Mental Road-map – the following are likely packages of a given background, these skills occur most often in the individuals who are fit these loose categories. No profile is perfect, consider that some individuals default from a related skill and build up from there, while others incompetent, lacking skills and forced to make best with defaults.
some low-tech -assumptions:
- Innumerate (B140) basic mathematic skills are not developed
- Illitteracy (B24), cannot read and write in vernacular, note that the ability to write is assumed in my interpretation of comprehension levels (B24), but strictly in RAW that is not clear IMO. If you go by the description of writing in B228 people can write, but without the skill they write terribly at -5 default penalty when trying to be very clear and cram as much useful and consice information into a composition.
Note: using optional specialization rules B169
Basic Education is 10cp, the rest is 5cp.
Basic Education and Literacy
Read/write: Vernacular (Native) [3]; Buy off Innumerate [5]; Literature (optional specialty: Native Lore and Stories) (A) IQ-1 [1]; Savoir-faire (High Society) (E) IQ [1]. 10 points
Multi-Cultural Education
Cultural Familiarity [1]; Speak language: 2nd language (accented) [2]; Read/Write: second language (accented) [2].
Classical Education
Religious Education
Speak Language: Ancient (broken) [1]; Read/write: Ancient (broken) [1]; Theology (Specify) (H) IQ-2 [1]; Literature (Religious) (H) IQ-2 [1]; Religious Ritual (A) IQ-1 [1]. This is the typical kind of education provided by Christian Clergy.
Religious with Classical Education
Philosophy (Classical) (H) IQ-2 [1]; Mathematics (applied)/TL2 (H) IQ-2 [1]; Theology (Specify) (H) IQ-2 [1]; Literature (classical or religious) (H) IQ-2 [1]; Public speaking (A) IQ-1 [1]. This is the typical kind of education provided by Islamic and Christian tutors.
Reciprocity Education
Philosophy (Reciprocity) (H) IQ-2 [1]; Administration (A) IQ-1 [1]; Mathematics (applied)/TL2 (H) IQ-2 [1]; Psychology/TL2 (H) IQ-2 [1]; Research (A) IQ-1 [1]. This is the typical kind of education provided by Confucian scholars.
Legalistic Education
Courtier
Magistrate
Herald
Public speaking (A) IQ-1 [1]; Poetry (A) IQ-1 [1]; Writing (A) IQ-1 [1]; History (H) IQ-2 [1]; Current Affairs (E) IQ [1].
Philosopher
Research or writing (A) IQ-1 [1]; Philosophy (H) IQ [4].
Uses of philosophers in game. As the GM I would allow some cognitive therapy feats and access to some modern skills like economics, political science, and psychology. An example is mindful meditation is a bhuddist mental technique that improves concentration and multitasking in modern learning studies, very similar to the concentration enhancement of autohypnosis. What happens is these skills default to the Philosophy, Expert Skill, or History at -4.
Sage
Research or writing (A) IQ-1 [1]; Expertise (choose one) (H) IQ [4].
Historian
History (H) IQ [4]; Public speaking (optional specialization: storytelling) (E) IQ [1]
Mandarin
Litigant
Healer
Physician/TL2 (H) IQ-2 [1]; Diagnosis/TL2 (H) IQ-2 [1]; Pharmacy/TL2 (H) IQ-2 [1]; Surgery/TL2 (H) IQ-2 [1]; First aid/TL2 (E) IQ [1].
Master Builder
Scout
Spy
Acting (A) IQ+1 [4], fast talk (A) IQ-1 [1].
Campaigned
Soldier (A) IQ-1 [1]; Hiking (A) HT [2]; Survival (A) Per [2].
Archer
Bow (A) DX+1 [4] or Crossbow (E) DX+2 [4]; Fast draw ( arrow or quarell) (E) DX [1].
Duelist
Feint (H) primary weapon+4 [5].
Squad Leader
Combat Engineer
Elite Guard
Marine
Next…
- GURPS: the Expertise and Philosophy skill and the Low Tech world
- Building Low Tech characters 5points at a time – an experiment of taking 5pt package farther. If instead of buying every skill, arrange
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