Oops. Sorry. As I was saying....
Level 4: The Level 4 individual is a consummate professional at what
he does, an "expert." In any normal situation, he will be the best
qualified to take commands of a situation requiring his skills; in
areas where he would work alone, he would work swiftly, accurately,
and with flair. The "motormutt" mentioned by Craig in a recent post
is a member of my GenCon Traveller party, Near Miss. He's a Level 4
in Grav Vehicle/Combat Driver, making him essentially unstoppable by
conventional means. Remember the task system; difficult becomes routine.
A character with Level 4 would be well-known by afficionadoes of his skill;
he might have anything from a small local notoriety to real fame.
Levels 5-6: At this point we leave the realm of practical role-playing
and enter the realm of fantasy. The character with a level above 4 is
an artist. He devotes his life to honing and perfecting his art, and often
excludes all else in his pursuit. A level 6 in something in my campign
was often a hindrance; it prevented depth. Nobody has ever been allowed
a skill beyond 6 in one of my games, and the only character with a 6
said it ruined his character's life as an obsession. Examples here
would be a Baryshnikov, a Picasso, a Bo Jackson, or in S terms a Kim
Kinnison or a Kenobi. The LOevel 6 is famous, instantly recognized,
and legendary.
So to answer your question, Bertil; there are no Pilot-7s. The skill
has no meaning at that level. The top aces of the FFW only had Pilot-3 or 4;
no test pilot would have beyond a 5 before his other vital skills would
be afected adversely.
Think of skill acquisition as exponential rather than linear; it makes
sense in the l;ong run. As for education, this is stickier; I usually
account for high EDU with training courses and dcustom learning ; a
Bachelors is an 11 or 12, a Mater's a 13, a PhD a 15. Note that this is
different from an MD program, where a student has a fixed, measureable
amount of time and number of courses to earn his degree.Some PhDs take
three years, others take six.
Feedback s welcome; please forgicvve typos, I'm using a crude editor
just now and I'm in a tearing big hurry.
metlay
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