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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6283481" data-attributes="member: 6677017">Hehe, yeah, exactly. I'm sure nothing will cost XP in Next, and money isn't assumed as part of a character resource (like magic items). So that essentially rules those out.They could make limits such as only learning one per level, but in that case, you would want to learn one every level, otherwise you would be forever behind those who didn't.I can't think of a better way to do it than to simply limit it to things with little relevance as far as adventuring power, and then make it a downtime activity. PCs could spend time to work at a job (making cash), create contacts and allies, learn a language, pick up blacksmithing, etc. Those are all equal sorts of things. None of them has a big effect on adventuring effectiveness, but provide more connection with the world and opportunities for role-playing.As I see it, skills, weapons, and armor, must come only from background/class/feat/race benefits. Getting them any other way is incompatible with the class and level based power balance.Otherwise, we should be able to spend time to increase proficiency bonus, or pick up spellcasting, or learn features from another class. The way you get that sort of thing is through gaining levels in classes, because that's where those features live in the game system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6283481, member: 6677017"] Hehe, yeah, exactly. I'm sure nothing will cost XP in Next, and money isn't assumed as part of a character resource (like magic items). So that essentially rules those out. They could make limits such as only learning one per level, but in that case, you would want to learn one every level, otherwise you would be forever behind those who didn't. I can't think of a better way to do it than to simply limit it to things with little relevance as far as adventuring power, and then make it a downtime activity. PCs could spend time to work at a job (making cash), create contacts and allies, learn a language, pick up blacksmithing, etc. Those are all equal sorts of things. None of them has a big effect on adventuring effectiveness, but provide more connection with the world and opportunities for role-playing. As I see it, skills, weapons, and armor, must come only from background/class/feat/race benefits. Getting them any other way is incompatible with the class and level based power balance. Otherwise, we should be able to spend time to increase proficiency bonus, or pick up spellcasting, or learn features from another class. The way you get that sort of thing is through gaining levels in classes, because that's where those features live in the game system. [/QUOTE]

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