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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6339540" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>You don't HAVE to do a damn thing in the game. You don't HAVE to engage in combat. </p><p></p><p>Bursting open the door in the right circumstances gains you surprise. You don't HAVE to gain surprise, but it's definitely not just color. You don't HAVE to use your swimming skills to get to the chest, but it's not just color to get the stuff in the chest. You don't HAVE to get advantage from climbing to a higher point over your foe, but gaining advantage has mechanical benefits that are not just color. I am really having trouble understanding your point here...how are any of these things different from any other things in the game?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes and the guy with the skill gets over the pit, with a rope, as I already described, which helps the others get over the pit. It's not the only way to do it in the game, but it's one good way to do it. Sort of like every other ability in the game.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And I could say the same for those other skills. And?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You're entirely alone so far in that opinion on Athletics and Acrobatics. Which is fine, but you declaring them D-ranked in that factual tone seems dubious. The overwhelming majority of players seem to view this differently - which tells me perhaps they're not just color.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6339540, member: 2525"] You don't HAVE to do a damn thing in the game. You don't HAVE to engage in combat. Bursting open the door in the right circumstances gains you surprise. You don't HAVE to gain surprise, but it's definitely not just color. You don't HAVE to use your swimming skills to get to the chest, but it's not just color to get the stuff in the chest. You don't HAVE to get advantage from climbing to a higher point over your foe, but gaining advantage has mechanical benefits that are not just color. I am really having trouble understanding your point here...how are any of these things different from any other things in the game? Yes and the guy with the skill gets over the pit, with a rope, as I already described, which helps the others get over the pit. It's not the only way to do it in the game, but it's one good way to do it. Sort of like every other ability in the game. And I could say the same for those other skills. And? You're entirely alone so far in that opinion on Athletics and Acrobatics. Which is fine, but you declaring them D-ranked in that factual tone seems dubious. The overwhelming majority of players seem to view this differently - which tells me perhaps they're not just color. [/QUOTE]
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