I’m not really sure where this is going, and want to have more of an idea of what this would be used for before I become enthusiastic about voting for it (we frequently end up proposing something like this and then end up not doing anything interesting with it).

That’s fair. I wanted to fit it into other mechanics being proposed, but since I wasn’t sure at the time what would succeed or fail, I didn’t want to tie it to any one thing just yet. I intend to have a follow-up Proposal for just that, if someone else doesn’t beat me to it.

  I’ve got a similar view to ais here. It might also be better to allow changing skills so that there’s less of a feeling that you have to lock into one skillset before you even know if it’ll benefit you.

My impulse is to prefer dynastic rules that is more mechanically crunchy for this theme

I’d agree with all the reservations expressed, but a starting point of “two things, one good and one bad” seems fruitful enough. Making them a bit more narratively specific (“can pick locks but is afraid of heights”) would probably be easier to build on.

I’ve gone back and forth on this, but I think I’m with Josh:  . It feels like a kind of generic mechanic that doesn’t fit the theme very well.

(I realise this has already reached quorum so it’s just a symbolic vote.)