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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8694893" data-attributes="member: 82106">Right, so making the question of whether you know a particular artist be based on the quality of your art education does reproduce a statistically reasonable outcome in terms of how often you get to say &quot;I know this artist!&quot; Honestly, this sort of knowledge check is, at least IMHO, not some kind of big issue. I just see it as very analogous to the Dungeon World 'adventuring kit' where you get to pick out a useful item of equipment when you need it, from a limited list of options. Likewise you know some artists and you can basically say &quot;I know that guy.&quot; Each has a cost, in the case of the kit you expend one of its uses, in the case of the artist you are forced to make a check. Not identical, but both cases are intended to hold your ability somewhat in check.OTOH, with knowledge, I don't really see the point in not just saying &quot;yeah, you know that.&quot; You know artists, you know this one. If that will advance your intent, then you need to make a 'fate roll' essentially to see if the universe throws a wrench in your plans or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8694893, member: 82106"] Right, so making the question of whether you know a particular artist be based on the quality of your art education does reproduce a statistically reasonable outcome in terms of how often you get to say "I know this artist!" Honestly, this sort of knowledge check is, at least IMHO, not some kind of big issue. I just see it as very analogous to the Dungeon World 'adventuring kit' where you get to pick out a useful item of equipment when you need it, from a limited list of options. Likewise you know some artists and you can basically say "I know that guy." Each has a cost, in the case of the kit you expend one of its uses, in the case of the artist you are forced to make a check. Not identical, but both cases are intended to hold your ability somewhat in check. OTOH, with knowledge, I don't really see the point in not just saying "yeah, you know that." You know artists, you know this one. If that will advance your intent, then you need to make a 'fate roll' essentially to see if the universe throws a wrench in your plans or not. [/QUOTE]

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