Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Connoisseur
Ah, recollections of the fourth ed playtest process.
As I recall it, Connoisseur was created in part because of the Who's Who books. The first draft of 4e killed Appreciate Beauty, because that was a weird Japan-specific thing, but I had to point out that we'd kludged it into one or two non-Japanese characters in those books, because they were famous as patrons of the arts. But perhaps more importantly, I for one was able to point to James Bond and to any number of cinematic master thieves who always know exactly what to lift when they get inside the art gallery...
It may not be important in every game. But when you need it, you need it.
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