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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8418237" data-attributes="member: 907">But you only ever get to be legendary in three frickin skills. Unless you're a rogue or investigator, but you shouldn't need to have one of those in your party. So if I want to knock people around and block things with my shield and be able to fix it up after a fight, should I just give up on meaningful contribution in other skills until 13th level where I get my third mastery skill? And should a whole party just give up on five out of seventeen skills?Because you're a frickin' demigod at that point.The number of 20th level creatures I encounter at 20th level should be about the same as the number of 1st level creatures I encounter at 1st level. And yet, my options in dealing with 20th level creatures using skills are much more limited. Why should that be? I think that is bad game design. I want my characters to be widely competent. I want a party to have numerous people who can handle most challenges – one of them might be better, but multiple people should often have the needed competency.I think a character should be able to operate at their level with any skill in which they are Trained. Investing more than that should let you operate above your level. You shouldn't need to specialize in order to operate at your level, and instead operate below your level in non-specialized fields.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 8418237, member: 907"] But you [B]only ever get to be legendary in three frickin skills[/B]. Unless you're a rogue or investigator, but you shouldn't need to have one of those in your party. So if I want to knock people around and block things with my shield and be able to fix it up after a fight, should I just give up on meaningful contribution in other skills until 13th level where I get my third mastery skill? And should a whole party just give up on five out of seventeen skills? Because you're a frickin' demigod at that point. The number of 20th level creatures I encounter at 20th level should be about the same as the number of 1st level creatures I encounter at 1st level. And yet, my options in dealing with 20th level creatures using skills are much more limited. Why should that be? I think that is bad game design. I want my characters to be widely competent. I want a party to have numerous people who can handle most challenges – one of them might be better, but multiple people should often have the needed competency. I think a character should be able to operate at their level with any skill in which they are Trained. Investing more than that should let you operate [B]above[/B] your level. You shouldn't need to specialize in order to operate at your level, and instead operate below your level in non-specialized fields. [/QUOTE]

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