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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
operating equipment is operating equipment.
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But familiarity isn't just invoked when you operate equipment; it's invoked when you use a skill
to operate equipment. The reason you have problems with familiarity is because you won't acknowledge this.
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We've been talking about hand tools, mostly, but do you think I shouldn't suffer a familiarity penalty going from a handsaw to a table saw or from a table saw to a circular saw?
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No, you should not. You might encounter equipment modifiers, but not familiarity penalties. A handsaw is "basic" equipment, while a table saw might be "good-quality" equipment (+1). Compare First Aid skill, wherein "basic" equipment is sterile bandages and "good" equipment is a fully stocked, standard first-aid kit.