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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silvercat Moonpaw" data-source="post: 8452025" data-attributes="member: 46652">If I were doing it -- and using D&D5e -- I would utilize the proficiency system to create "descriptors" that encompass some aspect about the character and their skills: "smells like an ox", "master of the Run Away school of martial arts", etc.  When I want to solve a situation, the player and GM would roll opposed d20s, adding their proficiency bonus if they have an applicable descriptor, and the loser takes a "token".  After accumulating a certain number of tokens (perhaps decided by the type/severity of conflict), an individual is "out" of whatever kind of conflict it is.  You can even run non-person situations as conflicts against groups of NPCs representing the different parts of the challenge.Whether or not this would replace the existing skill/weapon/tool proficiency system, I don't care.</blockquote>