the automatic skill check pass thingy bothered me too. found how you can work around it kinda tho. if you mash left click on bottom right or left part of screen it won't skip it. however, i found it's best to click left of those buttons for hide and skip and what not, just below the upper edge of text box, on the right; above the white flower. this was you won't click any choices by mistake in case they go down far enough and you won't skip won skill checks. downside is your finger's gonna cramp from mashing left click, lol