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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7580940" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p>To me, I’d rather just give everyone more skills, and let people represent being very smart with more knowledge skills. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, like I said I’m fine with more languages for higher Int. Especially since my well travelled sailor gnome with 15 Int would know more than Gnomish and Common. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I tend to use Investigation for this, but I’d allow it if the character isn’t trained. I’ve been moving more toward complete divorce of skills from abilities, anyway. </p><p></p><p>I call for an Int check, and ask if there is any reason you’d have a proficiency bonus in the situation. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>make a Charisma check with proficiency if you’re proficient in Athletics or Deception. Advantage if you’re proficient in both. </p><p></p><p></p><p>the fact they managed to become a wizard makes them exceptional. Most people don’t have levels. </p><p></p><p>Begond that, a 14 Int is incredibly exceptional for most races, and impressive even for gnomes. Most people have between an 8 and a 12 in all stats. </p><p></p><p>If you want a smart character, use your skill proficiencies for knowledge skills, and make sure your Int is above average. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yep. Even outside not having to require rolls, each character should be rolling themselves, so each Barbarian is going to fail much more often than the wizard, and having simplistic rules for a trivia contest is going to get simplified results. Build encounters for the type of results you want. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yessir. For me, multiclass character “builds” are replacing a class progression. Thematically, there is no multiclass. My rogue/wizard is an exception, bc he started learning wizardry after meeting a threat he couldn’t even touch with mundane prowess. My wife’s Druid levels on her ranger are simply part of making the character as magical as her concept called for. She didn’t go study druidry, she just is progressively getting closer and closer to the spirits, exactly as if that were just how the class was built. </p><p></p><p>Ie, we view it as the “class” she is playing being a “Shamanic BM Ranger”.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 7580940, member: 6704184"] To me, I’d rather just give everyone more skills, and let people represent being very smart with more knowledge skills. Yeah, like I said I’m fine with more languages for higher Int. Especially since my well travelled sailor gnome with 15 Int would know more than Gnomish and Common. I tend to use Investigation for this, but I’d allow it if the character isn’t trained. I’ve been moving more toward complete divorce of skills from abilities, anyway. I call for an Int check, and ask if there is any reason you’d have a proficiency bonus in the situation. make a Charisma check with proficiency if you’re proficient in Athletics or Deception. Advantage if you’re proficient in both. the fact they managed to become a wizard makes them exceptional. Most people don’t have levels. Begond that, a 14 Int is incredibly exceptional for most races, and impressive even for gnomes. Most people have between an 8 and a 12 in all stats. If you want a smart character, use your skill proficiencies for knowledge skills, and make sure your Int is above average. Yep. Even outside not having to require rolls, each character should be rolling themselves, so each Barbarian is going to fail much more often than the wizard, and having simplistic rules for a trivia contest is going to get simplified results. Build encounters for the type of results you want. Yessir. For me, multiclass character “builds” are replacing a class progression. Thematically, there is no multiclass. My rogue/wizard is an exception, bc he started learning wizardry after meeting a threat he couldn’t even touch with mundane prowess. My wife’s Druid levels on her ranger are simply part of making the character as magical as her concept called for. She didn’t go study druidry, she just is progressively getting closer and closer to the spirits, exactly as if that were just how the class was built. Ie, we view it as the “class” she is playing being a “Shamanic BM Ranger”. [/QUOTE]
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