Attribute Substitution and Defaults

[arnej]

Originally Posted by Refplace

What justifies that Guns/Pistol as a Per based skill? Is it intrinsic to pistols in the setting? Maybe some weird targeting mechanism where all you have to do is spot the target and point it in the general direction and some computer does the rest?

Guns was just an example.

It seems like it could get abusive if you use it to leverage some skill that a lot of things default off of. Say, Animal Handling.

Now I have Animal Handling (Equines)-15 (spent 2 pts).

Do I get to default Packing-10, Riding (Equines)-12, Teamster-11, and Vet-9?