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When will WotC support unlinking abilities and skills?
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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7813224" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><p>This is something I thought about when reviewing the new UA Paladin pdf and saw this:</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Peerless Athlete.</strong> You can use your Channel Divinity to augment your athleticism with divine favor. As a bonus action, you gain advantage on all Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks for the next 10 minutes.</em></p><p></p><p>Many tables (hopefully) support combining skills with different ability scores, breaking the "link" between the most common skill uses and the ability score. The UA feature specifies the typical "Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity (Acrobatics)". But as myself and others have pointed out, the game supports other combinations.</p><p></p><p>You want to sprint? Use DEX (Athletics). You want to run a marathon? Use CON (Athletics). You want to grapple a target with a lock, which doesn't require much strength? Use DEX (Athletics). You want to do a handstand? Use STR (Acrobatics).</p><p></p><p>Sure, you can argue these could all fall under the default STR (Athletics) and DEX (Acrobatics) instead, but I can just as easily justify why they could be, and <em>should be</em> otherwise.</p><p></p><p>For the UA Paladin feature, <em>Peerless Athlete</em>, why not just make it advantage on all Athletics and Acrobatics checks? I know if we use it, we will. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Just sharing some thoughts... thanks for reading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 7813224, member: 6987520"] This is something I thought about when reviewing the new UA Paladin pdf and saw this: [I][B]Peerless Athlete.[/B] You can use your Channel Divinity to augment your athleticism with divine favor. As a bonus action, you gain advantage on all Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks for the next 10 minutes.[/I] Many tables (hopefully) support combining skills with different ability scores, breaking the "link" between the most common skill uses and the ability score. The UA feature specifies the typical "Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity (Acrobatics)". But as myself and others have pointed out, the game supports other combinations. You want to sprint? Use DEX (Athletics). You want to run a marathon? Use CON (Athletics). You want to grapple a target with a lock, which doesn't require much strength? Use DEX (Athletics). You want to do a handstand? Use STR (Acrobatics). Sure, you can argue these could all fall under the default STR (Athletics) and DEX (Acrobatics) instead, but I can just as easily justify why they could be, and [I]should be[/I] otherwise. For the UA Paladin feature, [I]Peerless Athlete[/I], why not just make it advantage on all Athletics and Acrobatics checks? I know if we use it, we will. :) Just sharing some thoughts... thanks for reading. [/QUOTE]
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