Career Skills [Archive] - Wizards Community

Career Skills [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Finarfin
03-22-07, 01:30 PM Hi there,

is there anyone else besides me who likes the concept of career skills (i.e. permanent class skills due to your character's background/upbringing/culture) presented in Cityscape as much as I do? I would even like wizards to extend this concept to any character, not just urban characters. I think that this issue has been greatly neglected by D&D game designers up to now but contributes significantly to the flavor of the game and makes your characters considerably more memorable and unique. What do think of career skills?
SunTzuWarmaster
03-22-07, 03:11 PM DMs I have had in the past have made up a list of trades, and then rolled randomly to determine character background (or allowed an RP background towards one of them).

Then, if you needed an information check or skill check where you think it may be applicable, you could make a case for it. This was mechanically represented as 2-4 ranks in a profession.

For instance, if you were given 4 ranks in Profession(Fishing), you would get +4 to Survival checks when fishing, +4 to boating checks, +4 on knowledge checks to identify types of fish/oceanic poisons/water monsters.
Finarfin
03-23-07, 08:27 AM Oops, I just saw that it is written in the description that the DM should rule that also non-urban characters should gain such skills if they are present in a party. I should read these things more carefully. But, anyway, I think it is a great concept, isn't it?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Finarfin 03-22-07, 01:30 PM	Hi there, is there anyone else besides me who likes the concept of career skills (i.e. permanent class skills due to your character's background/upbringing/culture) presented in Cityscape as much as I do? I would even like wizards to extend this concept to any character, not just urban characters. I think that this issue has been greatly neglected by D&D game designers up to now but contributes significantly to the flavor of the game and makes your characters considerably more memorable and unique. What do think of career skills?
SunTzuWarmaster 03-22-07, 03:11 PM	DMs I have had in the past have made up a list of trades, and then rolled randomly to determine character background (or allowed an RP background towards one of them). Then, if you needed an information check or skill check where you think it may be applicable, you could make a case for it. This was mechanically represented as 2-4 ranks in a profession. For instance, if you were given 4 ranks in Profession(Fishing), you would get +4 to Survival checks when fishing, +4 to boating checks, +4 on knowledge checks to identify types of fish/oceanic poisons/water monsters.
Finarfin 03-23-07, 08:27 AM	Oops, I just saw that it is written in the description that the DM should rule that also non-urban characters should gain such skills if they are present in a party. I should read these things more carefully. But, anyway, I think it is a great concept, isn't it?