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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8149168">It is more that my preferences are not sharply divided into strict categories. I like having knowledge skills for various things. I also like solving puzzles myself in play. There is some gray produced by this preference. When a game makes it harder and harder for me to get the feel of solving the puzzle, then I may have an issue. So I kind of enjoy some of the muddiness in systems that are not strictly catering to a clearly delineated preference (which are usually categories that arose from online discussions that may produce models for conversation and analysis, but I find don't often fit the facts on the ground of what I like or don't like). Not sure if this makes sense. Trying to express it as best I can. And something I feel I should restate, I do use social skills in my own games. I just use them in ways that don't interfere with how I like to roleplay. Here is a section of text from one of my books that addresses this (it took me a while as a GM and Player to find an approach that fit me). Note that Mental skill here includes a mix of 'social skills' like Persuade and Empathy:</blockquote>