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Originally Posted by Kieddicus
I like the idea but I don't see why it should be a mundane talent as it has a description and a specified advantage to having. I also wouldn't have it help with lock picking, but rather let you pick a lock binding you.
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It was written up as a mundane talent to get around the general resistance of adding new full-blown talents to TFT (they really don't want new talents in Hexagram). If I were adding it as a talent proper, I'd probably up the IQ level as well. Since I'm house ruling it I likely will make it a stand-alone talent with slightly different requirements. Same as I did for the Mediumship talent.
I can see the argument re: lockpicking. Might make sense to restrict the bonus to just locks on manacles and such. I was thinking that it could convey a general extra bonus simply because it's a pretty costly talent and only applicable in very specific circumstances otherwise. So giving it a concomitant bonus with another skill makes it a bit more attractive. Maybe it simply allows one to use Locksmith while bound, which otherwise someone with Locksmith couldn't do in this situation.