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<blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 7632149" data-attributes="member: 82504">Why Indeed? My general guess is it was a way to not be 4e? To conform to elements of an earlier edition? (1e and 2e I think and maybe 3e to an extent) that kept mundanity/non-magic under lock down. 5e designers said they wanted low level things to be challenging for much much longer and that is for the most part what bounded accuracy achieves. Its worse for skills than combat because skill obstacles lack hit points (another arena of advancement beyond the check).&nbsp; There is also an overall competence loss in 5e, the 4e hero got better at things by being around and learning from allies and gaining general confidence and probably adaptability if you want to think of it that way. 4e assumed there was learning going on that didnt have a big tick mark and name next to it so all adventuring skills got better. My late paragon chosen one of the goddess doesn't have to worry about getting passed the town mayor even though she doesn't specialize in social skills. It is perhaps a different related issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Garthanos, post: 7632149, member: 82504"] Why Indeed? My general guess is it was a way to not be 4e? To conform to elements of an earlier edition? (1e and 2e I think and maybe 3e to an extent) that kept mundanity/non-magic under lock down. 5e designers said they wanted low level things to be challenging for much much longer and that is for the most part what bounded accuracy achieves. Its worse for skills than combat because skill obstacles lack hit points (another arena of advancement beyond the check). There is also an overall competence loss in 5e, the 4e hero got better at things by being around and learning from allies and gaining general confidence and probably adaptability if you want to think of it that way. 4e assumed there was learning going on that didnt have a big tick mark and name next to it so all adventuring skills got better. My late paragon chosen one of the goddess doesn't have to worry about getting passed the town mayor even though she doesn't specialize in social skills. It is perhaps a different related issue. [/QUOTE]

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