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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 4444231" data-attributes="member: 5122">Mostly fair enough.But ... isn't Disable Device with INT just as &quot;compatible&quot; as Disable Device with Dex?&nbsp; One way or the other, you're changing the stat-base of one of the underlying skills.&nbsp; In fact, I'd argue that Pathfinder making Disable Device INT-based is more compatible with 3.5, simply because of the name of the skill.&nbsp; In 3.5, Disable Device is INT-based.&nbsp; Keeping the skill INT-based, even though Open Lock has been folded into it, is one less thing for a DM to remember to change on-the-fly, right?I of course agree that &quot;thief&quot; skills have traditionally been DEX-based.&nbsp; It just doesn't bother me to change things when they make sense and (arguably) play better, so &quot;tradition&quot; isn't particularly persuasive to me, unless all else is equal.As I said to one of my players -- playing a rogue -- &quot;As a high-INT, low-DEX person in real life, I believe I could learn to pick a lock or defuse a bomb.&nbsp; On the other hand, I'd be crappy at sneaking around or picking pockets.&quot;&nbsp; He found that pretty convincing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Wilder, post: 4444231, member: 5122"] Mostly fair enough. But ... isn't Disable Device with INT just as "compatible" as Disable Device with Dex? One way or the other, you're changing the stat-base of one of the underlying skills. In fact, I'd argue that Pathfinder making Disable Device INT-based is [i]more[/i] compatible with 3.5, simply because of the name of the skill. In 3.5, Disable Device is INT-based. Keeping the skill INT-based, even though Open Lock has been folded into it, is one less thing for a DM to remember to change on-the-fly, right? I of course agree that "thief" skills have traditionally been DEX-based. It just doesn't bother me to change things when they make sense and (arguably) play better, so "tradition" isn't particularly persuasive to me, unless all else is equal. As I said to one of my players -- playing a rogue -- "As a high-INT, low-DEX person in real life, I believe I could learn to pick a lock or defuse a bomb. On the other hand, I'd be crappy at sneaking around or picking pockets." He found that pretty convincing. [/QUOTE]

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