Talent Trees in JDMG

[danty2001ad]

Hi everyone.

Quick question (I've had a look round the forum, but my search-fu is weak). :roll:

With regard to Talents, is the previous talent in the tree a prerequisite, even if not listed as such? For instance, could I pick Silent Action from the "Sneaky Does It" talent tree (pg54 HB Rulebook) even if I don't have Stealthy?

Another example. If I don't have to follow the trees in a linear fashion, it seems I could take Die Harder from the "True Hero" talent tree without first having taken Die Hard. Seems odd (yes, I realise Die Harder doesn't work without Die Hard, but its not a noted prerequisite, and its just an illustration of my point, which I am fumbling around to make!).

I can't find any direct reference to it in the rules, so any help gratefully received.

Apologies if I have overlooked the obvious somewhere.

Many thanks in advance.

D

 

[Greg Smith]

Yes, you need the previous talent in the tree.

It is somewhat that the rules don't explain that explicitly.

 

[danty2001ad]

Great, thanks very much for the help.

D

 

[WereRogue]

If the tree goes straight across:

Talent1 > Talent 2 > Talent 3 > Talent 4

You have to take them in that order. However, if the branches go downward:

Talent1 > Talent 2 > Talent 3
         |        |
     Talent 1a   Talent 2a
         |        |
     Talent 1b   Talent 2b

Then you can take either Talent 1a or Talent 1b so long as you have Talent 1. In order to take either Talent 2a or 2b, you have to have Talent 2 first.

Make sense?

-Ken

 

[danty2001ad]

Yes, it does.

Thanks for the added clarification, much appreciated.

D