Unfortunately all of these answers ignore the fact that in order to make an expert in a given field (a character with expertise), the character either deal with thieves and learn thieves cant or become a lunatic battle-musician and cast music-based spells.
Having another option of attaining expertise would greatly improve the number of character concepts the game can represent.
I genuinely have no idea why you care about thieves cant. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, will care if you ignore it being on your character sheet. It's almost entirely fluff in nature. Just ignore it. It's not even a house rule.
Well, you are wrong. You may not have encountered them, but there are players that that would get pissy if a situation arose and another player ignored a minor class ability that be would be useful.
What's on your character sheet is none of their business. You play your PC, not other people's PCs. If another player did that, for anything at all, I would tell them to go pound sand. That's not a Scout issue.
You are right, it should be none of their business. However, that still doesn't change that a) those players exist despite your prior claim; and b) it is annoying when they bring the game as arguments ensue.
Unfortunately all of these answers ignore the fact that in order to make an expert in a given field (a character with expertise), the character either deal with thieves and learn thieves cant or become a lunatic battle-musician and cast music-based spells.
Having another option of attaining expertise would greatly improve the number of character concepts the game can represent.
Well, you are wrong. You may not have encountered them, but there are players that that would get pissy if a situation arose and another player ignored a minor class ability that be would be useful. I, personally, have had the unfortunate experience to have played with a couple of those players over the years (which is one of the reasons that, as a DM, I screen prospective players and, for those that pass, place them on a probationary period).
You are right, it should be none of their business. However, that still doesn't change that a) those players exist despite your prior claim; and b) it is annoying when they bring the game as arguments ensue.
Unfortunately all of these answers ignore the fact that in order to make an expert in a given field (a character with expertise), the character either deal with thieves and learn thieves cant or become a lunatic battle-musician and cast music-based spells.
Having another option of attaining expertise would greatly improve the number of character concepts the game can represent.