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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aurumvorax" data-source="post: 5091847" data-attributes="member: 87266">No, it's not a static difficulty because you have to rely on the d20 which generates a random result.  A person with 10 is slightly above average while a person with an 18 is almost an expert.  There is no take 10, therefor there's no automatic or instant success.  A level 1 wizard with 16 intelligence in AD&D has a small but recognizable chance to fail copying a level 1 scroll.  After all, being a wizard is about replicating exacting documents and reciting arcane words of power perfectly.  To expect him to be 100% perfect, something only demigods and paragons can achieve, is ridiculous.  The level 1 3E wizard with 16 intelligence and 3 ranks in spellcraft can never fail in copying a 1st level scroll.  He could copy 20 such scrolls perfectly in a calm environment, meanwhile the level 20 fighter has a 1-in-20 chance of missing a training dummy simply because that's how 3E changed the rules for rolling a d20.That's a static difficulty.  All characters of the same level, ability scores, and skills are always equal in capability.  Mechanically there is no difference between a fighter with 10 ranks in profession: clergy and a priest with 10 ranks in profession: military.  And the PHB has a section on what profession does and how to handle it.  " earning about half your Profession check result in gold pieces per week of dedicated work."  One might call into question the "about" as a vague word, something the 3E PHB is filled with (especially the terrible section on alignment) but there it is set in stone.  Doctors and pig farmers earn the same amount of coin in a week's worth of work.I'm just not in the boat that role-playing elements should be tied to mechanics.  I should be able to create a solid plan of how I want to run a business with the GM who decides behind the screen if its a good plan.  The GM can determine the results in private but relegating such a thing to "Roll d20... okay, you make 10 gold coins that week" is terrible.</blockquote>

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