09-10-2014, 06:57 PM | #21 | |
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number of engineers and scientists. |
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09-10-2014, 07:05 PM | #22 | |
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Reverse engineering a new type of engine of a competitor or enemy based only on a description is an adventuring task for an inventor! It's as important for an inventor as a fight is for a swordsman. |
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09-10-2014, 07:10 PM | #23 | |
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I'm confused :( |
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09-10-2014, 07:11 PM | #24 | |
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You can't just say "My character's job is 'world-class genius' so he gets +10 to all rolls for invention, because that stuff is automatic for him" anymore than you can just say "My character's job is 'best fighter in the world' so he gets +10 on all rolls in combat because defeating lesser foes is automatic for him". Last edited by sir_pudding; 09-10-2014 at 10:44 PM. |
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09-10-2014, 07:15 PM | #25 | |
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Inventing doesn't have minimal risk. It can waste staggeringly large amounts of money and even result in lethal accidents! It's also not a "mundane" task. Inventing something new is an extraordinary event, not an everyday activity. |
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09-10-2014, 07:23 PM | #26 | |
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What I read is it’s supposed to give bonus to almost important skills. Maybe I’m wrong, English’s not my native language after all |
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09-10-2014, 07:31 PM | #27 | |
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Europe spent 200 years reverse engineering Porcelain, when they had both the kaolin clay and Porcelain dishware! A war almost started when Alchemists in Saxony (a German state) figured it out and kept the trade secret (an founded a factory and started making it). Of course they only kept the secret for two years before a Jesuit priest who'd been to China and learned the process published letters all over Europe detailing it. |
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09-10-2014, 07:40 PM | #28 | ||||
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Taking extra time is a different modifier, see Time Spent p. B346. Which you rejected up-thread.
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09-11-2014, 06:41 PM | #29 |
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Well neither blacksmith shops or stables full of horses are exactly cheap. A generous GM might let you borrow either or both for a couple days from somebody that already has one, but if you have to build your own first it's not totally ridiculous.
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09-11-2014, 09:37 PM | #30 |
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Stirrups weren't unique physical inventions so much, but more unique uses for lengths of leather. Technique/use inventions should be much cheaper than gadget.
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