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From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject: Re: PSI initial abilities
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 18:35:39 -0500
On Mon, 14 Nov 1994, S. Keith Graham wrote:

> #1: People have individual strengths and weaknesses. You may be good
> at Farseeing, but not so good TK, and unable to PyroKinese. And
> these are built into your wiring. You can hone those abilities,
> get more skill using them, but there is some natural limit. Some
> folks just can't jump high enough to slam dunk the ball. A full
> PSI just has more wiring than an "Adept". A Wild probably has a
> default skill, but is unable to train it.

That'd be hard to put into the rules. The way it is now, you can
be (A) Really, really good at one discipline, (B) Good at one discipline
and okay at another few, or (C) passable at all of them. Of course,
there are many and varied degrees of B, but you get the idea.
I agree that the above makes sense -- I just don't see how it can
be added to the rules without seeming extremely contrived.

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