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From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Snake (Speed Samurai)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:22:46 +0100
> From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.UMICH.EDU>

> Yeah, until you get a character who has a special skill in
> observation that's *higher* than his Intelligence. Then you have to be
> really specific as to what you're asking for.

I have always managed to avoid players getting skills like Observation or
Awareness or similar things with different names. I think it
half-contradicts the SR game system -- Intelligence is used to notice
things, and if you make it a skill you are effectively replacing an
Attribute with a skill.

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