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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5799523" data-attributes="member: 29398">Yes.Except climbing and swimming are two good examples of general skills that *not* everybody can do.&nbsp; Climbing in particular in D&amp;D is a skill germane to some specific classes (Thief/Rogue, Ranger, Assassin, maybe Monk and Bard on a good day) and not to others; so if everyone can do it some of the function of those classes goes away for no good reason.Swimming is more general but not everyone can swim, or swim well; but it's certainly something you might have learned (or not) long before your adventuring career.&nbsp; This is one, along with riding skills, I'd advocate a random roll for during char-gen* - during your life so far how good have you become at these things? (I use a d10 for this in my game, mostly as a general measure of aptitude rather than something to roll against)* - if someone's specific character idea revolves around one of these skills (I can'[t imagine one revolving around both) that's a discussion to have with the DM.Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 5799523, member: 29398"] Yes. Except climbing and swimming are two good examples of general skills that *not* everybody can do. Climbing in particular in D&D is a skill germane to some specific classes (Thief/Rogue, Ranger, Assassin, maybe Monk and Bard on a good day) and not to others; so if everyone can do it some of the function of those classes goes away for no good reason. Swimming is more general but not everyone can swim, or swim well; but it's certainly something you might have learned (or not) long before your adventuring career. This is one, along with riding skills, I'd advocate a random roll for during char-gen* - during your life so far how good have you become at these things? (I use a d10 for this in my game, mostly as a general measure of aptitude rather than something to roll against) * - if someone's specific character idea revolves around one of these skills (I can'[t imagine one revolving around both) that's a discussion to have with the DM. Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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