Alternate GURPS: Seeking a minimalistic (25-50) skill list . . .

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Desthro

Isn't this already covered by talents?

No. Or at least, not well -- even if you put every skill under exactly one talent, you'd wind up with more than 25 talents.

Originally Posted by Desthro

Isn't this pretty much exactly what talents were designed for? To make it easier to create a specialist without resorting to attribute dumping?

Pretty sure the intent is to cut down on the number of fiddly little skills that you might forget about when building a character.