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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dakkareth" data-source="post: 2435801" data-attributes="member: 9928">I quite like the synergy effects of skills related to each other, but I feel the current system is a little too fixed - especially at higher levels it 'runs out of sense'. Take for example the synergy between Sense Motive and Diplomacy. Even very early you can be at 5 ranks in Sense Motive  get a +2 synergy bonus. Much later in your career you might have become a true master at reading other people's intentions (20 ranks), but this increased understanding doesn't help you one bit when negotiating - sounds a little strange to me. Now take this into 'Epic' levels and the discrepancy becomes even greater.I'd change the synergy rules as follows: At 5 ranks in a skill that gives synergy to another you gain a +2 bonus as is the case normally. However for every five additional ranks the bonus increases by one.Hence 30 ranks in Knowledge (Arcana) provides a +7 bonus to spellcraft checks.I'd also change the Aid Another action in a similar way - for every five-point increase to the DC the bonus increases by one.For example two bards are working together on a new epic. Their Craft: Epic modifiers are +17 and +24 (they're good!) with bard #1 helping bard #2, who is better at writing. Bard #1 gets a 28 (for a +6 bonus), bard #2 reaches a 33. The combined result is 39 - together the two have written an extraordinary piece.Thoughts?</blockquote>