The recent Advanced skills discussion reminded me of a question I had regarding the High Elf Gambler in our group. He trained Education for 1 point with his last advance - is that correct? I would assume that if a race has access to a skill, it would be treated as if it were always trainable, but because it isn't on the Career card and I couldn't find a rule specifically stating that, I wonder if we're right.

ZOD said:

As long as the character acquired the skill first (by spending a point during character creation or spending an advance), it only takes 1 advance to train it.

Nice, that's how we played it. Can you refer me to where that is in the rules/FAQ. Thanks!

Sorry, but I think you did wrong, you may only train skills that are listed on your career sheet when you use the skills gotten from building points or when using advances (when buying for 1 advance per skill). The High elf Erudite ability does not change this, it merely gives you Education as an acquired skill. If you want to train it for 1 advance you need to be in a career that has the skill.

GravitysAngel said:

That's incorrect given the information ZOD presented.

First, a High Elf Gambler would have acquired the Education advanced skill for free during character creation. (p. 25 of rulebook) Also ZOD says the Education advanced skill is not on the character's career sheet, so it will cost that character 4 advances to train that advanced skill. It's very clearly explained on p. 37 of the rulebook.

4 Advances : Training an advanced skill outside the character’s current career. Note, the advanced skill must be acquired first.

My mistake! I thought the OP said it was on the career card. Listen to other people!

Thanks for catching that. It happend when advancing after last session, so no harm, no foul.