Bang Skills

[Inky]

Originally Posted by whswhs

So, for example, in a war campaign, you could have, not Soldier, but Soldier!.

How would Soldier! differ from Soldier in play? Soldier is already rather like a wildcard skill.

[Anders]

Soldier is more a Professional Skill. Soldier allows you to do tasks related to soldiering provided you have a +4 bonus. Soldier! would let you do anything regardless of what modifiers you have.

[Infornific]

Originally Posted by Inky

How would Soldier! differ from Soldier in play? Soldier is already rather like a wildcard skill.

If you look up the description of Soldier, it's primarily a battlefield survival skill. It also covers odds and ends like how to strip a rifle but the focus is mostly on knowing what to do in a battle and how not to get killed. All Quiet on the Western Front has some good fictional examples of Soldier skill. There's already an official wildcard skill called Ten-Hut! which is basically Soldier!. It covers pretty much all military skills other than actual weapon skills.

Professional skills are kind of like wildcard skills except that instead of covering multiple skills they cover bits and piece of knowledge you'd expect someone in a given job to know but without any one piece being a full skill. The true wildcard skill covers all relevant skills.