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<blockquote data-quote="Sadrik" data-source="post: 6089234" data-attributes="member: 14506">The skill dice thing in the latest playtest is not bad but it does not feel like D&amp;D. I would prefer a more succinct and simple system, like a +x modifier. The trick they have to work out with the skill system is the optional bit. Can D&amp;D have an optional skill system? I am not entirely sure. Several games use stat or skill roll rather than the traditional stat + skill roll. So to make the skill system optional I think it would have to be the former where your skills are not linked to your stats at all. This is not the traditional skill system for D&amp;D. Example:You can make a DEX check to sneak, or you can make a Sneak check to sneak. both would be d20+x, perhaps the d20+x on the sneak roll would or could be marginally higher than a DEX check. Skill system should be in I think. Just make it simple and clear and I think most people expect a stat + skill roll and not a stat roll or skill roll.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sadrik, post: 6089234, member: 14506"] The skill dice thing in the latest playtest is not bad but it does not feel like D&D. I would prefer a more succinct and simple system, like a +x modifier. The trick they have to work out with the skill system is the optional bit. Can D&D have an optional skill system? I am not entirely sure. Several games use stat [B]or[/B] skill roll rather than the traditional stat + skill roll. So to make the skill system optional I think it would have to be the former where your skills are not linked to your stats at all. This is not the traditional skill system for D&D. Example: You can make a DEX check to sneak, or you can make a Sneak check to sneak. both would be d20+x, perhaps the d20+x on the sneak roll would or could be marginally higher than a DEX check. Skill system should be in I think. Just make it simple and clear and I think most people expect a stat + skill roll and not a stat roll or skill roll. [/QUOTE]

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