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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris_Nightwing" data-source="post: 3726816" data-attributes="member: 882">Yes, one thing many posters seem to forget are ability modifiers, circumstance modifiers and trained-only uses of skills.For a 10th level (class x) who is trying to use (skill y) that you can't imagine them having used very much at all, chances are that their +5 level bonus is on its own, or penalised by the relevant ability. Not to mention that they can do (simple example of skill y) but have no chance of doing (complex example of skill y).I also think that the 'opposed' nature of most really really important checks will foil said character almost all of the time. Level bonuses will only be effective against static difficulties, such as environmental hazards. I still think it has a decent real world analogy too, since when you finish high school (or your appropriate level training) you are certainly better than a 16 year old at many skills you trained in formally (maths), trained in informally (social interaction - ok maybe not all of us here <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) and even things you probably never did just through confidence and maturity.</blockquote>