DMFTodd wrote:
As a DM, I'd like the quick way this allows you to throw skills together. .... Skill points help define a character.
I'm with you, the skill selection (and his later improvement) helps to develop the character, to define him, and doing it at first level is a bit dissapointing :((
One of the main ideas behind of the v3.0 / v3.5 rules was to develop characters not so "flat" as in previous editions. So in the 3rd edition we have the feats, the rules for multiclassing, and the skills that helps to make your character truly unique... although we the DMs knows how the players likes to maximize their stats :)
The new system is very fast and simple, and makes the character generation simpler and streamlined, but I prefer a more complex skill system who permits to my players personalize and develop his character along his adventurer' career.
So I'm going to playtest the new rules although I'm thinking in using the "old" skill rules (perhaps with the new skill list?)
PS: I'm not a english native speaker, so please, forgive me any mistake I have done
