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Old 02-10-2019, 12:58 PM   #19
Andreas
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Default Re: Skill for laying low in an urban area

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Originally Posted by whswhs View Post
Common Sense isn't that kind of trait. It basically covers not doing the things that ordinary people are prudent enough not to do in the first place. It's a metagaming advantage that can be recommended to a player who makes ill-advised decisions about what their character will try to do; it lets the GM say, "Okay, roll your IQ" and, if they succeed, warn them not to do something that could get them in real trouble. Most people don't do those things.
Sure, not most people. However, for the subset of people which are in such situations, either lacking common sense or having an applicable disadvantage being common does not seem at all implausible to me (with those having disadvantages probably making up the greater part).
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