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Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth
Probably, though personally I would be a lot more willing to deal with that than with a Contact as written.
The problem is that a Contact, as written, is not just an externalized skill. It sort of looks like it wants to be, but at the same time it constantly hints at concessions to the Advantage actually representing a person who does favors.
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I think it's supposed to either do favors that use that skill (a Physician contact sews you up) or that don't require a skill at all ("Mail this for me, will you?").
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For Contacts, I tend to think Dresden Files, and then to think about how pretty much every character Harry deals with that way winds up doing things a GURPS Contact wouldn't do, but also not remotely acting like people expect from an Ally.
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Molly, Thomas, Karen and so on are definitely allies. Demonreach is probably a patron. The Blackstaff and Mab are definitely patrons. Mr. Monoc might be a contact. Mac is probably a contact.