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=Supporting Changes=

By making substantial changes to the skill system, we open up a few attached subsystems to scrutiny as well. This chapter details changes to the class features and subsystems most impacted by the skill changes presented here.

==You've Got Your Skill In My Shtick - Altered Class Features==

===Divine Spellcasting===

For skill dependency reasons, as well as thematic reasons, the divine spellcasters have been divided into two groups. 

Clerics, Paladins and similar spellcasters remain attached to the divine source, their spells are granted by their deities. These spellcasters draw their power from the strength of their convictions and their connections with their patrons, and their spellcasting stat is henceforth Charisma instead of Wisdom. As they have class features that depend on this stat anyway it's not really a big deal. They remain tied to the Knowledge(religion) skill in its new form, Thaumaturgy, which is a Charisma skill.

Druids, Rangers, and similar spellcasters become more firmly attached to the natural world as the source of their spells and no longer need to revere any particular deity. The spellcasting stat for these characters remains Wisdom. They remain tied to Knowledge(nature) in its new form, Geomancy, which is a Wisdom skill. They no longer have secondary ties to Knowledge(religion).

===Bard Spellcasting===

Since we’ve done away with the stupid idea that only spontaneous casters can be Charisma based, Bards can now cast with Int as their primary stat if you like. It gives them a bonus to their casting skill, Arcana, and other things, but may lower their bonus on skills that they previously depended on.

===Trapfinding Class Feature===

The ability to find traps of any DC has been folded into the Dungeoneering skill, so this class feature does absolutely nothing as written in the PHB. Please use the following replacement text:

'''Trapfinding:'''As a full-round action you may move up to your base speed while also searching each 5’ square immediately in front of you for traps. You may ‘Take 10’ on this check if you like, and it is recommended that you do so that the game doesn’t slow to a crawl while you roll for each square. If you reduce your speed to only half of your base speed you may ‘Take 15’ instead.

===Animal Empathy===

==Are We There Yet? - Revised Movement and Fatigue Rules==

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==Combat with a View - Revised Ride Rules==

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==Flaming Hoops and Other Nonsense - Revised Animal Training Rules==

==My Character Would Totally Know That! - Character Knowledge and Skills==

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