tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post9040339594566441789..comments2024-03-29T00:46:13.625-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Cutting Off Your Players' Feet (Skills Suck Part 2)JBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-24801483943350648612009-07-17T23:12:57.720-07:002009-07-17T23:12:57.720-07:00I think "the dump" was a lot of folk'...I think "the dump" was a lot of folk's responses...and yet they kept getting brought up (I'm thinking of the "AD&D2 Complete XX" series with their "kits."<br /><br />After awhile it's like "why don't we just go back to playing one of those old Gygax versions...before non-weapon proficiencies." Of course Gygax was out of TSR and it was the 2nd edition stuff that was being supported. I washed my hands of it years ago.<br /><br />You can't make me play with skills, dammit!JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-5247133770148074842009-07-17T12:07:18.609-07:002009-07-17T12:07:18.609-07:00Yeah, we pretty much always assumed the basic task...Yeah, we pretty much always assumed the basic tasks could be taken care of (heck, I can start a fire - without matches if ABSOLUTELY necessary and I'm pretty much a city boy...well, small town, but I digress). Anything special became an attribute check. Need a fire in a tundra with the wind howling and no shelter - seems unlikely, so let's say WIS check at -5 or something - or maybe INT. Always did it in conversation with the players when I DM'ed (guess I always had fair minded players - sometimes they'd up the penalty from what I suggested). Yeah, we toyed with skills when 2nd Ed came out - and dumped them really quick...Pastor Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365928184955951086noreply@blogger.com