From:	Sebastian Wiers m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	Skill Tests, Specialization and defaulting
Date:	Sat, 17 Jul 1999 18:29:44 -0500

:How do you resolve a skill test if a specialization is required but the
:character hasn't the required specialization but only the base skill (e.g.
:Etiquette(Street) required but character has only Etiquette) or the
:character has a different specialization (e.g. Etiquette(Street) required
:but the character has only Etiquette(Corporate))?


The general skill ALWAYS covers all specializations of that skill. In
the above case, you could ust use Ettiquette, since Ettiquette (Street) is
just a sub-speciality of Ettiquette.
. The specialization is never "required"- its just that, if you have
it, you use it in the appropriate situations, because if (generally) has a
higer rating than the base skill.

Mongoose