Re: Skill level levels

> Brandon Cope writes:
> >From Scott Kellogg:
>
> >Skill Levels and their meanings (In my book)
> >(Using Ground Car as an example)
> >Ground Car-0 (Know how to drive, fill the tank, when to get routine
>               maintainance, knows when car is malfunctioning.)
> >Ground Car-1 Can Drive in bad weather, diagnose of minor faults, can
>               perform minor maintainance: change oil & filters
> >Ground Car-2 Can Drive in bad weather at speed.  Perform most maintainance
> >Ground Car-3 Professional Racer.  Can overhaul engine & transmission.
> >Ground Car-4 A.J. Foyt
> >Ground Car-5 Speed Racer
> >Ground Car-6 Racer-X
>
> >(Using Hand gun)
> >Hand Gun-0   Can point the gun and shoot it.  Knows how to reload
> >Hand Gun-1   Can strip and reassemble it under battle field conditions
> >Hand Gun-2   Can strip weapon & reassemble blind folded
> >Hand Gun-3   Competition level marksman
> >Hand Gun-4   Olympic level marksman
> >(Please note, I am Ground Car-1, and Hand Gun-0.)
>
>       Same skills with me, though I probaly would have something like a
> Knowledge(firearms/20th century)-2 or 3...

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this point. I just happen
to consider a skill system that makes the second step (skill-0 =
first step, skill-1 = second step) equivalent to full army training
too coarse for my taste (Why, I even impose a negative DM on promotions
for military personel that hasn't reached skill-2 in any MOS). Still,
I can't resist the temptation to point out that medic-1 is listed
somewhere a equivalent to a nurse, medic-2 to a para-medic and not
until you reach doctor do you get to medic-3. Going by that I'd say
that Ground Car-3 should be professional driving, granted, but taxi
driver/trucker; a professional racer would need 4-5 in skill.

And I still think Traveller could use a few more differentiations
in it's skill system. You may let Wet Navy captains navigate your
starships, but I require a real astrogator for mine ;-)

      Hans Rancke
University of Copenhagen
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