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Old 11-10-2016, 10:56 AM   #83
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Default Re: Some questions about the Soldier skill

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post
This would make all experienced soldiers really good at Influencing other military people. That seems to conflate the skill of the archetypes of the 'technical' military person and the 'social' military person. Is this a desirable effect in your campaigns? I'm not sure whether I would want that in mine.
It probably would shrink your characterization options. A lot of historical and even more fictional soldiers were quite effective at actual soldiering without navigating the military bureaucracy well. By contrast Victor Henry in Winds of War concentrates on Savoir-faire which is why most of his missions are about dealing with foreign belligerents, domestic politicians, and local organizational projects. He has average at Sailor(US Navy) and certainly does not rack up the murderous collection of scalps that Warren and Byron do. However he does command ships and was present on the bench at Midway and Leyte and in the toughest parts of the Solomons.
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