Default [BE] Helpful List of Skills to Aid Group Character Burning
http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6102
Gem in the Darkness is our sprawling PbP BE game. One of our players made up a list of the skills that are used in each phase, the maneuvers that they make possible, and lifepaths that can help you get them. All overly-specialized skills were left out.
Using this list, a side of the conflict can divvy up responsibilites.
Here’s a list of skills by Infection phase, the number of different Maneuvers they can be used for, and what lifepaths list those skills. Skills that only came up once I dumped.
Infiltration
smuggling 3 smuggler, spacer, sleeper
administration 2 forged lord, x-o, archcotare, municipal officer,
governor, speaker, manufacturer,
philosopher king, queen, ksatriya, high official
Infiltration
smuggling 3 smuggler, spacer, sleeper
administration 2 forged lord, x-o, archcotare, municipal officer, governor, speaker, manufacturer, philosopher king, queen, ksatriya, high official
counterfeiting 2 counterfeiter
estate mngmnt 2 treasurer, lady, queen
invest. logic 2 coroner, adj. inquisitor, agent, law enforcement,
persuasion 2 companion, court lord, courtier, xo, league official, appointed official, diplomat, apprentice, psychologist, first officer, peddler, prostitute, cultist, criminal, princess, cultist, cult leader, diplomat, high official
psychology 2 inquisitor, circle of 10k, psychologist, eremite
rhetoric 2 student, foundation student, ksatriya, philosopher king
ship mngmnt 2 first officer
tactics 2 lp-anvil, lp-hammer, first off, sergeant, sodalis cpt, prof. officer, circle of 10k, criminal, angiris
Usurpation
finance 4 financier, vaishya
propaganda 4 ravilar, stormtrooper, propagandist, commentariat, insurrectionist, cult leader, controller, atri
psychology 4 inquisitor, circle of 10k, psychologist, eremite
extortion 3 bastard, agent, kidnapper
journalism 3 commentariat, media, dilettante
law 3 mandarin, constable, btf student, ajd. inquisitor, advocate, lawyer, cabinet member
tactics 3 lp-anvil, lp-hammer, first off, sergeant, sodalis cpt, prof. officer, circle of 10k, criminal, angiris
administration 2 forged lord, x-o, archcotare, municipal officer, governor, speaker, manufacturer, philosopher king, queen, ksatriya, high official
bureaucracy 2 void lord, court clerk, bureaucrat, mandarin, xo, notary, dregus, clerk, league official, legislative official, appointed official, syzygy, ksatriya, vaishya, high official
doctrine 2 companion, btf ones, cultist, cult leader
Invasion
strategy 6 hammer lord, anvil lord, hammer cpt, anvil cpt, circle of 10k, thinker, captain, commander, ksatriya
logistics 4 forged lord, appointed official, controller, vaishya, commander, high official
propaganda 3 ravilar, stormtrooper, propagandist, commentariat, insurrectionist, cult leader, controller, atri
tactics 2 lp-anvil, lp-hammer, first off, sergeant, sodalis cpt, prof. officer, circle of 10k, criminal, angiris
Based on this, the human FoNs that would kick ass Infection-wise are:
-Invasion: Criminal with a smuggling background
-Usurpation: Magnate with a finiancial, propaganda background (maybe psychologist, too)
-Invasion: Forged Lord, then Anvil & Hammer Lords
Luckily that’s what we have suggested.