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<blockquote data-quote="mlund" data-source="post: 5898826" data-attributes="member: 50304">Also, automatically and inexorably linking each Skill to an Attribute was a terrible idea. It spawned things like Feats to use Strength to Intimidate instead of Charisma. Giving players a fixed formation of Attribute A + Skill Ranks B = Check Modifier C was painful. The Marshall who never really had any motivation to do anything more than say, &quot;Aw ... come on ...&quot; and roll a d20 was a sore point that always seemed to pull the players away from getting detailed about their actions.Let the Attribute and Skill in question be determined by the description of the task. The huge, imposing Half-Orc Barbarian picks the guy up by the shift and starts frothing at the mouth does it really matter than he's got an 8 Charisma?The small, menacing Halfling carving up a pork-shank dramatically while making &quot;idle chat&quot; about how the merchant's daughter is in fine health and how tragic it is when &quot;accidents&quot; happen to the young is definitely milking his 16 Charisma and it doesn't matter one wit than he's 3 feet tall and has an 8 Strength.- Marty Lund</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mlund, post: 5898826, member: 50304"] Also, automatically and inexorably linking each Skill to an Attribute was a terrible idea. It spawned things like Feats to use Strength to Intimidate instead of Charisma. Giving players a fixed formation of Attribute A + Skill Ranks B = Check Modifier C was painful. The Marshall who never really had any motivation to do anything more than say, "Aw ... come on ..." and roll a d20 was a sore point that always seemed to pull the players away from getting detailed about their actions. Let the Attribute and Skill in question be determined by the description of the task. The huge, imposing Half-Orc Barbarian picks the guy up by the shift and starts frothing at the mouth does it really matter than he's got an 8 Charisma? The small, menacing Halfling carving up a pork-shank dramatically while making "idle chat" about how the merchant's daughter is in fine health and how tragic it is when "accidents" happen to the young is definitely milking his 16 Charisma and it doesn't matter one wit than he's 3 feet tall and has an 8 Strength. - Marty Lund [/QUOTE]

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