skill specialities question

[Space_Cadet]

I understand that certain packages allow the player to choose a speciality like when it mentions "Medicine(choose)" in one of the professional development packages. But what about certains skills that may require specialities, like "Knowledge:Trivia" or any of the other Knowledge skills? In that case would i have to denote a speciality even if the package doesn't tell me to denote one?

[T'lara]

Originally posted by Space_Cadet
I understand that certain packages allow the player to choose a speciality like when it mentions "Medicine(choose)" in one of the professional development packages. But what about certains skills that may require specialities, like "Knowledge:Trivia" or any of the other Knowledge skills? In that case would i have to denote a speciality even if the package doesn't tell me to denote one?

Read the descriptions of the skills some are like that some are not I believe.

[qerlin]

Knowledge is broken into a bunch of subskills, so trivia would most likely have specialties -- i.e. Trivia (20 C humor) -- to cover the particular area. For an 'entertainer' character that was played, Entertain: Singing (Jazz); another was Entertain: SEx Acts (we would give the specialty here...)

With skills, I pretty much go with the credo, 'if it's not in the rules, make it up'.

[Doug Burke]

Originally posted by Space_Cadet
I understand that certain packages allow the player to choose a speciality like when it mentions "Medicine(choose)" in one of the professional development packages. But what about certains skills that may require specialities, like "Knowledge:Trivia" or any of the other Knowledge skills? In that case would i have to denote a speciality even if the package doesn't tell me to denote one?

Actually, a better way to do it might be instead of "Knowledge: Trivia (space slugs)", you could do it as "Knowledge: Space Slugs" and then later, when you get a specialty it could become "Knowledge: Space Slugs (Ship-Swallowing)".

Just a thought...

[P'l]

OK, another question about specializations.

Do they stack?

Normally, this should never come up, but.
Tactics has specializations like: space, romulans, klingon, federation, etc. But, if you only ever expect to use it in space, why not just take "space" and be done with it.
if they don't stack, being a specialist in romulan tactics, as well as space tactics, is a waste of good hours of training (as well as advancement picks).
But if they do, isn't that likely to get out of hand?

[TheAntisocial]

Originally posted by P'l
Tactics has specializations like: space, romulans, klingon, federation, etc. But, if you only ever expect to use it in space, why not just take "space" and be done with it.

Because what about ground combat against Romulans? Or knowing how Romulan ambushes usually play out etc.

[P'l]

I know. So, I get Tactics (Space, ground), possibly including naval or ambushes, if I'm real hard up. And then what, again, specialization like (Breen, Cardassian, Federation, Klingon, Romulan) do what?

It's not a major flaw, and it hasn't caused any problems in our game yet, I just caught myself wondering.

[Doug Burke]

Originally posted by P'l
OK, another question about specializations.

Do they stack?

Normally, this should never come up, but.
Tactics has specializations like: space, romulans, klingon, federation, etc. But, if you only ever expect to use it in space, why not just take "space" and be done with it.
if they don't stack, being a specialist in romulan tactics, as well as space tactics, is a waste of good hours of training (as well as advancement picks).
But if they do, isn't that likely to get out of hand?

Nope. You only get one specialty bonus per test.