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<blockquote data-quote="Herpes Cineplex" data-source="post: 1924381" data-attributes="member: 16936">I'm with you up until the &quot;if nobody has the required skill, too bad.&quot;Because, honestly, I'm lazy.&nbsp; If nobody has the required skill, I don't bother throwing anything in that requires that skill, because I'm not making this stuff up for my own amusement:&nbsp; I'm making it up so that the players can see it.&nbsp; If none of them are going to be able to see it, why would I waste my time on it?So I don't really pander to their characters' skills, because I don't go out of my way to set up situations where their skills are highlighted.&nbsp; But I also keep track of what those skills are, so that when I'm designing encounters and plots I know that I should be thinking about what a character with &quot;Knowledge: Nobility&quot; or &quot;Profession: Scribe&quot; might be able to do with it and plan an appropriate response.&nbsp; And if nobody has Appraise, then I don't worry about what Appraise might or might not reveal, because no one's ever going to find out anyway.--conservation of energy in all thingsryan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Herpes Cineplex, post: 1924381, member: 16936"] I'm with you up until the "if nobody has the required skill, too bad." Because, honestly, I'm lazy. If nobody has the required skill, I don't bother throwing anything in that requires that skill, because I'm not making this stuff up for my own amusement: I'm making it up so that the players can see it. If none of them are going to be able to see it, why would I waste my time on it? So I don't really pander to their characters' skills, because I don't go out of my way to set up situations where their skills are highlighted. But I also keep track of what those skills are, so that when I'm designing encounters and plots I know that I should be thinking about what a character with "Knowledge: Nobility" or "Profession: Scribe" might be able to do with it and plan an appropriate response. And if nobody has Appraise, then I don't worry about what Appraise might or might not reveal, because no one's ever going to find out anyway. -- conservation of energy in all things ryan [/QUOTE]

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