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Culture20 · 06-10-2017, 12:13 PM

A TL8 recent mechanical engineering graduate working with the best tools a TL3 society has available works at a -7 to skill (-9 for wrong TL, +2 for best at TL3 [max of {round down TL/2 | 2}]) . Before this person can get access to these best-in-the-world tools, they may have to demonstrate principles with poor quality or even damaged TL2-3 tools, at even further penalty. Taking time might help offset, but you can't discount that it's a serious disadvantage. A cinematic High TL advantage usually allows aliens or future people to only have bonuses when dealing with older tech "A keyboard. How quaint.", but the existing advantage is a serious disadvantage in some campaigns which don't involve regular inter-TL travel.

06-10-2017, 12:13 PM	#5
Culture20 Join Date: Feb 2014	Re: Modifiers for High TL advantage A TL8 recent mechanical engineering graduate working with the best tools a TL3 society has available works at a -7 to skill (-9 for wrong TL, +2 for best at TL3 [max of {round down TL/2 \| 2}]) . Before this person can get access to these best-in-the-world tools, they may have to demonstrate principles with poor quality or even damaged TL2-3 tools, at even further penalty. Taking time might help offset, but you can't discount that it's a serious disadvantage. A cinematic High TL advantage usually allows aliens or future people to only have bonuses when dealing with older tech "A keyboard. How quaint.", but the existing advantage is a serious disadvantage in some campaigns which don't involve regular inter-TL travel.