Sat 03 Dec 2022, 15:21
Regarding the new changes to heroic abilities and skills.
I think the changes proposed as excellent ideas, since the skills at the moment feel bit too streamlined, almost arbitrary.
You plan to add nine new skills, upping it to 25.
The ones I immediately feel like adding include some changes to the skills that used to be heroic abilities.
Firstly I'd scrap or rework People Reader and change it into the Insight skill (similar to earlier FL-games) and make it CHA-based to increase CHA's usefulness. I found People Reader a bit amusing, since, even to a fellow Scandi like me, being able to read people does not strike me particularly as a heroic ability.
I'd also propose scrapping Artisan or changing as a talent of the type it is now and just write up a general Craft/Repair skill with some Heroic Abilities tied into it, I don't think an artisan should be the only folks capable of repairing and making stuff.
Adding Ride would make sense, especially as the Knight is a class so traditionally associated with mounted combat that it feels like an omission. Another skill that could, and possibly should be, CHA-based.
Since Mobility exists I think it is only logical a similar skill should exist for strength - likely Athletics. I understand the wish to not overload Strength with useful skills as it is already such a powerful ability, but if general feats of agility are to be constricted by a skill, why shouldn't feats of athleticism also have a similar skill?
I'd also like to see a skill representing the abilities of a sailor, either Seacraft or Sailing would make sense, as a supplement to the Mariner class.
Some others I think may be a good are: A social skill for inspiration and performance, Research skills for the scholars and mages among us, social information gathering skills (Gossip or Investigation) and Skills to differentiate Lore and social skills in general a bit more.
I was also thinking over the benefits of adding a navigation skill in addition to Bushcraft.
All that said - I propose something a bit like this: Insight/Empathy (CHA) , Athletics (STR), Craft (Int), Evaluate (Int), Seacraft/Sailing (Int), Ride (CHA), Performance/Inspire (CHA), Research (INT), Investigate/Gossip (INT OR CHA depending on flavour) and Navigation (INT).
Some examples of how this might look via looking at the some professions:
Current Knight: Blunt Weapons, Lore, Persuasion, Spears, Swords
Revised Knight: Athletics, Blunt Weapons, Lore, Ride, Inspire, Spears, Swords
Current Merchant: Awareness, Knives, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, Spot Hidden.
Revised Merchant: Awareness, Knives, Persuasion, Insight, Sleight of Hand, Spot Hidden, Navigation.
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Bokmumrik on Sat 03 Dec 2022, 22:25, edited 2 times in total.