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temp · 01-10-2018, 11:06 AM

I think that something this complicated (and very likely plot central) should involve more roleplaying than an individual skill - rather, it should involve a raft of them...

However, to those who are dismissing Law as an appropriate skill, consider what is going on in the US currently. One side is trying to use an investigation to find grounds for impeachment. The other side is trying to expose said investigation as illegal (both in terms of bias involved, and possibly un-constitutional search and seizure by abuse of intelligence agency powers...). (Further, if you go back 1.5 years, the election was being impinged by a significant criminal investigation.) These are basically legal questions, and thus the law skill is quite relevant - especially the bit where it includes the performance before a court...

01-10-2018, 11:06 AM	#17
temp Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: Skill to Plan and Execute a Coup I think that something this complicated (and very likely plot central) should involve more roleplaying than an individual skill - rather, it should involve a raft of them... However, to those who are dismissing Law as an appropriate skill, consider what is going on in the US currently. One side is trying to use an investigation to find grounds for impeachment. The other side is trying to expose said investigation as illegal (both in terms of bias involved, and possibly un-constitutional search and seizure by abuse of intelligence agency powers...). (Further, if you go back 1.5 years, the election was being impinged by a significant criminal investigation.) These are basically legal questions, and thus the law skill is quite relevant - especially the bit where it includes the performance before a court...