Yeah, the idea that any exceptional situation called for a new dedicated skill to handle it was certainly a Rolemaster trait. At one point, you would have thought that actual lawmakers were writing the game rules
For the fun, I've always wonder about making a poll to see whether people used some skills
at all and, if they do or ever did, how often it happens or happened, with concern to skills such as juggling, pole vaulting, stilt walking, tightrope walking, meditation — death, or midwifery. Other skills for which one wonders why a skill even exists are drafting, sanity healing lore, star-gazing, diving, rappelling, surfing, advertising, horticulture, jesting, taunting, scrounge, begging, dentistry, honing, hygiene, or looting.