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<blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7523347" data-attributes="member: 6919838"><p>"No it doesn't. The rules provide me with ways to specialize in gambling. All I have to do is choose the gambler background, which the rules allow me to take. Then I give myself tool proficiency gambling items(dice, cards, etc.) and then I ask the DM to allow you proficiency with gambling(wis), which the DM will allow since it's a very reasonable request and the rules allow the DM to add in that skill. Viola! A professional gambler who specializes in gambling created via the rules."</p><p></p><p>I would disagree with your request and say no...</p><p></p><p>Instead i would say "its redundant" - your proficiency with the type of gambling "tool" allows you to apply your proficiency to any ability check you make using them - so your wisdom check to read the other player in a cards game gets proficiency. your dex check to swap cards out of your sleeve gets proficiency... etc etc etc. </p><p></p><p>So you do not need to bur a new skill to be able to apply those proficiencies - it would be a waste.</p><p></p><p>5e uses tools for the more "professional" training where they might apply to a wider variety of ability scores as a matter of course - so a "gambler skill" is not needed any more than a "mason skill" or a "jeweler" skill.</p><p></p><p>But thats me and how i see 5e.</p><p></p><p>As an aside - this syncs well with the downtime training which allows character to learn new tools over time as non-combat activity with investment of gold, time and interactions - even tho some dont believe those exist (it seems.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="5ekyu, post: 7523347, member: 6919838"] "No it doesn't. The rules provide me with ways to specialize in gambling. All I have to do is choose the gambler background, which the rules allow me to take. Then I give myself tool proficiency gambling items(dice, cards, etc.) and then I ask the DM to allow you proficiency with gambling(wis), which the DM will allow since it's a very reasonable request and the rules allow the DM to add in that skill. Viola! A professional gambler who specializes in gambling created via the rules." I would disagree with your request and say no... Instead i would say "its redundant" - your proficiency with the type of gambling "tool" allows you to apply your proficiency to any ability check you make using them - so your wisdom check to read the other player in a cards game gets proficiency. your dex check to swap cards out of your sleeve gets proficiency... etc etc etc. So you do not need to bur a new skill to be able to apply those proficiencies - it would be a waste. 5e uses tools for the more "professional" training where they might apply to a wider variety of ability scores as a matter of course - so a "gambler skill" is not needed any more than a "mason skill" or a "jeweler" skill. But thats me and how i see 5e. As an aside - this syncs well with the downtime training which allows character to learn new tools over time as non-combat activity with investment of gold, time and interactions - even tho some dont believe those exist (it seems.) [/QUOTE]
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