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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Meatboy" data-source="post: 5187712" data-attributes="member: 40857">I am making a d20 based game system for running one shot adventures and dungeon crawls. To this end I created a stripped down skill set that is hopefully robust enough to cover most situations. It works pretty much as normal 3.x skills so I won't post the "how to use" section.  So far I am calling the system basic 20 or b20 for lack of a better name. Comments and crits are welcome!Skill ListThe Skills for  b20 are as followsAthleticsLoreMechanicsPerceptionPersuasionProfessionStealthAthletics (Dex or  Str)Athletics represent a character's  knowledge and ability of physical prowess allowing them to climb, swim,  jump, tumble and a host of other physical activities. The key  abilities for this skill are usually either Dexterity or Strength though  for an endurance type task it could use constitution as well.     *Athletics skill is effected by Armor Check PenaltiesLore (Int or Wis)Lore is skill  that shows what a character knows about the world in general. If a  player asks "what do I know about this?" then lore is the skill you  need.The key ability for lore is intelligence but can sometimes be  wisdom especially if the knowledge is a "common sense" kind of  knowledge.    *special: Generally lore checks can not be made again  for the same topic. A character either knows or does not know any  particular bit of lore.Mechanics  (Dex or Int) Mechanics are how  well a character can manipulate mechanical devices such as traps or  locks. If you need to figure out how something works or make it break  then you'd best use mechanics.The key abilities for mechanics are  often either dexterity or intelligence.Perception  (Int or Wis)Perception is a character's ability to  notice the world around them. Whether they are looking for a particular  volume in an ancient library or, trying not to get shilled by local  merchants or avoiding nasty traps all are uses for perception. It is  also used for many opposed roles as shown above.The key abilities  for perception are usually intelligence or wisdom. As a general rule if a  character is searching for something specific use intelligence, if they  are just trying to notice things in general use wisdom.Persuasion (Cha)Persuasion  is used by characters to convince npcs to do something that they might  not otherwise be inclined to do. Anything from bullying a better price  out of a merchant or convincing some bandits that you are one of them.  These are just some of the uses for persuasion.The key ability for  persuasion is almost always charisma.Profession (...)Profession is something of a catch all skill and covers  almost any other skill a character may want to try. To use this skill  just choose a profession, (cook, smith, squire, farmer etc.) with DM's  approval, anytime you wish to use some miscellaneous skill pertaining to  your profession you gain your skill rank as a bonus on such rolls.The  key ability could be any one depending upon the situation all per the  DM's decision. Example: Reorox the dwarven fighter and his  companions are fortifying a small village against an imminent attack.  Being a smith Reorox wants to reinforce the villagers tools to make them  serviceable weapons. The DM feels this is a tough task (DC 15) and  would require constitution for the key ability (because who knows how  much time Reorox will spend at the forge). Reorox's constitution  modifier is +3 and has 2 ranks in Profession (smith), so he must roll a  10 or better on a d20 to complete his task successfully. Or the DM may  say Reorox completes his task automatically because he can take 10.Stealth (Dex)      Whenever  a character doesn't want to be seen or heard or is performing some  other clandestine task, like lifting keys off a sleeping guard, they  must use stealth. The key ability for stealth is almost always  dexterity and almost always opposed by the perception skill.    *Stealth skill is effected by Armor Check PenaltiesSkill FocusSkill focuses are a way to  show a character's specialization at certain tasks. A character may  specialize in almost any aspect of a given skill (subject to DM  discretion). A character may not have more ranks in a given skill focus  than half their ranks in the parent skill. So a character must have at  least 2 ranks in any given skill to have a rank in a skill focus or 4  ranks in the parent skill to have 2 ranks in a skill focus and so on. Some  example skill focuses are...Athletics (swimming)Mechanics  (lock picking)Persuasion (haggling)Stealth (moving silently)</blockquote>

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