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Steve Jackson · 05-03-2018, 05:13 PM

Separate line of thought - just musings - I am asking myself right now how many Talents, at a level worthy of costing points, I might have myself. Not all that many. Not worrying about actual talent names since I live in the 21st century and TFT doesn't -

I'm literate and numerate.
I can drive.
I can write entertainingly, and I am a good copy editor.
I can use a computer but not program it.
I have some small understanding of the way complex Lego bits can be made to stick together. (Mechanician talent, but specialized to the point of having no practical use.)
I remember a lot of random historical and naturalistic facts. The TFT talent Naturalist is appropriate for the kind of junk I have in memory, but I don't really have it at anything like IQ level.
I can design games. I guess that's a talent; it keeps the ramen on the table.
I can organize a group of people if they are willing to be organized, and I can be moderately diplomatic if I have to.

And that's it. My raw IQ number is not low, but I really don't seem to have that many actual "talents."

05-03-2018, 05:13 PM	#39
Steve Jackson President and EIC Join Date: Jul 2004	Re: Talent System Separate line of thought - just musings - I am asking myself right now how many Talents, at a level worthy of costing points, I might have myself. Not all that many. Not worrying about actual talent names since I live in the 21st century and TFT doesn't - I'm literate and numerate. I can drive. I can write entertainingly, and I am a good copy editor. I can use a computer but not program it. I have some small understanding of the way complex Lego bits can be made to stick together. (Mechanician talent, but specialized to the point of having no practical use.) I remember a lot of random historical and naturalistic facts. The TFT talent Naturalist is appropriate for the kind of junk I have in memory, but I don't really have it at anything like IQ level. I can design games. I guess that's a talent; it keeps the ramen on the table. I can organize a group of people if they are willing to be organized, and I can be moderately diplomatic if I have to. And that's it. My raw IQ number is not low, but I really don't seem to have that many actual "talents."