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How, then, is an Expert Skill different from a Trivia Skill?

April 26, 2017different expert skill Trivia

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How, then, is an Expert Skill different from a Trivia Skill?

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. Well, for one thing, there’s no such thing as a Trivia Skill in GURPS. But Expert Skill is more about useful facts than useless ones. Trivia — in common parlance, anyhow — consists of low-utility factoids. Nothing in Expert Skill claims the facts it encompasses aren’t useful, or even game-changingly useful. Expert Skill just makes sure to say you can’t be a book-read expert on military science and suddenly show up commanding an armored battalion.

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A. Well, for one thing, there’s no such thing as a Trivia Skill in GURPS. But Expert Skill is more about useful facts than useless ones. Trivia — in common parlance, anyhow — consists of low-utility factoids. Nothing in Expert Skill claims the facts it encompasses aren’t useful, or even game-changingly useful. Expert Skill just makes sure to say you can’t be a book-read expert on military science and suddenly show up commanding an armored battalion.