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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6084290">I would think a &quot;Basic&quot; game would be limited to the 'general' skill list ala 4e with the big headers like &quot;Religion&quot; or &quot;Arcana&quot; and no sub-areas.&nbsp; The only thing I would change would be that skill-list development should grow in a logical fashion.&nbsp; Including more freedom but also holding to the base.So, a Basic Fighter would get:Athletics and IntimidateA Basic+background Fighter would get:Athletics, Intimidate, two skills from background of choice(maybe he was once a criminal, so Stealth and Thievery)--At this point we're still working with the big, basic skills.A Standard Fighter would getAthletics +1 sub-skill, Intimidate +1 sub-skill, two background skills and maybe a 5th skill of choice.-sub skill lists would be limited to 2, maybe 3 possible choices.An Advanced Fighter would getAthletics +2 sub-skills, Intimidate +2 sub-skills, two background skills and maybe 2 more of your choice.-sub skills lists would be longer and more specific, with room to allow players to make up their own sub-skills, such as:Knowledge, History: Martial ranks, or Intimidate: Browbeating, the fighter gains a +2 bonus only when he's berating a person, as opposed to just looking big and scary.In this way, each version of the fighter grows more complex, but retains the same &quot;core&quot; or &quot;base&quot; that identify it as a fighter or fighter-variant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 6084290"] I would think a "Basic" game would be limited to the 'general' skill list ala 4e with the big headers like "Religion" or "Arcana" and no sub-areas. The only thing I would change would be that skill-list development should grow in a logical fashion. Including more freedom but also holding to the base. So, a Basic Fighter would get: Athletics and Intimidate A Basic+background Fighter would get: Athletics, Intimidate, two skills from background of choice(maybe he was once a criminal, so Stealth and Thievery) --At this point we're still working with the big, basic skills. A Standard Fighter would get Athletics +1 sub-skill, Intimidate +1 sub-skill, two background skills and maybe a 5th skill of choice. -sub skill lists would be limited to 2, [I]maybe[/I] 3 possible choices. An Advanced Fighter would get Athletics +2 sub-skills, Intimidate +2 sub-skills, two background skills and maybe 2 more of your choice. -sub skills lists would be longer and more specific, with room to allow players to make up their own sub-skills, such as: Knowledge, History: Martial ranks, or Intimidate: Browbeating, the fighter gains a +2 bonus only when he's berating a person, as opposed to just looking big and scary. In this way, each version of the fighter grows more complex, but retains the same "core" or "base" that identify it as a fighter or fighter-variant. [/QUOTE]

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