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Message: <blockquote data-quote="YRUSirius" data-source="post: 6167885" data-attributes="member: 62341">I think they are planning to try something like fields of expertise for skills, equivalent to fields of lore. Let me explain.The first package had a broad skill list. When you made an ability check and you had a 'field of expertise' (in other word skill) that could apply, you would add a bonus to your ability roll.But many players didnt get that new ability paradigm and would try to do classic 3E or 4E skill checks and not ability checks. So now they try to educate the playtesters and try that same gameplay mechanism with a new name and a new costume so to speak. They test the old mechanism with fields of lore (characters look at charactersheet to see if lore/skill can apply).That's why I think that not much is gained or streamlined if you keep fields of lore in and separate fields of expertise (skills). The only difference is that the "fields of ..." section on the charactersheet is like 3-4 entries shorter. But people would still scan this section.-YRUSirius</blockquote>