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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terath Ninir" data-source="post: 2041851" data-attributes="member: 47">Looks like a good draft, in the style of OD&D.If you could work the existing social skills in there, though, that would rock on toast.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Hmm.  Bluff could cover haggling, so could influence the economy.  Diplomacy would be an obvious one for popularity.  Intimidate could work for security -- your troops do *not* want to disappoint you!You could even throw in some non-Cha skills as possible boosters.  Like otherwise useless skills like Appraise could help out on the economy.  Hmm...Economy: Appraise, Bluff, K/Architecture, Profession/anyPopularity: Diplomacy, K/Local, K/Nobility, Perform/OratorySecurity: Gather Information, Intimidate, K/Geography, K/HistoryThe knowledge skills I included are generally not taken, so it might give players a reason to take them.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I include Profession/any for economy because, in my experience, it's hard to get a player to take ANY Profession skill for any reason.I'd think either the best skill would apply, or each skill might give a small bonus.  With mutliple choices, more characters have a chance of being good rulers.  A bard can rule through pure charisma, while a wizard could carefully plan the affairs of her realm.What do you think of that idea?</blockquote>

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