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<blockquote data-quote="GlaziusF" data-source="post: 4460233" data-attributes="member: 74166">The problem with the rogue is that as designed he's the skill guy. The problem with skills is that they're binary - either you sneak past the patrol or you don't, either you climb the wall or you can't, either you disarm the swinging blade or IT CUTS JOO, et cetera. This means that, after passing a &quot;skill obstacle&quot;, the rogue is cut off from the party members who can't pass it. Several obstacles in a row, as might easily be encountered in any infiltration mission, are practically hopeless for anyone except the rogue. So while the rogue is infiltrating the castle, all your other players are sitting around and doing nothing except, perhaps, being an audience. Or you could do a thing where the rest of the party causes a distraction, say by storming the front gate, and then you're just ignoring the rogue and the rest of the party in turn. For the things the rogue can do with the rest of the party, he may as well be an armed commoner on a greased trolley. For the things the rogue can't do with the rest of the party, why should they care?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GlaziusF, post: 4460233, member: 74166"] The problem with the rogue is that as designed he's the skill guy. The problem with skills is that they're binary - either you sneak past the patrol or you don't, either you climb the wall or you can't, either you disarm the swinging blade or IT CUTS JOO, et cetera. This means that, after passing a "skill obstacle", the rogue is cut off from the party members who can't pass it. Several obstacles in a row, as might easily be encountered in any infiltration mission, are practically hopeless for anyone except the rogue. So while the rogue is infiltrating the castle, all your other players are sitting around and doing nothing except, perhaps, being an audience. Or you could do a thing where the rest of the party causes a distraction, say by storming the front gate, and then you're just ignoring the rogue and the rest of the party in turn. For the things the rogue can do with the rest of the party, he may as well be an armed commoner on a greased trolley. For the things the rogue can't do with the rest of the party, why should they care? [/QUOTE]

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