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Old 07-16-2012, 06:38 PM   #1
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I'm trying to understand why cunning folk (power up 3, p9 and horror 19) has both animal handling and veterinay on the skill, list. while "village sages" and alike problably wil take care of the local animals, i don't relise why this type of skill has in common with the others on skill list.

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Old 07-16-2012, 06:47 PM   #2
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As I don't know the flavor text that goes with the talent I'm only guessing.

One otion the talent represents skills the person has been dealing with sences they were knee-high to a grasshoper that it is second nature to them.

Another is it's the same link as psychology and physiology has under the model of biology dictates mental thought.
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Old 07-16-2012, 09:25 PM   #3
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If you're not a traditional sage or witch why do you have the Cunning Folk Talent?
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Old 07-17-2012, 06:46 PM   #4
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If you're not a traditional sage or witch why do you have the Cunning Folk Talent?
I think you misinterpreted my post. The character in my mind actually have the talent and are a witch. But that is irrelevant to the post.

The question is, why does the talent have the two cited skills on his set?

I cannot see the point of a talent cover Fortune-Telling, Herb Lore, etc aside Animal Handling and Veterinary.

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Old 07-17-2012, 06:55 PM   #5
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I cannot see the point of a talent cover Fortune-Telling, Herb Lore, etc aside Animal Handling and Veterinary.
It's a talent for understanding the natural world, living things, and "small magic", which are all intimately linked in many folk tales and settings. Discworld witches would probably use a variant with Psychology for example, and it would be just as legit.

But really, it's hardly a secret that GURPS tends to be lenient with talents that don't encourage munchkinry. It's a rare player that's looking to minmax his Veterinarian and Weather Sense skills.
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Old 07-17-2012, 07:03 PM   #6
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I'm trying to understand why cunning folk (power up 3, p9 and horror 19) has both animal handling and veterinay on the skill, list. while "village sages" and alike problably wil take care of the local animals, i don't relise why this type of skill has in common with the others on skill list.

Anyone has a tip about it?

regards

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Veterinary is one of the most essential skills of the local wise-person...saving livestock lives may not be quite as prized as saving human lives, but it's not too far off in a lot of places you'd see this talent.

Similarly, getting animals to cooperate in difficult ways is vitally important, but somewhat arcane.
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Old 07-17-2012, 07:18 PM   #7
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Veterinary is one of the most essential skills of the local wise-person...saving livestock lives may not be quite as prized as saving human lives, but it's not too far off in a lot of places you'd see this talent.
No quite as prized? There is a reason they would risk minor children to stay out with the flock at night to watch for the scary preditors. Loose the flock or just prized animals would often mean the death of the family.
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Old 07-17-2012, 08:12 PM   #8
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The question is, why does the talent have the two cited skills on his set?
That's the question I was answering, perhaps a bit snidely.

It is the skill set of a traditional witch or sage. Talents are thematic.
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Old 07-17-2012, 08:40 PM   #9
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No quite as prized? There is a reason they would risk minor children to stay out with the flock at night to watch for the scary preditors. Loose the flock or just prized animals would often mean the death of the family.
Ayup. You can always have more children if these die; they are likely to die anywise. You won't survive without the resources provided by those animals.
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Old 07-17-2012, 08:58 PM   #10
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Veterinary is one of the most essential skills of the local wise-person...saving livestock lives may not be quite as prized as saving human lives, but it's not too far off in a lot of places you'd see this talent.
I recall a quotation from a woman in Cambodia whose family had received a buffalo from Heifer International. She said that they would be better off if her husband died than if the buffalo died, because the buffalo is essential to getting the crop in while the husband isn't.
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