michaelL wrote:
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> Do you automatically get all the abilities described in the book? Such
> as fighting with your fists and the fyrd. Make fire and shelter and
> trap small game. Walk with snowshoes, and skate on ice.
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Yes, any character from the culture automatically gets all the abilities
from the cultural keyword. In HQ2 you usually don't list them
separately, unless your character is better than average at one or more
of them, in which case they become breakout skills - you just have the
keyword at 17. Having said that, they aren't compulsory, and if a
character really wants not to have one of them, then they'd either list
that inability as a Flaw, or just make a note of it on the character
sheet. For example, if your character follows Chalana Arroy, goddess of
healing, then they won't have "Fight with Fists", because they have
"Pacifism" instead.
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