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The 2nd Tier Professional Ability of Sabotage, for Rogues, notes the gaining of a skill at level 1 and gains a Specialty of (Sabotage) in it and the ability to purchase it as a professional skill from then on. Is it a safe bet to assume that a Rogue who already has that skill gets +1 in it, and the Specialty, or do they only get the Specialty if they already have the skill?
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I would say you pegged it with the +1 to the skill and add the Specialty guess.
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You are (both) correct.
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If you already have a skill(specialty) from personal development or species skills, and you receive the same skill(specialty) from professional development, would you add +1 to the skill or +2 since the skill(specialty) represents 2 picks?
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Good question?
Don (Or any other PTB), what is the ruling on this?
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That is a good question and one I missed the first 6 times I read through the book. Any help out there?
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Espionage Conversion
The Rogue is a nice package. Having run a Spy package (LUG DS9) since the beginning, I have built up Espionage 4(5) with specialties in Observation, Counterespionage, Intelligence Techniques, and Signals Intelligence. The Advanced Profession (Spy) appears to cover this, but I am confused as to why Espionage was not included as a Basic Skill. In the proposed conversions, it is a straight conversion to Forgery, which does not seem to equate. The specialty of Forgery(Data) gets closer, but does not seem to do Espionage justice. Would someone please clarify this? In order to be similar to LUG DS9, we would have to set up with the Advanced Profession (Spy) and several of its advanced skills at the very beginning. How would we justify a starting Military Intelligence Officer?
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You raise your skill by 1. You're not spending picks during character creation, you're simply gaining skill levels. Just add them together.Originally posted by deltabob
If you already have a skill(specialty) from personal development or species skills, and you receive the same skill(specialty) from professional development, would you add +1 to the skill or +2 since the skill(specialty) represents 2 picks?
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OR could you just choose another specialty from the list that you do not already have?Originally posted by Don Mappin
You raise your skill by 1. You're not spending picks during character creation, you're simply gaining skill levels. Just add them together.
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Personally, I would say no. One of the stated goals for the Coda system was a decrease in the proliferation of Specialties that Icon engendered.Originally posted by METH
OR could you just choose another specialty from the list that you do not already have?
That being said, it is your game and if you want to allow that, it's up to you.
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