On 05Jun2020 1308, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:

 > They've blown this out to 3 x INT + EDU now (or maybe 3 x (INT +
EDU)) in one of the newer iterations (T5 or MgT). That's more in line
with real people's resumes of skills now.

Back in CT, pre-Mercenary, having a level in a skill was a big deal.
Having three was a huge deal. Medical-3 made you a full doctor or
surgeon, which show that three levels in a skill was a huge amount of
training and experience. Thus many (not all!) people who claimed the
rules couldn't represent them or that they couldn't be generated using
the rules were full of it. CT should've handed out more level-0 skills,
and MT fixed this by giving them out as background skills.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>