What are Expert Skills?
. In a nutshell, they’re skills that give a character a smattering of many other skills without filling the character sheet up. They’re for people who know specific bodies of theory that cut across other skills. They allow rolls for any of those skills when answering questions and making educated guesses, but they don’t replace those skills in general. Like Talents, they let someone be good at a narrow area without spending tons of points on attributes. They’re also closely associated with a niche. Together with Talents, these tools let you create heroes who have focused competency without huge attributes scores and reams of skills.
A. In a nutshell, they’re skills that give a character a smattering of many other skills without filling the character sheet up. They’re for people who know specific bodies of theory that cut across other skills. They allow rolls for any of those skills when answering questions and making educated guesses, but they don’t replace those skills in general. Like Talents, they let someone be good at a narrow area without spending tons of points on attributes. They’re also closely associated with a niche. Together with Talents, these tools let you create heroes who have focused competency without huge attributes scores and reams of skills.
