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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 1807255" data-attributes="member: 15800">That's right! Blame me!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> Just to explain where I was coming from, the goal of Eberron was to keep the racial stats from the core books intact -- so changing skill modifiers and such wasn't an option. In my case, the cultural aptitude for espionage and diplomacy isn't supposed to represent racial skill bonuses -- it's a reflection of the favored class of bard. The idea isn't that Zil gnomes aren't constantly singing and dancing; some Zil gnomes might have bard levels and never even bother with Perform. But they have access to Bardic Knowledge, and to the bard class skills, which are a fairly good set for either a diplomat or spy, along with a small assortment of magical tricks, reflecting an enhancement of the minor magic that flows through gnomish blood. So the description of espionage and diplomacy playing a role in the culture is supposed to represent the significant presence of bards in the culture. But, of course, gnomes and Zilargo get a very small treatment in the Eberron book, due to space limits. I'll be writing more about them in the future. With that said, I like what you've done here, ForceUser. I particularly like the Artful Dodger ability as being based on size in general as opposed to a specific creature type; I think this makes a lot of sense. Nice work!(Yes, I know I'm weeks late here... sue me!)</blockquote>

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