Enology

[General Lee]

Sorry for replying with a long overdue - I've been so busy last couple of days...
I'm taking good feedbacks here.

Originally Posted by Mateus

What about an Ocultism: Winelore? To know the mystical powers of diferent types of wine... Seens apropriated if you runs a game where Bacchus exists. =)

A good point of view here... could be of some use on that type of campaign setting...

Originally Posted by Tyalientur

Oenology is well covered by "Connoisseur (Wine)" : wine tasting is subjective enough to be considered a kind of art expertise, with a part of history and chemical processes knowledge.
A "professional skill (Winemaking)" should fill the "wine background" of the character here. First, it gives a default in Connoisseur (Wine) at -3. Second, such a field of competence will have little or no impact on the game, so keep it very simple (one all-encompassing skill) with a skill's difficulty Average or lower.

A streamlined approach, I like it... the character I'm working is supposed to have this skill just to justify his choice of retirement, being a small owner of vineyard, who work with the land and make some wine (good or not, doesn't matter...). The focus of the campaign is his past as legionnaire...

Is a skill to cover the history of the PC, or as you liked "flavour" skill. I personally liked to use flavour skills on my characters and estimulate the use by my players.

Originally Posted by whswhs

Yeah, but call it Professional Skill (Vintner). Using the actual names is cooler.

Bill Stoddard

I wondering if that skill was not too much especific on selling wines?

I don't know much about this bussiness but I think that the person who makes the wine, it's not necessary the person who sell it.