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By Flagg
Submitted on 11 Dec 2006 at 08:29:28 PM ESTLast updated on 23 Dec 2006 at 05:30:46 PM EST
Category: House Rules
Crafts: The Problem
I’ve never been happy with the way the official rules handle the Craft Ability. In First Edition it’s actually several Abilities, requiring a character to buy a new version of Craft for every possible esoteric activity they may want to accomplish. Second Edition is little better, only paring it down to five main Crafts, plus an unspecified number of miscellaneous others; the books are constantly introducing new, arbitrary Crafts with little warning. Sidereals need a special version of Craft (Fate) just to use their Astrology, and honestly, when the hell else would you use Occult Architecture, other than when building a Manse? Considering that Melee, which is one Ability, gives a character proficiency in every possible hand-to-hand weapon, I think buying dozens of separate Abilities in order to be a competent Craftsman is a huge waste of XP.Crafts: A Solution
In my games, there is one Craft Ability, which is purchased and improved normally. However, by itself, it does nothing. In order to use Crafts, you must have a Concentration, such as woodworking, or agriculture. If a character possesses the appropriate Concentration for a task, he can then roll Ability+Craft normally.A character may have an unlimited number of Concentrations, purchased for 3 XP each (2 if Crafts is favored). At character generation, a player may automatically select one Concentration for free, and purchase additional Concentrations with the Craftsman Background (see below).
Craftsman
• The character knows one additional Craft Concentration
•• The character knows two additional Craft Concentrations
••• The character knows three additional Craft Concentrations
•••• The character knows four additional Craft Concentrations
••••• The character knows five additional Craft Concentrations
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