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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5695333" data-attributes="member: 22424">For feats, I would make these all small, untyped always-on bonuses. But vastly reduce the number of feats available - it should actually be possible to include every possible feat in the first PHB. Then, as suggested upthread, introduce talents that modify a character's powers - effectively siloing the numerical feats from the power-adjusting feats.For magic items, I would have 'trinkets' that are low-power single-use items (3e wands, scrolls and potions), and 'artifacts' that are essentially 4e artifacts (but with a wider range of power levels, and with the rules assuming that PCs won't get them). Drop all the items in between, and drop any item that gives a bonus to rolls. Magic items should give the characters new powers, not make them better at the powers they already have.But... I would also have an Artifice power source in the core, covering the Alchemist archetype, the Eberron-style Artificer, the steampunk-style Mad Scientist, and so on. But, perhaps most crucially, this also gives us 'signature items' and/or "Weapons of Legacy" (or 4e's auto-levelling items) - by having the character multiclass into this power source.For skills, I would drop skill training (making most skills just attibute checks) but keep the Skill Focus feat almost unchanged (probably a lower bonus). Likewise, have races continue to give small bonuses, and instead of class skills have classes also give a small bonus. But, other than adding back a small number of missing skills (Ride, Craft, Perform, Linguistics), and replacing History with a wider Academics skill (covering history, but also knowledge of art, heraldry, and other assorted lore), skills in general are actually just fine.</blockquote>

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