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Making 1 skill from 2, good or bad?
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<blockquote data-quote="SylverFlame" data-source="post: 1159659" data-attributes="member: 8423"><p>Well, let's do a run down:</p><p></p><p>Spot and Listen combo: No, they are completly unrelated and should remain so.</p><p></p><p>Spot and Search: No, because spot means you find the cubby hole, but don't reach your arm inside. I am, however, in favor of a synergy bonus here. It just makes sense that being good at one makes you better at another.</p><p></p><p>Move Silently and Hide: Again, no combo. BUT this one also deserves a synergy bonus, and here's my reasoning. Hiding means you have to be motionless, though if you do move, maybe because you've been waiting for the ambush for an hour or more and need to shift your legs you have to do it quietly. As well, with move silently no one does it going down the middle of a well lit street so some amount of hiding is implied (to me, that is).</p><p></p><p>So my ultimate answer is that synergy bonuses should be looked at when skills that can mesh shouldn't necessarily be meshed.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: This is technically meta, but I'll stick it here. How the *bleep* do I subscribe to this thread? I haven't been on site in a while and haven't gotten use to all the changes yet. Thanks.</p><p></p><p>EDIT 2: Stupid me. Just saw it. Need sleep...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SylverFlame, post: 1159659, member: 8423"] Well, let's do a run down: Spot and Listen combo: No, they are completly unrelated and should remain so. Spot and Search: No, because spot means you find the cubby hole, but don't reach your arm inside. I am, however, in favor of a synergy bonus here. It just makes sense that being good at one makes you better at another. Move Silently and Hide: Again, no combo. BUT this one also deserves a synergy bonus, and here's my reasoning. Hiding means you have to be motionless, though if you do move, maybe because you've been waiting for the ambush for an hour or more and need to shift your legs you have to do it quietly. As well, with move silently no one does it going down the middle of a well lit street so some amount of hiding is implied (to me, that is). So my ultimate answer is that synergy bonuses should be looked at when skills that can mesh shouldn't necessarily be meshed. EDIT: This is technically meta, but I'll stick it here. How the *bleep* do I subscribe to this thread? I haven't been on site in a while and haven't gotten use to all the changes yet. Thanks. EDIT 2: Stupid me. Just saw it. Need sleep... [/QUOTE]
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