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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3789163" data-attributes="member: 710">Flaws always have one problem: Some character concepts do simply not require certain abilities&nbsp; and can take flaws for uninteresting abilities to gain interesting advantages.There are two fixes: 1) Don't allow flaws2) Balance the game in a way that such flaws are expected or at least somewhat accounted for.My suggestions:Inept sounds fine, and the possible rule implementations (no level derived skill bonus or a general skill penalty) are easy to do.A character can be inept at only one skill. Doing so grants you a single bonus feat (maybe from a predetermined list of feats that preferably are not used as prerequisites for other feats or prestige classes or so, but that might seem too harsh)You could even go so far and require that each character takes one Ineptitude, and have a feat that negates the penalty. I think there is little reason to have a character that is inept at more than one skill. If a player really wants it and has a character concept that absolutely requires it and is also worth having in the game, the DM can make a special exception for him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 3789163, member: 710"] Flaws always have one problem: Some character concepts do simply not require certain abilities and can take flaws for uninteresting abilities to gain interesting advantages. There are two fixes: 1) Don't allow flaws 2) Balance the game in a way that such flaws are expected or at least somewhat accounted for. My suggestions: Inept sounds fine, and the possible rule implementations (no level derived skill bonus or a general skill penalty) are easy to do. A character can be inept at only one skill. Doing so grants you a single bonus feat (maybe from a predetermined list of feats that preferably are not used as prerequisites for other feats or prestige classes or so, but that might seem too harsh) You could even go so far and require that each character takes one Ineptitude, and have a feat that negates the penalty. I think there is little reason to have a character that is inept at more than one skill. If a player really wants it and has a character concept that absolutely requires it and is also worth having in the game, the DM can make a special exception for him. [/QUOTE]

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