Let me consult my library...

[Vestnik]

Hello y'all,

I'm building an occultist character (the grandson of Pickman of Pickman's Model fame -- he's part Lovecraftian ghoul; "Distinctive Features: Loping Gait" :) ). I want him to have a well-stocked library of esoteric tomes at his manor that provide an aid to research.

Should I buy the manor as a base, and then buy the library as a laboratory? There's nothing actually special about the manor except the library and the ghoul tunnels underneath it...

[Derek Hiemforth]

Maybe buy it as Skill Levels with Research (if you're using that Skill) and occult-related Skills, through an Immobile (it's only at the manor), Obvious (it's clearly a library), Accessible (it could be easily destroyed) Focus.

[Vestnik]

This is the first I've ever heard of the Research skill. Is this in TUS? Which I do not have in my library. :)

[Derek Hiemforth]

This is the first I've ever heard of the Research skill. Is this in TUS?Yep. :)

[GamePhil]

If not using the Research Skill, you could buy it as +X to All Skills, Only With Skills That Can Be Improved By Researching Answers (-1), possibly Extra Time, and the Focus as Derek has put down.

[pinecone]

Yeah, +X KS's (or whatever) Requires well stocked Library (so you can use any "well stocked" library) Extra time seems likely ...and it should be reasonable in cost...