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<blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 6085641" data-attributes="member: 6685730">Interesting thing about smithing: if there's not a smith around,&nbsp; you'll need the skill.&nbsp; But if there's not a smith around, there's&nbsp; probably not a forge or raw materials for smithing either, so having the&nbsp; skill won't do you any good.&nbsp; So I think I'm with you there.Spellcasting and sneaking are definitely going to be included in my list.Knowledge&nbsp; - a good one.&nbsp; But how often does it come up?&nbsp; I guess it depends on&nbsp; the particular type, say, Survival.&nbsp; Anytime you leave a town you're at&nbsp; the mercy of a character who has the Knowledge/Survival skill.&nbsp; But&nbsp; Knowledge/Architecture...not so much.&nbsp; I don't see why Tracking&nbsp; should be only the ranger's purview either.&nbsp; If you are really good at&nbsp; Survival (i.e. have lots of points) you've probably had some practice at&nbsp; tracking.&nbsp; But I think that's beyond the scope of my project; I'm not&nbsp; out to say who can do what, I'm out to say &quot;here are some skills you'll&nbsp; likely find interesting.&quot;An interesting thing about the&nbsp; interaction skills - they used to just be &quot;roleplaying&quot; in earlier&nbsp; RPGs.&nbsp; But it makes sense that one's character can be much better at&nbsp; maniuplating than the player.&nbsp; So make it a skill.&nbsp; It's really a grey&nbsp; area, whether you should have bluff, diplomacy, and intimidate, or just&nbsp; influence, or just a Charisma bonus.&nbsp; Or just an ability check.I just looked at the list of GURPS&nbsp; &quot;lite&quot; skills.&nbsp; Carousing?&nbsp; Hiking?&nbsp; I wonder what skills are in the&nbsp; full-strength version.&nbsp; Since my goal is to make the most stripped-down&nbsp; system possible, the hard part is saying &quot;This skill is essential, but&nbsp; This one you don't really need in a core ruleset.&quot;I'm tempted&nbsp; now to look at skills through the lens of classes.&nbsp; Which skills would&nbsp; the warrior, thief, priest, and wizard use?&nbsp; Hmm...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMMichael, post: 6085641, member: 6685730"] Interesting thing about smithing: if there's not a smith around, you'll need the skill. But if there's not a smith around, there's probably not a forge or raw materials for smithing either, so having the skill won't do you any good. So I think I'm with you there. Spellcasting and sneaking are definitely going to be included in my list. Knowledge - a good one. But how often does it come up? I guess it depends on the particular type, say, Survival. Anytime you leave a town you're at the mercy of a character who has the Knowledge/Survival skill. But Knowledge/Architecture...not so much. I don't see why Tracking should be only the ranger's purview either. If you are really good at Survival (i.e. have lots of points) you've probably had some practice at tracking. But I think that's beyond the scope of my project; I'm not out to say who can do what, I'm out to say "here are some skills you'll likely find interesting." An interesting thing about the interaction skills - they used to just be "roleplaying" in earlier RPGs. But it makes sense that one's character can be much better at maniuplating than the player. So make it a skill. It's really a grey area, whether you should have bluff, diplomacy, and intimidate, or just influence, or just a Charisma bonus. Or just an ability check. I just looked at the list of GURPS "lite" skills. Carousing? Hiking? I wonder what skills are in the full-strength version. Since my goal is to make the most stripped-down system possible, the hard part is saying "This skill is essential, but This one you don't really need in a core ruleset." I'm tempted now to look at skills through the lens of classes. Which skills would the warrior, thief, priest, and wizard use? Hmm... [/QUOTE]

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