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Originally Posted by Michael Lewis
Qualifications. How do you pay for them? Do you have to pay for surgery separate? How much does it cost? If you have surgery, do you have the same skill in medicine?
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Think of a qualification as an option that increases the number of things you can do with a skill. In the case of the Surgery qual:
Medicine skill: basic first aid and general practice.
Medicine skill + Surgery qualification: basic first aid, general practice, and invasive procedures.
In all cases, a qualification costs 3 skill points. Those
aren't added to your skill value for the skill. So if you have 9 points in Medicine and you buy Medicine/Surgery, you still have 9 points in Medicine. A qualification doesn't make you better at any given task - rather, it gives you a broader base of knowledge.
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How come there not separate skills?
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In some cases, it's simpler than dividing the skill list into "basic skills" and "advanced skills" and then sticking skill prerequisites on the advanced skills. In other cases, the qualification isn't useful enough to be a full skill, but it represents knowledge or proficiency that every practitioner of the basic skill shouldn't have.
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Background skill points before age 18. The rules say you get 9 + Cognition. The character generation sheet says 6 + Cognition. Which is correct?
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The rules are correct. 9 + COG.
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Dumb question. Are bonuses and modifiers the same thing?
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No. "Modifiers" includes both bonuses and penalties.
- C.