[larsdangly]

It's no typo; it is repeated throughout the piece. And you can tell they are aware it will result in inconsistencies with the rules for talents. But I wonder if it was really play tested as written. I guess you could function at ST 9, DX 8, IQ 7. But I'm not crazy about the suggestion that you get to start with talents that actually require IQ 12 or something and then grow into them. To me, this is an excellent general idea that should be executed with PC's who are more like the suggested typical human adult (say, 28 character points, which would permit quite a large range of basic functions, yet still leave you feeling far short of the standard starting character).