@Matticusthegreen said in Freeing Social Skills:

We had fighter kits forever ago, couldn’t we have social kits?

Or you know how in 5e there is backgrounds? Maybe a similar system like the kits, but for social skills and crafting skills that are backgrounds?

Ive seen this done on other servers and it seems a reasonable approach, that way your fighter can get a boost in bluff or persuade, and a bard or rogue might be tempted to go for a different background.

The argument that 'it doesnt affect the mechanics of the game' is frankly bs, as DMs can and do check the levels of skills and attributes, and quests in the past certainly, have rewarded people with high persuade with more £££.

@O-louth said in Freeing Social Skills:

@Gorga469 If that is the case, then ALL skills should be open to all classes, which just makes no sense. The social skills have very little mechanical impact. If you open the other ones up, IMO, you start messing with the balancing between each class. Even if you do not allow the three major ones (UMD, Spellcraft and Animal Emp), opening the anti sneak skills will have a huge impact on sneaky classes.

Fighter, as an example, has already had their skills increased. If you can make a tank, that now has the skills to maximize ANTI sneak skills, it will definitely impact the balance between classes.

This.

If you want social skills, cross class them, and accept that someone who has spent their life training to be a soldier might not have the same persuasive powers as a trained confidence trickster.

More purses of gold are given to the poor within the alleys, the older gentleman sporting more than a few scars.

An older gentleman is seen passing sacks of gold out to the poor within the alleys of Arabel, with many sacks containing as much as 100 gold coins.

Where a curious peasant asks the mans name he is told "You may call me Finch"

//done in game