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Old 07-03-2017, 11:43 AM   #43
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Default Re: New Technique family of the week: Focussed

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Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
On the other hand, if your specialty is reading George Bush's lips and you're an average Joe who doesn't work with him and basically only sees him on TV or when he shows up to publicity events, I think that meets the "Probably will only show up once, if that" standard.
This gets into the really weird thing that when you spend 200 hours on a learnable advantage, the benefit of the training becomes highly dependent on the usefulness thereof, ranging from +5 (Hyperspec) to +½ (Hard Technique). I think that's rather perverse and contrary to how learnable things (such as skills and skill-perks), as opposed to 'detached' advantages (like Wealth, Allies or Serendipity) work.
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