 Character Creation: Skills, Skill Groups? |
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 Oct 15 2013, 10:00 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 10-August 10 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 18,916  |
Hey folks,
So I'm making a 5th ed. Rigger I'm having some trouble with skills. I'm *probably* taking Skills at my A priority. I am a huge fan of skill groups, and I understand the skill points at priority A are 46/10. What if I want more than 10 points in skill groups? Can I spend some of my 46 skill points to buy more groups? I believe as long as I put 1 point into each of the skills in the group, I'm basically buying the group by default. Is any of that correct? Is it possible have the following: From my A priority points: Electronics Group: 5 Engineering Group: 5 Cracking Group: (6) Electronic Warfare: 6 Cyber Combat: 6 Hacking 6 (At a cost of 18 skill points) Thanks |
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Oct 15 2013, 10:04 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,962 Joined: 27-February 13 Member No.: 76,875 |
QUOTE (yesferatu @ Oct 15 2013, 03:00 PM)  Hey folks, So I'm making a 5th ed. Rigger I'm having some trouble with skills. I'm *probably* taking Skills at my A priority. I am a huge fan of skill groups, and I understand the skill points at priority A are 46/10. What if I want more than 10 points in skill groups? Can I spend some of my 46 skill points to buy more groups? I believe as long as I put 1 point into each of the skills in the group, I'm basically buying the group by default. Is any of that correct? Is it possible have the following: From my A priority points: Electronics Group: 5 Engineering Group: 5 Cracking Group: (6) Electronic Warfare: 6 Cyber Combat: 6 Hacking 6 (At a cost of 18 skill points) Thanks That does work, technically - you'd be able to raise them as a group later. The only way to get actual savings for the group, though, is to buy it with your group points or with karma. |
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Oct 15 2013, 10:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 10-August 10 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 18,916 |
...but if I want more than 10 points in skill groups, I'm basically out of luck?
I may as well just buy all those skills and advance them separately. |
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Oct 15 2013, 10:20 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,962 Joined: 27-February 13 Member No.: 76,875 |
QUOTE (yesferatu @ Oct 15 2013, 03:15 PM) ...but if I want more than 10 points in skill groups, I'm basically out of luck? I may as well just buy all those skills and advance them separately. 50 Karma is enough to buy a Rating 4 Skill Group from scratch, but otherwise yes. Given the skill group cost is 2.5xSkill Cost, you may be able to convince your GM to let you buy them at a 2:5 rate... |
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Oct 15 2013, 10:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 10-August 10 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 18,916 |
I think you're right.
It just completely defeats the purpose of having skill groups. Thanks for the reply. |
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