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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Composer99" data-source="post: 9171006" data-attributes="member: 7030042">I think enough has been said about combat functionality, so I'd like to bring up non-combat in a bit more detail.In 5e, which ostensibly includes focus on non-combat pillars of gameplay, and which siloes play in those pillars based on the skill proficiencies one possesses for the most part (also feats, background features, and tool proficiencies to a lesser extent), we can also see some of this need for teamwork and roles. [USER=7034710]@CreamCloud0[/USER] has mentioned what these might look like (albeit in the context of a more holistic view of roles).If we split combat and out-of-combat into different categories, I would imagine that out-of-combat roles look somewhat like:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lore gathering & investigation</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wilderness survival & exploration</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dungeon survival & exploration</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Negotiation</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Physical handling of obstacles is probably a secondary role, but it's IMO just distinct enough and can apply to both wilderness and dungeon environments to count as a distinct role, especially if the characters who are the "team leads" in those roles aren't good at it.</li> </ul>Ideally, at least one player character in a party is the "team lead" at one of these major roles, and at least one other player character can be a "backup" in any given role. Class archetypes are a bit less rigid here, but ability scores and class features to push some classes to certain roles over others:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wizards tend towards Lore because of their high Intelligence.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rogues tend towards Dungeon Exploration because of Dexterity, possible secondary emphasis on Intelligence, and default proficiency with thieves' tools.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The druid "class fantasy" naturally leads them to Nature, and rangers are good at it by default.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Charisma classes tend towards Negotiation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fighters and barbarians can usually handle Physical.</li> </ul>Magic can also point characters to certain roles in this direction, with quite a bit more discretion for players: divination spells for Lore, spells that can bypass certain kinds of obstacle or gameplay for everything else (tiny hut for Wilderness, knock or fly for Physical, find traps for Dungeon, among others).</blockquote>

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