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Old 04-17-2016, 03:21 PM   #11
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Default Re: [Basic] Skill double defaults questions.

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So one of the leading experts on X is barely passable at something related to something related to X?
I wish there was a way to search what defaults FROM a named skill rather than just what defaults TO it. It would take me an hour to find a nice triple default example to help frame the issue into something I can fully understand.
Naturalist - Survival - Camouflage off the top of my head...
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Old 04-17-2016, 03:30 PM   #12
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Naturalist - Survival - Camouflage off the top of my head...
So Hard Naturalist -3-2 Vs. IQ-4 or just spending a single point to get IQ Camouflage.
Even conceptually an expert Naturalist may be better at it than someone completely unfamiliar with nature.
Still seems like a non-problem to me, but R.A.W. is R.A.W.
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Old 04-17-2016, 04:12 PM   #13
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Default Re: [Basic] Skill double defaults questions.

Things get complicated, however, when you put points into a skill that you're building up from default, and have another skill you wish to default from that.

According to PK, it's not really a double-default in that case.
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Old 04-17-2016, 04:17 PM   #14
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So Hard Naturalist -3-2 Vs. IQ-4 or just spending a single point to get IQ Camouflage.
Even conceptually an expert Naturalist may be better at it than someone completely unfamiliar with nature.
Still seems like a non-problem to me, but R.A.W. is R.A.W.
The real problem as I see it, has nothing to do with munchkinism. It's about not making character creation, and checking the math on created characters even more complicated.
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Old 04-17-2016, 04:20 PM   #15
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It isn't. Once you have a point in a skill - even if that does not raise your skill level above your default from another skill - you "know the skill" and can default other skills from it.
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Old 04-17-2016, 05:04 PM   #16
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Thanks again every one.
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