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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6491582" data-attributes="member: 6779310">The key points that apply to 5: Rulings, not rulessimple mechanics, more description.Go ahead and try, the worst that happens is it fails.The Player Skill not Character skill doesn't apply nearly so well, but it's also delusionally ignoring that character skill has been around since 1975, and formal skill systems since 1976 (albeit for thieves only, in Supplement 1, Greyhawk), and is just as old school a way to deal with things... In practice, it was "few specialized skills, just attribute tests"...5E does make a nod that way, tho', by making all skills just attribute tests, possibly adding proficiency. Which, by the way, is actually closer to how the advice in the early issues of the Dragon suggests dealing with things.The Old School approach to actions:A - is it something Anyone can do? If yes, say yesB - is it beyond the character's possibility? If no, say noC - assign a check against an attribute, and roll them dice.You'll see that process (but not that particular wording) in a lot of the second generation of games. Games like Palladium, Starships & Spacemen, Tunnels and Trolls, RuneQuest...</blockquote>