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<blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 2646871" data-attributes="member: 12037"><p>Okay, lets take that, look at real life. Lets say we have two people. One works on a ranch riding horses all day. As such, he has max ranks in ride. He also has to cook his meals, but nothing fancy. He has a single point in profession(cook). Another works in the city as a professional cook, and has max ranks in cooking. He also rides a horse occasionally on his days off to relax, but isn't very good at it, so we'll give him one rank in ride.</p><p></p><p>Aliens come down and make them both smarter. Here's the question: will the ranch hand automatically get better at cooking, and will the cook automatically get better at riding a horse? Your answer is yes. Mine is no. We have a very different idea of how these things work. In fact, you would say that the cook can become just as good at riding as the cowboy, and the cowboy can become just as good at cooking as the cook, assuming they are both class skills. I can't see that <em>at all</em>. Smarter does not mean you learn things without working to learn those things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThirdWizard, post: 2646871, member: 12037"] Okay, lets take that, look at real life. Lets say we have two people. One works on a ranch riding horses all day. As such, he has max ranks in ride. He also has to cook his meals, but nothing fancy. He has a single point in profession(cook). Another works in the city as a professional cook, and has max ranks in cooking. He also rides a horse occasionally on his days off to relax, but isn't very good at it, so we'll give him one rank in ride. Aliens come down and make them both smarter. Here's the question: will the ranch hand automatically get better at cooking, and will the cook automatically get better at riding a horse? Your answer is yes. Mine is no. We have a very different idea of how these things work. In fact, you would say that the cook can become just as good at riding as the cowboy, and the cowboy can become just as good at cooking as the cook, assuming they are both class skills. I can't see that [I]at all[/I]. Smarter does not mean you learn things without working to learn those things. [/QUOTE]
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