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Old 03-04-2017, 02:08 PM   #10
johndallman
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cambridge, UK
Default Re: Technique family of the week: Focussed

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Originally Posted by ericthered View Post
One task Wonder:
a single task, +4 [1]
Can be +5 or +6, but with the important restriction that it won't take you higher than DX/IQ.
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A fairly interesting scale, all things told. So how do I distinguish between "focused" and an optional specialty. Some of the above feel like they are on the line...
That is a difficulty. <Terrain Type> (Camouflage) and <Specific Group> (Diplomacy) are the ones that I reckoned were pushing at the boundary of an Optional Specialisation.

One idea I was using, without having put it into words at the time, was "Is it plausible to be +4 at this, rather than just +1 for the optional specialisation?" And that has just given me the idea of a Technique that goes on top of an o.s. and you can only buy if you have the o.s. Does that make sense?
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