Skills as perks

[Polydamas]

Originally Posted by Phil Masters

And what can Sailor-18 actually do so much better than Sailor-11?

I don't know; I have never been part of a military unit or large vehicle crew. But I try not to assume that if I am ignorant about something, it must be trivial and boring.

[joppeknol]

Originally Posted by Polydamas

I don't know; I have never been part of a military unit or large vehicle crew. But I try not to assume that if I am ignorant about something, it must be trivial and boring.

But you can look about it from a gaming perspective. Will there ever be a situation in a game where the difference between a sailor-11 and sailor-18 matters?

Actually, I think there is, if a ship is in a storm. Still, I think it is a nice rule of thumb to decide between skill and perk. It might be setting/game dependent.

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by Polydamas

I don't know; I have never been part of a military unit or large vehicle crew. But I try not to assume that if I am ignorant about something, it must be trivial and boring.

That is a bad habit that one should avoid, certainly. But then, I posed this as a question. I know that there are some people with maritime experience here; maybe they can answer it.

From what I've heard chatting to such people in the past, though, yes, maritime crew operations are a respectably skilled job. However, a lot of it involves keeping mechanical systems running - and that's Mechanic.

And yes, the other issue is how often any of this will come up in a game.