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Old 06-29-2014, 04:26 AM   #3
Peter Knutsen
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Default Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Area Knowledge

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post
For example, Area Knowledge (Internet) is probably a valid specialisation in the contemporary world, but it goes out of date much faster than normal Area Knowledge. We have rules we can use for this: the "Time" section of the "Geographical and Temporal Scope" box on B176 works, if you use time periods shorter than years in place of miles on the Long-Distance Modifiers table. Months might be a bit cruel, though.
You could use seasons. 4 of those in a year.

Someone once said that Internet years are like dog years, seven Internet years in a regular year. So that's another option, about half a s cruel as using months, but I don't think it's worth the arithmetical burden, compared to just using seasons.
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