Hoot hoot.

I noticed something, it's perhaps not a major thing, but it could still be considered an issue.

The talent Respected Scholar downgrades knowledge check difficulties. Right? It does not decrease the difficulty. Right?

Downgrading, as per page 21-22 in the Edge of the Empire core rulebook, states that downgrading only applies to challenge and proficiency dice, right? So if it's all difficulty dice, nothing happens, as page 22, second column states: "If all potential dice are already in their downgraded form, any further downgrades are ignored." So, difficulty dice/purple dice are never removed through downgrading.

Now go to page 71 and 72 in Far Horizons and read what it says under Avenues of Learning.

FH states that the talent decreases the difficulty and uses that as a rationale for upping the difficulty. Only two options as presented offer any sort of opportunity for applying the talent, and the section implies that the talent does something else than it does.

I just thought I'd mention it.

I just use it for any social check when the character can call upon their expertise. For example, I allow it to be used when rolling Deception to convince someone false 'expert testimony' is true (it would thus downgrade the difficulty imposed by the other party's Discipline).

The talent Respected Scholar downgrades knowledge check difficulties. Right? It does not decrease the difficulty. Right?

Downgrading, as per page 21-22 in the Edge of the Empire core rulebook, states that downgrading only applies to challenge and proficiency dice, right? So if it's all difficulty dice, nothing happens, as page 22, second column states: "If all potential dice are already in their downgraded form, any further downgrades are ignored." So, difficulty dice/purple dice are never removed through downgrading.

Really? Wow. I guess I've been doing downgrades wrong. When you upgrade and all dice are Yellow, there is nothing to upgrade so you get to add a Green die. Why wouldn't downgrade be the reverse, where if all you have is purple, there is nothing to downgrade so you remove a purple?

Really? Wow. I guess I've been doing downgrades wrong. When you upgrade and all dice are Yellow, there is nothing to upgrade so you get to add a Green die. Why wouldn't downgrade be the reverse, where if all you have is purple, there is nothing to downgrade so you remove a purple?

Didn't happen very often though so it's not like it really impacted much.

Thirded here - I don't recall what the book says, but I thought that's how it was suppose to work.