Comments on: On D&D Skills. http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/on-dd-skills/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/on-dd-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-81636 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 23:42:52 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=17474#comment-81636 GURPS just got silly when they had “Seamanship”, “Shiphandling” and “Sailor” as three separate skills, and your sea-captain character was expected to know them all. For me at any rate, FATE with its Aspects, Stunts and very broad skills handles that far more elegantly. YMMV, of course.

]]> By: Chuk http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/on-dd-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-81634 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 23:32:54 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=17474#comment-81634 Maybe some kind of Neutral Evil Bard.

I like skill bloat! (I also like games like Fate and Risus though, there’s a whole cognitive dissonance going on.)

]]> By: David Meadows http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/on-dd-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-81630 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:47:28 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=17474#comment-81630 Fair point :D

]]> By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/on-dd-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-81627 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 13:47:47 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=17474#comment-81627 Your archetypal TV evangelist is closer to a Thief than a Cleric ;)

]]> By: David Meadows http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/on-dd-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-81626 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 13:14:21 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=17474#comment-81626 Which version does the cleric have – deceit or persuade? ;-)

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