Re: (TFT) TFT: Even More AdjIQ

[Mark Gundel <markgun@yahoo.com>]

An example of this from my "real" life: After three
grueling years of training in high-school wrestling,
in which I may be said to have invested a number of
points, I wrestled abysmally. Training (learning the
talent) could not overcome my flagrantly low DX. It
could be claimed that I could teach others to wrestle
though, despite being inept myself.

It's good to finally get that off my puny chest,

Mark "2d-squared"


--- Daniel Tulloh <daniel@jaws.greatwhite.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Dave Seagraves wrote:
> 
> >    Having a talent doesn't necessarily mean a
> figure can do it well.
> > Success with a talent is also dependent on
> whatever attribute is rolled
> > against for typical tasks.  (Of course, this is a
> slight weakness in the
> > rules (reality-wise) that we've all learned to
> live with.)
> 
> Well, ok ... let me rephrase that.  Having a talent
> means that the
> character has (more than likely) received some
> training with regard
> to that talent.  The discussion under MUNDANE
> TALENTS is illustrative
> here.  Cook is listed as a mundane talent.  Does
> this mean that a 
> character needs to have a 'cooking' talent to be
> able to roast last
> nights catch or throw some greens in a pot?  No. 
> (If you want to 
> taste good, thats another matter.  :) )  Do you need
> to be a 
> carpenter to erect a lean-to?  No.  But a knowledge
> of carpentry 
> might help you build a lean-to that will survive a
> thunderstorm or
> strong wind.
> 
> >    Nowhere in ITL does it allow characters to have
> talents for free 
> > just because a particular talent is associated
> with the society in 
> > which they live. 
> 
> As I tried to illustrate above, not having a talent
> for something
> doesnt mean that it can't be known or attempted on
> some level.  To
> continue, do I really need to have a sword talent
> before I can pick
> one up and hack at an opponent?  No - I can swing
> the thing like a 
> club just as well as the next guy.  TFT:ITL says
> that "A talent is
> a special ability."  Just because I don't have a
> special ability 
> in an area doesnt necessarily mean that I know
> nothing about it.
> 
> Dan Tulloh
> daniel@jaws.greatwhite.com
> 
> 
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