> The Cultural Keyword is what makes your people different from the Dara
> Happans, or the Praxian Beast Riders, or whomever. However, it *is* the "oh,
> everyone can do XYZ" type of skill - to take a mundane example: in America
> "Everyone over 16 can Drive*", whereas in Asia that's not necessarily true.
> Not everyone in America drives well (though 85% claim to be "above average"
> drivers, which says something about something - mostly about self delusion
> in my book...), but everyone drives. Call "Driving" part of the "American"
> Cultural Keyword.
> *Not me: check my Character Description in the back of HW. I am in the very
> small minority of "Those Americans over 16 and under 80 that don't drive"
Obviously the moral of this is that lacking a skill that you "ought" to have in your Cultural Keyword is a Flaw. In other words, you wasted words in order to be immobile, you fool!
Cheers,
Alex.
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