Skills and skill levels for building an army, intelligence service, bureaucracy

[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by Icelander

I discover that the leader PC has it at skill 14, which I agree is not high enough. However, he's a polymath and this is a newly acquired skill for him.*

I assumed he'd find it relatively easy to learn, with high IQ, or possibly good IQ plus some Talent that gives a bonus.

Originally Posted by Icelander

I'm considering some such methods, yes, because I definitely don't want skill in the skills being evaluated being more or less irrelevant.

If you use the roll-for-the-lowest method, then you might also use the Evaluate Character Technique that I suggested a minute ago.

Originally Posted by Icelander

Actually, someone with skill 18 against a skill 12 is often able to trounce them with a far smaller force.

How much smaller? That'd be really valuable for me to know. And to be honest, I'm more thiking about a skill 23 vs skill 14 scenario, than skill 18 vs skill 12. If that makes a difference.