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Old 10-26-2014, 09:01 PM   #1
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Default Skills for a hypothetical Lab Work talent

So far I like Chemistry, Forensics, Alchemy, and Biology: Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Any others pop at you guys?
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Old 10-26-2014, 09:11 PM   #2
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Electronic Operations, for lab gear.
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Old 10-26-2014, 09:18 PM   #3
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It also depends upon the type of lab; where I work, the majority of the labs are electrical or chemical oriented, if you ignore our testing facilities (which can conceivably include a lot of different skills, from Electronic Operations for operating sensor or tracking equipment to operations skills for the things we test to...; the list goes on). The electronics labs would need Electronics Repair and maybe Engineer; any lab could make use of Computer Programming for something like LabView if your lab work talent is supposed to also include setting up the tests.

Hazardous Materials is a skill you should definitely have up there, though.
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Old 10-26-2014, 09:30 PM   #4
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I now realize Lab Work might be too vague and expansive.
I want my character to excel at all things related to chemistry.

Looking at everything that defaults to Chemistry gives me

Chemistry (duh)

Biology: Biochemistry
Forensics (not sure why it never defaults from chemistry)
Explosives: Fireworks
Metallurgy
Pharmacy: Synthetic
Poisons
Hazardous Materials: Chemical
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Old 10-26-2014, 10:19 PM   #5
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Physicists do lab work. For that matter, so do experimental psychologists. And back in the days when universities often had home economics departments, there was lab work for cooking.

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Old 10-27-2014, 01:05 AM   #6
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Hazardous Materials: Chemical
For the talent, consider adding the Biological and Nuclear specialties as well. Also, NBC Suit skill.
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Old 10-27-2014, 02:21 AM   #7
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I'm not a fan of too huge of talents. So I'm going to have to tighten my concept a bit.

Chemical master:

Alchemy
Chemistry
Explosives: Fireworks
Pharmacy: Synthetic
Biology: Biochemistry
Metallurgy
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Old 10-27-2014, 01:11 PM   #8
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There's also Whiz Kid, a.k.a. Forensics Whiz.
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Old 10-27-2014, 01:47 PM   #9
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There's also Whiz Kid, a.k.a. Forensics Whiz.
That's one of the very few talents that includes chemistry, true. But outside of mysteries like C.S.I. / Criminal Minds settings, it doesn't seem very cohesive to me.
Chemistry and psychology have nothing in common and shouldn't be on the same talent.
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Old 10-27-2014, 01:58 PM   #10
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=there was lab work for cooking.
There still are test kitchens, which are cooking labs.
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