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Originally Posted by korbeau
I use only the Basic here with Skill definition in Basic p. 112 "Expert at 14, Ordinary Folk at 9-11", having good assistants at level 12. It's look hard, nearly impossible, in a realistic game where Basic skill at 17 is REALLY uncommon.
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A merely expert mechanic with two of her merely professional friends attempting to reverse engineer (concept check) and then build a modern internal-combustion engine (prototype check) isn't going to be something they should reasonably expect to do without quite a few failed attempts along the way.
If anything, I'd say the invention rules are unrealistic in that they make it
too easy.