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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4124729" data-attributes="member: 710">Want some ideas added to your list? Look at the Skill Groups in Iron Heroes for a first idea on what to fold. I guess you won't see many surprises there, but anyway, inspiration can't hurt, can it?Next, think about what happens if someone really wants to specialise in one of the skills you folded into something else? One of my ideas for a homebrew game that I will never get finished or use was to have the broader skills, and allow "specialisation" in subskills. For example, people might be interest to pick Athletics (Swim). So, you might have two types of skill focus. Something akin to Combat Casting (which is Concentration (Casting on the Defensive)) and the standard Skill Focus. this might also allow you to retain older feats like Alertness. Skill Focus (Skill) grants a +2 bonus, Skill Focus (special skill) grants a +5 bonus, and things like Alertness grant +3 to two Perception (Spot, Listen). Or something like that. I would recommend removing all synergy bonuses. Maybe you have a chance to remove the +27 Diplomacy skill at 3rd level...</blockquote>