Anyone else notice that the Cleric and Wizard show 10th level spells on the spell chart?
Your skill modifier is [3 + ability modifier], and that quantity replaces [ability modifier] for a skill check.I'll withhold judgment for now, but after browsing backgrounds I'm not sure how I feel about divorcing skill from ability scores again. They make a point to say what abilities are associated with a skill, but I don't see any mechanical relation when a skill modifier simply replaces an ability modifier for a check.
I notice it's missing one rather important thing: An adventure? We can't even use Caves of Chaos from packet 1 because the monsters are different.