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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Razjah" data-source="post: 6132766" data-attributes="member: 98806">My favorite skill system is in Burning Wheel. There are a lot of skills in the book. Each race even has some different ones. The system uses dice-pools which can allow other skills to act as a Field of Related Knowledge (FoRK). I like skills functioning as the "What my character is notably good at." For example, a modern game really doesn't need a literacy skill. But Burning Wheel has true literacy as two separate skills because literacy was so rare around the 12-13th centuries (there is a note by Luke Crane saying this is part of the reason why it is two separate skills-read and write). I generally prefer more detailed skills. While too many can be bad, I prefer skill-based systems. The detailed skills allow for fine-tuning a character's capacity as well as limiting options to achieve a better feel for the genre of a game (for example, limiting magic skills in a more LotR style game compared to a more "traditional fantasy" vibe).Hell yes, I think skills are important. They are an excellent method of representing character..well..skill and representing what is important to the player about this character. Skills can act as flags for a GM when creating an adventure, knowing that someone has a more obscure or less common skill can lead to great moments in game when it comes into play.</blockquote>