Skill Consolidation

[Stan]

I'm considering the following combining of skills - I'd forgotten the little things that bug me about 3rd edition. It probably helps roguish characters the most. If most of you like this, we'll do it. This is largely the same as Pathfinder (which I'm getting from http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/)

Stealth(dex) replaces move silently and Hide. People almost always purchase both or neither.

Acrobatics now includes the abilities of Balance

Perception (Wis) replaces Spot, Search, and Listen

Knowledge: Arcana now includes the abilities of Spellcraft. I can never clearly distinguish these two. It also includes Use Magic Device, which is rarely used whenit has to be purchased separately.

Devices(Dex + Int/2) includes open locks, disable device, and craft: locksmith. It also includes the ability to understand the function of clockwork devices and constructs.

If we changed these, characters will add the skill points together if they had two of the skills that get combined, then move however many skill points they wish to other skills. Let me know if you like the general idea or not and if you have issue with any of the particulars

[Karl]

Sounds good to me!

[magelizard]

Makes perfect sense to me. I like =)