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<blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 6089975" data-attributes="member: 6685730">&quot;Which skill does he roll when he's playing his lute to persuade somebody? Musician or Persuade?&quot;The key portion there was &quot;playing his lute.&quot;&nbsp; But I do see the overlap there, that some skills don't necessarily exclude others.I'm not having a good grip on the word &quot;orthogonal,&quot; unless you're referring to the way in which two skills completely fail to overlap.&nbsp; In the current case, I'm actually okay with the skills being less than orthogonal, because I want the players, ideally, to be able to make up their own skills.&nbsp; The standard set of skills is just to please the Rules As Written crew.Motivations!&nbsp; D&amp;D Next is my motivation.&nbsp; As is Eamon Deluxe.&nbsp; I want an RPG system, completely customizable, yet stand-alone, that doesn't charge $35 per sourcebook.&nbsp; Eamon was a PC text-based RPG for which anyone could write and publish adventures.&nbsp; Well, you can already write and publish your own adventures for pretty much any RPG.&nbsp; But since every DM has house rules, why not leave the rules themselves open to modification as well?&nbsp; So the P&amp;P system takes the d20 rules, and pulls out as many non-essential mechanics as possible.&nbsp; Re-introduce Skills and Perks as ways to build your character the way you want, as well as ways to interpret other RPGs and make them compatible with P&amp;P.&nbsp; There's the motivation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMMichael, post: 6089975, member: 6685730"] "Which skill does he roll when he's playing his lute to persuade somebody? Musician or Persuade?" The key portion there was "playing his lute." But I do see the overlap there, that some skills don't necessarily exclude others. I'm not having a good grip on the word "orthogonal," unless you're referring to the way in which two skills completely fail to overlap. In the current case, I'm actually okay with the skills being less than orthogonal, because I want the players, ideally, to be able to make up their own skills. The standard set of skills is just to please the Rules As Written crew. Motivations! D&D Next is my motivation. As is Eamon Deluxe. I want an RPG system, completely customizable, yet stand-alone, that doesn't charge $35 per sourcebook. Eamon was a PC text-based RPG for which anyone could write and publish adventures. Well, you can already write and publish your own adventures for pretty much any RPG. But since every DM has house rules, why not leave the rules themselves open to modification as well? So the P&P system takes the d20 rules, and pulls out as many non-essential mechanics as possible. Re-introduce Skills and Perks as ways to build your character the way you want, as well as ways to interpret other RPGs and make them compatible with P&P. There's the motivation. [/QUOTE]

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