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<blockquote data-quote="adembroski" data-source="post: 6091137" data-attributes="member: 18869">No, that would defeat the purpose. My issue is that certain skills cover things not intended. Example, Raistlin Majere (level 18 Wizard, iirc) was known for being an expert in prestidigitation. He would entertain his brother when they were young by performing slight of hand tricks. This is covered by the slight of hand skill. At no point did Raistlin Majere ever pick anyone's pocket, nor was it ever implied he could, nor do I believe that the ability to make a coin roll across your knuckles necessarily translates into being able to pick a pocket. Things like picking pockets, picking locks, having attuned hearing or eyesight, etc., those things ar eparticular skills that I don't think are well served through generalizing them all further. It also feels very much like taking two huge steps back in the game... we had no skills, then we had proficiency, then we had true skills... it seems odd that people are trying to backtrack to the days when characters were a race and a class and very little more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adembroski, post: 6091137, member: 18869"] No, that would defeat the purpose. My issue is that certain skills cover things not intended. Example, Raistlin Majere (level 18 Wizard, iirc) was known for being an expert in prestidigitation. He would entertain his brother when they were young by performing slight of hand tricks. This is covered by the slight of hand skill. At no point did Raistlin Majere ever pick anyone's pocket, nor was it ever implied he could, nor do I believe that the ability to make a coin roll across your knuckles necessarily translates into being able to pick a pocket. Things like picking pockets, picking locks, having attuned hearing or eyesight, etc., those things ar eparticular skills that I don't think are well served through generalizing them all further. It also feels very much like taking two huge steps back in the game... we had no skills, then we had proficiency, then we had true skills... it seems odd that people are trying to backtrack to the days when characters were a race and a class and very little more. [/QUOTE]

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