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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 5501059" data-attributes="member: 98255">I don't have a problem with having to dedicate resources toward skills to keep the ones my character is awesome at in the 'high' range, the part that bothers me is the Xmas Tree Effect of assuming skill bonuses from your items as part of that advancement.Extending the Inherent bonus system to skill checks seems like the next logical step in eliminating that feeling that your character is little more than a walking collection of items.I'm not even suggesting that this is a flaw in the system per se, only that it is a way in which the design goals of the game conflict with my preferences (and this has been pretty much always true of D&D - it has always been 'the clothes make the PC').</blockquote>