> Literacy in the RW is a good example of
> a skill that is effectively at mastery - you only fail if you have adverse
> circumstances.
Literacy in the RW is a good example of why competent characters don't need a mastery.
First off, most people sometimes miscomprehend what they read -- they do fail. Secondly, most of the time we are all self-respecting readers, and don't need to make a roll. Thirdly, most of the time we are reading neatly printed material in a relatively reasonable script (rather than sloppily hand-written Chinese characters) -- it's as if the writing were augmented.
I would say a mastery in reading represents speed-reading ability, or perfect recall or comprehension of what was read.
David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_...>
Glorantha/HW/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html>
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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