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<blockquote data-quote="Anubis" data-source="post: 742505" data-attributes="member: 2358">My point is NOT that skills have ZERO effect, my point is that the effect is far smaller than you all seem to rate it.&nbsp; That is why I advocate +0.1 per +20 in skill bonuses.&nbsp; I still factor the skills in, just not near as much.&nbsp; You factor skills at two and a half times the rate I do.The thing is, I understand that this varies from campaign to campaign.&nbsp; In my campaign, the skills Tumble, Iajutsu Focus, Search, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (religion), Knowledge (fusion), and Knowledge (ritual casting) are the only skills that have a real effect on the game, and two of those are difficult skills to learn to begin with.&nbsp; YMMV.I was under the impression, however, that UK's system was supposed to be *universally applicable*.&nbsp; Yet it would not apply to my campaign one bit.&nbsp; If I was in a minority, that would be one thing.&nbsp; I venture, however, that there are as many DMs out there who run campaigns similar to mine as there are those who run campaigns where skills are meaningful.&nbsp; In that case, what's the fix?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anubis, post: 742505, member: 2358"] My point is NOT that skills have ZERO effect, my point is that the effect is far smaller than you all seem to rate it. That is why I advocate +0.1 per +20 in skill bonuses. I still factor the skills in, just not near as much. You factor skills at two and a half times the rate I do. The thing is, I understand that this varies from campaign to campaign. In my campaign, the skills Tumble, Iajutsu Focus, Search, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (religion), Knowledge (fusion), and Knowledge (ritual casting) are the only skills that have a real effect on the game, and two of those are difficult skills to learn to begin with. YMMV. I was under the impression, however, that UK's system was supposed to be *universally applicable*. Yet it would not apply to my campaign one bit. If I was in a minority, that would be one thing. I venture, however, that there are as many DMs out there who run campaigns similar to mine as there are those who run campaigns where skills are meaningful. In that case, what's the fix? [/QUOTE]

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