Not quite what I meant.  It's obvious who would raise themselves from the baseboards if you do that -- the one who's a maxed-out monster.  But what's more REALISTIC?  The maxed-out monster, or the well-rounded, if not particularly skilled character?<br/><br/>And skills of 2 do help you.  You wont always fail.  That's a logical fallacy, first off; second, most of the time you're not even going to need to roll if you have the skill.  But if you dont have driving, you probably never learned how to drive a car (at least, not in the SR world of extreme poverty, where most PCs are from the ghettos).  High-skill characters are made for games in which they're fighting for the world.  Low-skill characters are made for games that are a bit more ... realistic.<br/><br/>Exactly, pixie...  Who knows when you're going to be on your own?