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Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade
Talents are intended to give a discount. Personally, I think that Talents are generally well-balanced in relation to other aspects of characters. They're actually one of the changes from Third to Fourth Edition that I like best.
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I totally agree, it was part of what made me think of this change for skills.
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Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade
Skills reflect training and experience, while Talents express, well, natural talent.
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Skills
can reflect training and experience, but they can also be flavored as natural talent in one narrow area (effectively including a single skill talent). Talent can also be the reverse, a broader form of getting better, just as getting DX or IQ can be from training and not just inborn.