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<blockquote data-quote="Xaelvaen" data-source="post: 7612869" data-attributes="member: 6681906">I did a bit of an experiment with one of our 5E games that had some pretty positive results, and I'll gladly share to see if it'd work for you.Having been fond of the skill rank system of 3/3.5, I used 5E's proficiency system as maximum skill rank potential and went from there.&nbsp; In example, a 1st level rogue gets 4 skills, 2 more from background, and possibly one from race - with a proficiency bonus of +2.&nbsp; 6x2 = 12, so that's effectively 12 skill ranks.&nbsp; Add two more for a racial proficiency.&nbsp; Then, the players can put these ranks wherever they want.&nbsp; Someone could be 'great' at stealth, with +2, but only mediocre at persuasion with +1.&nbsp; It added a bit of diversity.At level 5, the proficiency increases, so 6 more skill points, with a cap of 3 - the proficiency bonus.&nbsp; Adding more skills to the list was the next step - I believe I ended up adding 3?&nbsp; I can't quite recall in that regard, so I just gave everyone +1 skill rank to compensate.It didn't drastically change how 5E functions, kept their same 'bounded accuracy' (which isn't really bound at all when it comes to skill, but at least we emulated it), and gave some dynamic change to the redundancy of the 7th set of 5e characters with the exact same skill sets.As with all posts of this nature, I strictly adhere to the principle that this worked for my group and was fun, and may not be so for others' groups.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Xaelvaen, post: 7612869, member: 6681906"] I did a bit of an experiment with one of our 5E games that had some pretty positive results, and I'll gladly share to see if it'd work for you. Having been fond of the skill rank system of 3/3.5, I used 5E's proficiency system as maximum skill rank potential and went from there. In example, a 1st level rogue gets 4 skills, 2 more from background, and possibly one from race - with a proficiency bonus of +2. 6x2 = 12, so that's effectively 12 skill ranks. Add two more for a racial proficiency. Then, the players can put these ranks wherever they want. Someone could be 'great' at stealth, with +2, but only mediocre at persuasion with +1. It added a bit of diversity. At level 5, the proficiency increases, so 6 more skill points, with a cap of 3 - the proficiency bonus. Adding more skills to the list was the next step - I believe I ended up adding 3? I can't quite recall in that regard, so I just gave everyone +1 skill rank to compensate. It didn't drastically change how 5E functions, kept their same 'bounded accuracy' (which isn't really bound at all when it comes to skill, but at least we emulated it), and gave some dynamic change to the redundancy of the 7th set of 5e characters with the exact same skill sets. As with all posts of this nature, I strictly adhere to the principle that this worked for my group and was fun, and may not be so for others' groups. [/QUOTE]

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