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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3505061" data-attributes="member: 22882">I could never begin to care less about something like skill points being off.  The d20 skill system is, frankly, ridiculous in its fiddliness; if, say, skill points in a system like Star Wars Saga were off, I'd be less forgiving.  Even then, I could count on one hand the number of times an OMG Accurate sk!llz0rz!!111 down to the +2 synergy bonus would EVER have mattered for a monster or NPC in my campaign.This is not a desk where the drawers don't fit, it's a desk where there's a scratch on the inside of the keyboard tray, right where the keyboard would go.  Is it less than perfect?  Yes.  Does it impair its functionality or even appearance in any way?  No.Frankly, the idea that someone would NOTICE that was wrong freaks me out.Things like BAB and save progression are different.  Those are constant mathematical formulae that have been around for almost a decade (or half a decade in the case of the medium save progression).  A professional company should get those right.Nonetheless, I'd much prefer a monster or NPC that created an interesting encounter than one that was technically correct even in broad strokes.  A creature whose BAB is off by five points but who presents a half dozen interesting choices for the PCs each round is more likely to be a memorable encounter than a technically perfect creature whose mechanics encourage both PC and monster to go "I hit him for x damage" each round.</blockquote>

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