From:	Danyel N Woods <9604801@********.AC.NZ>
Subject:	Re: Expanded Skill List (Yet *another* pet project :) (Long!)
Date:	Tue, 19 May 1998 08:54:20 +1200

Quoth Alfredo B Alves (0705 19-5-98):

On Mon, 18 May 1998 02:08:57 -0500 Alfredo B Alves
<dghost@****.COM>
writes:
>The Skills listed in SR are incomplete (IMO) and the "Special
Skills"
>that are developed tend to be better suited towards
concentrations of
>general skills rather than general skills themselves so I wanna
make
>more complete listing (If someone already did this, can someone
point
>me in the proper direction?)

Yes, I'm replying to my own message, I forgot a couple of skills
:)

>General Skills
Law (Knowledge)
Type of Law [ie Criminal, Civil] (Type of cases)
Law-Enforcement (Jurisdiction) [Includes Police Procedures]

Close, but no cigar. Your approach makes sense, but (at least in my
campaign) 'Law Enforcement' is an Etiquette concentration, specialised
by organisation (eg Lone Star) or by jurisdiction (eg UCAS),. I'd make
Law itself another Etiquette concentration, separated from Law
Enforcement, and Corporate, by one dot and specialised by the type of
law (Criminal, Civil, Corporate). (Is the distinction between types of
cases really that major? The same skills are involved for each:
research, persuasiveness, the ability to spot and exploit weaknesses in
the opponent's arguments and testimony.)

Business (Knowledge?)
Type/Scale of Business (?) [Covers the running of
Businesses... Is
there a skill for this in Corporate Shadowfiles?]

Doesn't this fall under Etiquette (Corporate)?

All IMHO.

Danyel Woods
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