"Useful Talents" are listed as suggestions for each career in SotB. OK, so what is suggested? Well, a lot of them include the variety of "add one career skill plus free small favor" Talents. I like these Talents. I really do, but are they really all that useful with the careers that suggest them?
- Academic suggests Former Professor despite already having all three Knowledge skills as career skills.
- Con Artist suggests Tri-Maf Contact despite already having both Melee and Skulduggery as career skills.
- Investigator suggests Years on the Force despite already having both Perception and Ranged (Light) as career skills.
- Riste suggests Corporate Drone despite already having both Knowledge (Society) and Negotiation as career skills
- Roughneck suggests Union Member despite already having all three of Athletics, Operating and Piloting as career skills.
- Soldier suggests Worlds War Vet despite already having both Ranged (Heavy) and Resilience as career skills.
Now, in each case, the Talent still provides the free small favor each session, but it still feels rather weak to lose half the benefit of the Talent.