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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 9042305" data-attributes="member: 52734">Well, this sounds a lot like the Proficiency dice variant in the DMG.&nbsp; Using dice instead of a die sounds fine for they players who are gambling on getting better than an average roll, but tends to fall apart in practice after a couple of subpar rolls.&nbsp; I think a better route would be small static base with a small die roll; maybe +1 + 1d4 at 1st-4th, 2 + 1d4 at 5th-8th, 2 + 1d6 at 9th-10th, 3 + 1d6 at 11th-12th and so on.&nbsp; Character will at least get a base value that improves with level, but the average and high end grows with the character.I personally like the idea that you get X points every so many levels and you choose to improve or gain new skills.&nbsp; This allows you to go for width (Jack of All Trades) or depth (Specialist), and you can attune the base level to fit the character rather than have it lock-step advance like the current PB system does (which greatly annoys me - I miss skill points from 3E, just cut down on the number of points being spread around and I'd be happy).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 9042305, member: 52734"] Well, this sounds a lot like the Proficiency dice variant in the DMG. Using dice instead of a die sounds fine for they players who are gambling on getting better than an average roll, but tends to fall apart in practice after a couple of subpar rolls. I think a better route would be small static base with a small die roll; maybe +1 + 1d4 at 1st-4th, 2 + 1d4 at 5th-8th, 2 + 1d6 at 9th-10th, 3 + 1d6 at 11th-12th and so on. Character will at least get a base value that improves with level, but the average and high end grows with the character. I personally like the idea that you get X points every so many levels and you choose to improve or gain new skills. This allows you to go for width (Jack of All Trades) or depth (Specialist), and you can attune the base level to fit the character rather than have it lock-step advance like the current PB system does (which greatly annoys me - I miss skill points from 3E, just cut down on the number of points being spread around and I'd be happy). [/QUOTE]

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