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<blockquote data-quote="Chris_Nightwing" data-source="post: 6062683" data-attributes="member: 882">Hijacking your simple question to gripe!Skill dice are awful. Just awful. All that added complexity (they show some use in skill tricks but they turn up in parry and other maneuvers for no good reason) for nothing. All characters advance at the same rate in their skills, why? Further, as you become 'more skilled' as you gain level, you become *less* reliable rather than *more* reliable in your ability to overcome tasks. You're a mighty 20th level Fighter, you ought to be leaping wide chasms, intimidating villagers who look at you funny and have senses able to spot hiding smugglers. But no, you roll badly and you're as crap as you were at 1st level. I cannot believe that anybody thought increasing dice were a reasonable way to approach skills. This game is rapidly becoming an amusing little one-shot indie game, not the world's greatest RPG.I reiterate my long-standing skill suggestion. Different levels of expertise, each giving you a small bonus and a minimum dice roll so you get better and more reliable as you invest in a given skill. Rogue's just get more of them, and improve faster, just as the Fighter improves his attack bonus faster than a Cleric.Untrained +0, dice minimum 1Apprentice +1, dice minimum 2Adept +2, dice minimum 4Expert +3, dice minimum 6Master +4, dice minimum 8Grand Master +5, dice minimum 10Or thereabouts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris_Nightwing, post: 6062683, member: 882"] Hijacking your simple question to gripe! Skill dice are awful. Just awful. All that added complexity (they show some use in skill tricks but they turn up in parry and other maneuvers for no good reason) for nothing. All characters advance at the same rate in their skills, why? Further, as you become 'more skilled' as you gain level, you become *less* reliable rather than *more* reliable in your ability to overcome tasks. You're a mighty 20th level Fighter, you ought to be leaping wide chasms, intimidating villagers who look at you funny and have senses able to spot hiding smugglers. But no, you roll badly and you're as crap as you were at 1st level. I cannot believe that anybody thought increasing dice were a reasonable way to approach skills. This game is rapidly becoming an amusing little one-shot indie game, not the world's greatest RPG. I reiterate my long-standing skill suggestion. Different levels of expertise, each giving you a small bonus and a minimum dice roll so you get better and more reliable as you invest in a given skill. Rogue's just get more of them, and improve faster, just as the Fighter improves his attack bonus faster than a Cleric. Untrained +0, dice minimum 1 Apprentice +1, dice minimum 2 Adept +2, dice minimum 4 Expert +3, dice minimum 6 Master +4, dice minimum 8 Grand Master +5, dice minimum 10 Or thereabouts. [/QUOTE]

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