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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3365622" data-attributes="member: 53">Too many?  Maybe.  I don't think it's the issue you are presenting it as.  Maybe 4-6 skills could be profitably eliminated or subsumed into other skills.  I wouldn't consider than an "evolution.''Maybe more skills could be combined, but then you'd  need a new system to deal with those characters who would differ between the skills.  For example, hide and move silently are often considered to be two skills that should be combined.  In practice, certain characters are great at one and not the other (the stereotypical Kwai Chang Caine type monk).  A subsystem would differentiate this (maybe giving monk a bonus to sneak when trying to move silently).  I think this system in the long term would cut add to complexity rather than remove it (although some characters would be more simple).</blockquote>