<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=175379.msg8307984#msg8307984">Quote from: NiceTexasGuy on 29-05-2013, 22:49:56</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">All that's needed is a good story to explain the numbers -- while he was in paralegal training, one of his teachers got wind of his knowledge of the art world and the fact that he had earlier worked as a clerk at the county courthouse and could be quite useful.  <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I viewed the attribute/skill relationship more along the lines of "he didn't spend as much time studying and working with the law as others, but he was able to remember more of it.  I guess I am adding attribute and skill and dividing by 2 to determine his proficiency, since the Serenity RPG added both equally.  So law 3 + intelligence 17 = 20.  Divide that by 2 and you get 10, which is where I pictured him.  Maybe that is being too generous.<br/><br/>Maybe attributes only count for 1/3 of the total, with skills counting twice.  So law 3(x2 this time) means 6 plus intelligence 17 equals 23, divided by 3 equals about 8, which might be about where you see him.  I think that is a more accurate way to handle it.