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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gunter uxbridge" data-source="post: 1311476" data-attributes="member: 7526">I'm going to go by an old FASA system that is based on skills from 0-100 (100 being the highest.)  0-10  Passing familiarty or basic instruction. (Basic high school equivalency). 11-20  Formal instruction or infrequent use of skill.  (Advanced High School or other types of instruction.)21-40  Advanced instruction and basic mastery.  (College instruction, professional use or advanced personal training.)41-60  Certified as holding an advanced degree, certification or governmental permit to perform this skill.  (College BA)61-80  Holds advanced degree, certification, or top level governmental permit. (Masters Degree)81-95  Holds top level certification in chosen field. (PhD)96-00  Recognized innovator in chosen field.  Very rare.That being said....I have...Bluff - 20 Cooking - 15 Diplomacy - 18 Sense Motive - 20Knowledge, Literature 20, History 31, Current Events/Politics 35, Science 14, Geek Trivia 32, US Law 13, Geography 17, Relgion 22Motor Vehicle Operation - 50 (standard license with experience driving in mountainous, icy terrain) Motor Vehicle Operation, Heavy - 25 (farm equipment)Motor Vehicle Operation, ATVs - 32 Single Engine Aircraft - 5 (12 years of MS Flight Simulator will do that <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  )Small Water Craft - 10Firearms, Longrifle - 34Firearms, Handguns - 25Weapon, Knife - 20 (I'm pretty good at whipping around a butterfly knife)Weapon, Longbow - 20 (Used to do some bow hunting in my youth)Weapon, Crossbow - 20 (ditto)Survival (Hunting/Fishing/Staying alive in the woods) - 23Hand-to-hand combat - 14 (Don't hurt me!)Languages, Common (heh) - 40Languages, French - 3 (I know how to say, "Make the pig noise.")Languages, German - 3 (I know enough to keep myself from getting shot.)Languages, Klingon - 3 (I know enough to get myself shot.)First Aid - 5 (I never miss an episode of ER)Swimming - 13 (I can float and propel myself at a leisurely three knots)Computer Diagnostics/Repair - 55 (Do this professionally with advanced training.)Computer Language, Unix 18, VMS 21, Visual Basic 5Electronics - 14Gaming, RPGs - 40 (How do you go about getting certified???)Gaming, Poker - 25Soooooo....I might be a good guy to have around in a firefight and you need a computer repaired on the quick and dirty.  But if we have to talk our way out a situation involving the Klingons, we are completely screwed.</blockquote>

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