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<blockquote data-quote="Stacie GmrGrl" data-source="post: 5991385" data-attributes="member: 86279"><p>Agreed, Thirded, Fourthed, and so on.</p><p></p><p>In a way I am seeing skills as fairly optional in this version...they are more or less tied to Backgrounds, which IS Optional. Same for Specialties. I can see Feats being Optional as well...</p><p></p><p>So if you just want to play it with Race, Class and Gear and Spells this game will work just fine.</p><p></p><p>If you want that extra stuff, you can have it too. To really test this, some players should go with everything, others should leave out Backgrounds and Specialties, and see how it interacts. If both players are happy, then I'd say Wizards is doing something right with Next.</p><p></p><p>And if I recall they have Abilities next to skills but it doesn't say they are directly linked, but it is also confusing. One example clearly says use Skill modifier OR Ability score... then Training says add +3 to that roll and you can train to as high as +7. This is confusing. But, I see it as Optional... I don't need skills, but if a person takes a Background then the skills listed show a overall Training and when the player does something related to it, he will get a Basic +3 bonus to his roll.</p><p>So far Next is looking pretty good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stacie GmrGrl, post: 5991385, member: 86279"] Agreed, Thirded, Fourthed, and so on. In a way I am seeing skills as fairly optional in this version...they are more or less tied to Backgrounds, which IS Optional. Same for Specialties. I can see Feats being Optional as well... So if you just want to play it with Race, Class and Gear and Spells this game will work just fine. If you want that extra stuff, you can have it too. To really test this, some players should go with everything, others should leave out Backgrounds and Specialties, and see how it interacts. If both players are happy, then I'd say Wizards is doing something right with Next. And if I recall they have Abilities next to skills but it doesn't say they are directly linked, but it is also confusing. One example clearly says use Skill modifier OR Ability score... then Training says add +3 to that roll and you can train to as high as +7. This is confusing. But, I see it as Optional... I don't need skills, but if a person takes a Background then the skills listed show a overall Training and when the player does something related to it, he will get a Basic +3 bonus to his roll. So far Next is looking pretty good. [/QUOTE]
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