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Old 01-02-2018, 11:26 PM   #77
AlexanderHowl
 
Join Date: Feb 2016
Default Re: Realistic Point Gains

What we are talking about is an Amazing invention using brand new technology at three TL higher, which is a -42 to skill for the conception roll for a 'realistic' inventor. While Gadgeteers may be cinematic because it is so broad, technology does advance much more quickly than possible by the realistic rules, so I would suggest that limited forms of Gadegeteer are realistic. A realistic form of Gadgeteer would be limited to the first level, would apply to a specific skill only, and would be purchased through the Unusual Training Perk (I would require a minimum level of 20 in the associated skill).

Even so, a realistic gadegeteer would still suffer a -23 to skill, meaning that she would have to have a skill of 25 and four assistants with skill 20+ to have even a 6 as her modified skill. Since the average time for conception for an Amazing invention is 3d months, she would probably spend seven years on her conception roll. She would also need $3.5 million worth of equipment of her own, which would be difficult to hide.
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