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Old 11-30-2017, 01:55 PM   #6
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Default Re: Skill Defaults Err? Also 40K flavour Qs

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Originally Posted by sungnif View Post
I don't think I understand how skill defaults works in GURPS4e.

Diagnosis defaults to IQ-6 or First-Aid-8 (and other things). If I'm understanding that correctly, you can diagnose people at IQ-6 if you don't happen to have First-Aid. However, if you're trained in First-Aid, Diagnosing someone becomes drastically harder (-8 instead of -6).
I've always believed that you use whatever default gives you best score. So in this instance, you'll default to IQ-6, unless you know First-Aid at IQ+3 or better, since that will give you a higher default.
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