Tips for avoiding skill bloat; Pro skills

[simply Nathan]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

There really is a big difference between watching people unobtrusively and noting the details (Observation), and tossing a room for the hidden stash (Search).

Yes, and there are also big differences between Hiking, Cartography, and the Survival specialties, which I also merge into a single skill called Exploration. I also combine all the medical skills into a single skill called Medicine.

And every single one of my 30 skills is /Hard. Ten of them are combat skills, of which eight are melee combat.