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Something I saw mentioned in the JA2 thread made me post this - how often has everyone played in a game where everyone played competent professionals, and/or most of the "required" skill-sets have actually been covered?

(And, drawing on experiences from my "body count" thread, just allow me to say that your character backstory prior to actual play, fan-fiction, fantasies, or PBEM games where you ran all 12 members of an elite special forces unit DO NOT count. Or matter. ;))

For me, I suppose it'd be never... In every game I've been in, we either missed key people, missed certain skill-sets, or had characters who sort of filled a particular role, but were something else (like insane, homicidal, easily distracted, 14 year old, or amnesiac :P) first and foremost.

It's never really bothered me that much, but I've noticed that I tend to react to that sort of thing by, after making sure my character is solid at his core competency, filling in all the gaps and picking up the skills I think the group needs.

For example, I started one game with a street samurai character. Well designed - relatively, anyway - to handle his core competency (guns) with a smattering of other skills to round him out, and no glaring weaknesses. A year and a half later, his gun skills are pretty much at a standstill, but he's gotten good with polearms (fucking bugs...), electronic B&E, biotech and first aid ("Would everyone please stop getting shot?") and his charisma and social skills have gone up (CHA 5, currently) to represent the fact he's been acting as a pseudo-face fairly often.

Which suits me fine, most of the time, though I occasionally do find myself (semi-seriously) wanting to demand someone else do all the heavy lifting, allowing me to lead a happy-go-lucky existence as I just tag along. (though in reality, I'd never be content to put the responsibility in someone else's hands, I guess)