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Amazing hack - can't wait to get it to the table! 

During character creation, I'm not 100% clear on the following phrasing (for example):

  • check three times below; at least 1 scientist skillset required
  • check 3 boxes below; at least 1 must be a soldier skillset

Does this mean to take three skillsets, one to three of which are from the relevant Scientist/Soldier list, and the remainder of which are drawn from the table on p16?

Or does it mean to take one to three skillsets and one to two contacts? 

I'm pretty sure it means the latter, but the "at least 1 must be a scientist/soldier skillset is slightly throwing me, since there are only two other (contact) boxes anyway, so checking three without one of them being a skillset would be impossible. 

The slight difference in phrasing (three/3), (times/boxes) and also (skillset/scientist skillset/team role/soldier skillset) also slightly threw me at first, although that's a minor gripe. 

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Thanks for the kind words and for the question—I had a feeling this might be confusing the way I phrased it, so I'll definitely adjust for the revised version. You're correct that the intended meaning was that every scientist has to specialize in some kind of science; if you get to check two boxes, you shouldn't just take two contacts. It occurs to me now that this restriction might not even be necessary, though. Hey, maybe if you play a scientist and take two contacts, but no specialty, you're a grad student or something, and haven't picked a specialty yet. And maybe you should get to pick from page 16, considering that plenty of scientists and soldiers have had other jobs too. 

I guess the short answer is that intended it the latter way you phrased it, but I welcome you to interpret it either way and let me know how it goes. 🙂

Thanks for the reply! 

In retrospect, I quite like the skillset speciality limitation paired with allowing a pick from p16 (if they can pick 2 or more).

Is it intended to be possible to pick more than one speciality skillset?

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Sure! I definitely know scientists who work in multiple fields of expertise. 

Great, thanks!