01-21-2019, 10:58 AM | #21 |
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Re: Low TL familiarity?
Well, they shouldn't be, that's Machining. ;)
Yes, I get your point, and Smiths should also know Machining... but honestly I'm not sure how much of a differentiation there should be in TL 1-4 Smithing and Machining, they are basically the same skill. |
01-22-2019, 08:40 AM | #22 |
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Re: Low TL familiarity?
Stone-knapping continued to be used up through TL5, though, in decreasing frequency.
And how should I represent immortals or other long-lived characters who were alive in TL0 and lived through their own culture's development up to a higher TL?
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01-22-2019, 08:59 AM | #23 | |
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Re: Low TL familiarity?
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I also treat half the price of Extended Lifespan and Unaging as an Unusual Background permitting access to earlier-TL skills alongside their "current" counterparts, but YMMV on that.
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01-22-2019, 09:17 AM | #24 | |
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If there are cultures currently existing elsewhere on Earth that offer those skills, I might allow it for a 5-point UB plus Cultural Familiarity. Saying it's a UB doesn't compel you to adopt a specific point value, though Reawakened does sugggest an appropriate range.
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01-22-2019, 09:45 AM | #25 |
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Re: Low TL familiarity?
I personally call it Tech Familiarity and charge 5 points (since 5 points is enough to buy one level of High TL, or buy off one level of Low TL that's what the official rules charge you for one other TL near the one you already have after all, and it gives a reasonable looking year or two of self study to figure this stuff out without help if you get stranded in different TL culture).
And I let it buy off the TL based knowledge penalties for all your TL skills (I figure if 1 point of Cultural Familiarity is enough to negate penalties for all your social skills, regardless of how many you have or how alien the culture....). You might still suffer some for lack of appropriate tools or materials.
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(Yes, they expensive on points. They're immortal skill monsters; of course they're expensive on points.)
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01-23-2019, 06:20 AM | #27 | ||
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Re: Low TL familiarity?
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Note that there's nothing stopping you from learning a skill from a lower TL than your own aside from opportunity. B168 specifically states that: Quote:
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01-23-2019, 10:56 AM | #29 | |
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01-23-2019, 11:29 AM | #30 | |
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