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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AllisterH" data-source="post: 4927962" data-attributes="member: 51325">I actually LIKE the Saga/4e (keep in mind, SWSE also uses it) method of increasing competence.A 30th level paladin SHOULD be better than his 1st level self at sneaking/climbing since what the hell was he doing for all those 30 levels?The only skill that trips my "Hmm, that doesn't work" is SWIM.However, this is much more palatable to me than the reverse where unless you explicitly put points in a skill, you actually get WORSE at level appropriate skill checks. Even with PF collapsed skill system from 3.5, there's just way too many skills I find that a high level character is incompetent with.Furthermore, from my own DM perspective, I like the fact that there's a much greater range over which I can construct skill checks that involve the whole party (I always hated the wide-range that skill points could create).Chalk up for me a great point in the "Homogenity is NOT inherently a bad thing"It's funny, but people think 4e is "only a tactical mini-game" but the inclusion of the half-level feature in 4e meant for me that I would use more skills and I would use things like History and not be worried that a character would feel left out.I actually get more non-combat usage of skills than ever before since the players feel more confident in using them even in opposed contests.One thing about this discussion is how two people can see the same thing and get two different interpretations...</blockquote>

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