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<blockquote data-quote="Fenris-77" data-source="post: 7967949" data-attributes="member: 6993955">I don't find it ridiculous. I can easily picture how the one might differ from the other, and I can also think of a bunch of reasons why they aren't the same proficiency from a game design standpoint. An artist, like a calligrapher, would have a kit that included his favored tools - the sort of nibs and ink he prefers, the type and color of wax he likes best, whatever parchment suits his needs and tastes - you get the picture, an artists build a kit based on personal preference. Putting a forgery kit together is entirely different, you pick nibs and inks common to certain kinds of document production and in a wide enough range to cover most of the likely needs, you have a variety of paper common to different sorts of usage, etc etc. The rationale behind the construction and use of the two is entirely different. I'm not going to argue that the skill set needed to use the two doesn't overlap, because it does, but I think there's enough separation that the fact that they are currently different in D&amp;D isn't obviously ridiculous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fenris-77, post: 7967949, member: 6993955"] I don't find it ridiculous. I can easily picture how the one might differ from the other, and I can also think of a bunch of reasons why they aren't the same proficiency from a game design standpoint. An artist, like a calligrapher, would have a kit that included his favored tools - the sort of nibs and ink he prefers, the type and color of wax he likes best, whatever parchment suits his needs and tastes - you get the picture, an artists build a kit based on personal preference. Putting a forgery kit together is entirely different, you pick nibs and inks common to certain kinds of document production and in a wide enough range to cover most of the likely needs, you have a variety of paper common to different sorts of usage, etc etc. The rationale behind the construction and use of the two is entirely different. I'm not going to argue that the skill set needed to use the two doesn't overlap, because it does, but I think there's enough separation that the fact that they are currently different in D&D isn't obviously ridiculous. [/QUOTE]

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