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Old 11-30-2014, 12:59 AM   #7
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Default Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Connoisseur

The "levels of specificity" principle is quite important, by the way. You can be a Connoisseur of Fine Arts, or Western Fine Arts, or Western Painting, or Impressionist Painting, or The Works of Vincent van Gogh. A sufficiently picky GM could compose a table of penalties for moving up and down the ladder of detail, as has been done in the past for Area Knowledge.

And the default for the skill should, strictly speaking, only work for areas congruent to your background, or at least be subject to familiarity penalties. (Again much like Area Knowledge.) I know a little bit about western fine arts - I might even qualify for a Dabbler perk there. (I like museums.) My knowledge of pre-19th century Japanese art, on the other hand, could be engraved on the back of a netsuke piece. Although I do know what netsuke is.
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