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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tjoneslo" data-source="post: 2905894" data-attributes="member: 4909">I have seen both editions of spycraft skills, and I wasn't changing the skills that much, I think, to want to inflict a wholesale change like spycraft. From D20 Modern the big change is the introduction of the Technical skill. This cascade encompasses a number of skills in D20 Modern. In particular it replaces and expands upon Computer Use, Demolitions, Disable Device, Repair, and Treat Injury. Technical also replaces most of the Craft skills. Technical is a cascade skill, meaning you must pick one of 9 sub-skills when selecting the skill. (which are Chemical, Communications, Computer, Electronics, Engineering, Mechanical, Medical, Structural, Survey)I also added the skills Leader from the D20 SRD (and T20) and the new skills of Forward Observer and Gunnery. The Knowledge (Arcane Lore) has been changed to Knowledge (Psionics) to better reflect the arcane lore in Traveller. There is a new Knowledge (Ancients Lore) skill.  I also changed the Profession skill into a cascade skill, with six sub-skills. I really like the SOC as an attribute vs. a set of feats for several reasons both in-game (it promotes a certian kind of thinking about what the character can do) and out-of-game, the rules for managing attributes work better for handling social status than do a set of feats. For example, you can inflict SOC attribute damage, lowering the characters social standing, something very difficult to do with feats. Describing the difference between a charsimatic hero and a socialite hero can be challenging. The charasmatic hero is personally engaging, able to influence events by their presence, a Social hero has the recognized weight of the Imperium behind them, able to make (not so subtle) threats about using their posiition to influence events. I feel less strongly about the EDU attribute, and may end up dropping it at some point. It's mostly a T20 carryover and I've found uses for it.</blockquote>

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