merchant, a master of riddles, a keenly observant tactician, and a master of lore to be able to do.Specifically in combat this means, amongst other things:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using the battlefield to his advantage</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seeing the weaknesses in an enemy's defense</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Knowing how and where and when to strike for maximum effect</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seeing through bluffs and fients and dodges</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not hitting often, but hitting hard when they do.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To use knowledge to gain an immediate advantage</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To be able to manipulate enemies with words and deceptions and insidious forgeries</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To use a small amount of effort for a catastrophic effect</li> </ul>Previous editions haven't done an excellent job of it, but have nodded towards it with, for instance, the ability to do subdual damage with a sneak attack (for when information is more valuable than murder), or with a chance to use arcane scrolls or other magic devices (for when a little bit of knowledge can go a long way), or with feats such as Combat Expertise.Saying "do it all with roleplaying!" is useless, because if I wanted to do that, I'd stick with my 1e fighters.</blockquote>

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