I just started a new colony and after a couple of days got the wanderer joins event, the new addition is Nelson 'Nel' Ramos.
Nel is 62 years old and spent his adult life as an inventor, giving him a +5 bonus to crafting and a +2 bonus to research. However, before he was an inventor, he spent his childhood on a caveworld digging tunnels which, for some reason disables both crafting and research. This makes no sense! How is it possible for someone to be able to spend 40+ years in an occupation entirely reliant on those skills
I think far too many of the back stories are questionable when it comes to disabling skills as it is but whatever - balance, challenge, etc. I can live with that, but this on top of it just makes it feel silly, and not in a good way. So, in the same way that some traits make it impossible to have others, i.e you can't be psychically sensitive and psychically dull at the same time, some background traits should make it impossible to have others.
Nel is 62 years old and spent his adult life as an inventor, giving him a +5 bonus to crafting and a +2 bonus to research. However, before he was an inventor, he spent his childhood on a caveworld digging tunnels which, for some reason disables both crafting and research. This makes no sense! How is it possible for someone to be able to spend 40+ years in an occupation entirely reliant on those skills
I think far too many of the back stories are questionable when it comes to disabling skills as it is but whatever - balance, challenge, etc. I can live with that, but this on top of it just makes it feel silly, and not in a good way. So, in the same way that some traits make it impossible to have others, i.e you can't be psychically sensitive and psychically dull at the same time, some background traits should make it impossible to have others.