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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7426806" data-attributes="member: 42582">[MENTION=82106]AbdulAlhazred[/MENTION], I think you're skipping right to the end of that section, which does have the sort of stuff you mention (eg paying for experimental neural implants to get a skill).But the default rules are for improvement by training: you can attempt a 8+ training roll; if it fails you can't try again for a year, if it succeeds you boost two skills by 1; at the end of 4 years you lose the boost unless you make another training roll for the same skills, at which point the +1 becomes permanent and you get another temporary +1; etc. (There are some bells and whistles around combat vs non-combat skills, but I'll let you look them up yourself unless you want me to elaborate.)Alternatively, you can make the training roll to maintain a regimen of physical exercise which boosts all physical stats by 1 for 4 years; or you can make a training roll and pay a fee for correspondence material to raise your EDU if it is lower than your INT.Finally, there is a rule for taking a 4 year sabbatical, to gain a single skill at rank 2 for a CR 70,000 cost.I can report that my players did not find these to be wildly generous PC-improvement rules!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7426806, member: 42582"] [MENTION=82106]AbdulAlhazred[/MENTION], I think you're skipping right to the end of that section, which does have the sort of stuff you mention (eg paying for experimental neural implants to get a skill). But the default rules are for improvement by training: you can attempt a 8+ training roll; if it fails you can't try again for a year, if it succeeds you boost two skills by 1; at the end of 4 years you lose the boost unless you make another training roll for the same skills, at which point the +1 becomes permanent and you get another temporary +1; etc. (There are some bells and whistles around combat vs non-combat skills, but I'll let you look them up yourself unless you want me to elaborate.) Alternatively, you can make the training roll to maintain a regimen of physical exercise which boosts all physical stats by 1 for 4 years; or you can make a training roll and pay a fee for correspondence material to raise your EDU if it is lower than your INT. Finally, there is a rule for taking a 4 year sabbatical, to gain a single skill at rank 2 for a CR 70,000 cost. I can report that my players did not find these to be wildly generous PC-improvement rules! [/QUOTE]

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