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If you look at the Animals in the skills list, it shows as a 1
In the backstory, the modifier is +3, so I would think that the animals skill should be a minimum of at least 3 for starting value.
The Adult backstory had no Animals modifier at all.
Is this a bug, or is it possible I am thinking of this incorrectly and the +3 is taken into account, but not shown?
Seems like a bug to me. I can't think of any reason why Animals wouldn't be at least 3.
It's not a bug; those values are offset for various reasons. The backstory offsets are just a baseline.