[Basic] Skill of the week: Fishing, Survival and Urban Survival

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Originally Posted by Þorkell

I did. The first thing I saw is that Farming is a TL skill while Fishing isn't. Second, Farming is an IQ/Average skill while Fishing is Per/Easy.

It seems important that it's a Per skill. That is, the key ability is the ability to judge where the fish are. Kipling portrays that in Captains Courageous, with the fishing boat owner who's good at that—and wants to get to fishing grounds secretly so that all the other boats don't follow him, as they will, because their captains know who's good at finding fish.

The use-of-tools aspect seems rather less important.