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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8652595" data-attributes="member: 6987520">It is a silly distinction IMO as well, so you aren't alone. To be clear (to others), yeah, I know the difference, I just don't think its necessary. In prior editions it was a skill check and if you didn't have the skill, you defaulted to just the ability modifier. If no skill applied, you defaulted to the ability. So, yeah, I agree... whatever.And this is precisely why I made my first skill monkey for 5E, to make sure everything was covered. At first I avoided the more common skills because I knew other PCs would cover things, focusing more on the skills we weren't likely to need immediately. In more combat-focused games, skills like Religion, Nature, and History are rarely needed (IME Arcana can still be used though).Ranking the skills in how often they are taken (5 = most often, 1 = least often), this is probably how they pan out:5: Athletics5: Perception5: Stealth4: Arcana4: Medicine4: Survival3: Acrobatics3: Deception3: Insight3: Intimidation3: Investigation3: Persuasion2: Animal Handling2: Performance2: Sleight of Hand1: History1: Nature1: ReligionI'm sure others have different lists/priorities, but those are where I see them.</blockquote>