> > >> "Sheepless Nights" actually uses this sort of skill, so let's take a
> > >> look.
> > >> A bunch of kids aged 8-12 have Shepherd 13
> > >> A "proper" shepherd has Shepherd 3W and Herd 13W
> > >
> > >Was that the character that had been doing it most of his life?
> > <snip>
> > > -Adept
> >
> > Yes. This, I believe was Greg's argument. A professional skill you have
> > been doing day-in, day-out for your whole life should be mastered.
> >
> > If you want a time limit I'd say at least ten years (the so called "10 year
> > rule" in expertise research).
> >
> > Thom
>
> Though I didn't really put it into the seenario, those kids were
> probably going to be cottars who herded sheep as much of their livlihood
> -- every clan has them. I think Herd Sheep is a cottar ability but
> Thorngast Sheepfoot had been doing the Sheep Thing for far too long --
> long enough to get bitter.
This was exactly the impression I got. What kind of life is that for a grown up orlanthi anyway.
-Adept
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