Re: (TFT) TFT, numbers and crunchy bits. What a campaign says.

[Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net>]

Hey Avitus! (Alsef)
David,
I sort of see where you are coming from, but I think its overly  
simplified to say all talents work this way inherently.
Take, for example, Sword.
By the rules, it doesn't take that much ability to learn Sword....  
only a few IQ and someone to learn from (and some time to learn it...  
both of these meaning that its not EASY to get per se, but far from  
something that can't be done by most people!).
So having sword does not make you a great swordmaster, it just makes  
you better with a sword than most people who haven't learned to use  
one.... But what if I have a high DX? its possible that I don't need  
sword at all, if my DX is high enough... then I can pick up any weapon  
and the negative modifiers won't be enough to make me TOTALLY  
ineffective, right? A man with 20 DX is better than a man with 10 DX  
and Sword. So its too simple to say that having the talent makes you a  
master and not having the talent makes mastery impossible (though this  
is true to an extent, as you need the sword talent to get fencing). I  
would say someone with a higher IQ and high DX as well as sword and  
fencing (and perhaps several other talents i'm not thinking of at the  
moment) could be called a master of swordsmanship.
-Joe
On Mar 22, 2011, at 11:30 AM, David Michael Grouchy II wrote:

> > Christianity does not have gods of (insert topic here) but the
> > Catholic tradition does have Patron saints. Saint Dismas is the  
> > patron
> > saint of thieves for example (But only when they are penitent)
> > http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-dismas/
> >
> > You also have a half dozen patron saints of Blacksmiths and the like.
> >
> > --Thomas
>
>
> Exactly.  In my version, or interpretation, of TFT a Talent is this  
> level of
> gifted ability.  One where the person with the talent can make a  
> mark on
> culture itself.  For instance I use the following scale to grade  
> artistic
> acomplishment.
>
> Art can be so impressive it impacts an entire generation.
> beyond that
> Art can impact across generations and persist,
> and beyond that
> it can impact across generations and across cultures.
>
> Anything less than that does not even qualify as a talent.
> It is merely skill.
>
> David Michael Grouchy
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