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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Afrodyte" data-source="post: 854285" data-attributes="member: 8713">This is just an idea that popped into my head while I was flipping through the PHB.   I posted it at the WotC message boards, but I want to get as many opinions from as many diverse sources as I can.  It seems that Listen and Spot overlap each other a bit too much, as they are used for the same end (noticing things). The same goes for Hide and Move Silently (avoid being noticed). It seems rather redundant to have four skills do what two skills could accomplish.I just wanted to ask you all what effect combining the Listen and Spot skills into a single Observe skill would have on the game. What effect would bringing Hide and Move Silently into a single skill called Stealth have on the game? To me, it seems nothing would change much, except for maybe freeing up skill ranks to place somewhere else. Is this a good thing? Why or why not?</blockquote>