Telepathic Learning w/o breaking the game

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

One thing that comes to mind with telepathic learning is that it fails to build up muscle memory. Therefore, I'd restrict it to IQ, Will, and maybe Per-based skills rather than DX-based skills. And even then, I wouldn't use it for IQ-based skills that rely on a form of muscle memory to use, such as Musical Instrument or Lockpicking.

YMMV, of course.

In cases where muscle memory matters, I'd be inclined to let it work at the average between your personal skill (which may be a default; if it's a skill that cannot be used at default, treat the character as having a default appropriate to the skill's difficulty) and whatever you get from the person you're copying - if I were to copy Chuck Norris' Karate skill, I wouldn't be as good as him (even ignoring any difference in DX between us), but I'd be better than I am now. Of course, this would be done only for uses of the skill that rely on muscle memory - identifying a weapon with IQ-based Guns would be unaffected (doing immediate action to clear a stoppage probably would be affected, however, even though that also uses IQ).