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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6032854" data-attributes="member: 7006">I don't agree.&nbsp; I don't believe for the most part that how smart you are widens the number of things you are interested in and focused on... but in actuality drives you further in the few things you are.Most of our really intelligent people seem to focus in on one or two really specific things they have become the best in their field in.&nbsp; The &quot;Renaissance Man&quot; concept (the guy who is really, really good at a large number of disparate things) is usually smart, yes... but seems actually more rare than the focused individual.&nbsp; It's a very specific type of intelligent person that has a wide assortment of skills they are great at.&nbsp; And in D&amp;D... that archetype gets fulfilled by the Rogue and/or the PC with the Jack of All Trades.The need to make all our Wizards have more skills seems unnecessary (because let's face it... that's the only class that would benefit the most from this rule.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6032854, member: 7006"] I don't agree. I don't believe for the most part that how smart you are [I]widens[/I] the number of things you are interested in and focused on... but in actuality drives you further in the few things you are. Most of our really intelligent people seem to focus in on one or two really specific things they have become the best in their field in. The "Renaissance Man" concept (the guy who is really, really good at a large number of disparate things) is usually smart, yes... but seems actually more rare than the focused individual. It's a very specific type of intelligent person that has a wide assortment of skills they are great at. And in D&D... that archetype gets fulfilled by the Rogue and/or the PC with the Jack of All Trades. The need to make all our Wizards have more skills seems unnecessary (because let's face it... that's the only class that would benefit the most from this rule.) [/QUOTE]

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