Newbie question on Character Generation

[IndyVisualist]

This is from the 2nd Edition Core book.
It says under the root card for character creation that you may select any of the skills shown in chapter 5.

In the Endeavor card section for Character Creation it says you have more ability to select skills than the Root section.

Aren't all skills shown in Chapter 5?

How are your skill selection options expanded?

[Ebb]

I believe you are referring to the section on page 76 that says: "Through The Breach Favors characters with a variety of skills, so don't worry about making the "best" choices now. You'll have many opportunities to gain new skills later."

All Skill options are shown in Chapter 5. What the above is saying, is that your character will (easily) continue to gain Skills beyond character creation, so you don't need to worry about getting everything you need to play your character immediately.

Understandable mix-up (= 

[Yig]

This is a reference to the narrative nature of character creation in TTB. Root skills signify what you learned because of your upbringing/environment/parents/mentors etc... while Endeavor skills are specifically skills your character chose to learn. So essentially root skills are skills chosen in-line thematically with something while endeavor skills are yours to decide with only your own story choices determining them. The part about not being worried about skills at creation I think is referring to the instinct to make sure your character is perfectly designed to be optimized at creation which leads people to pick things unbefitting to their Root skills in fear of having a weak character. As we built multiple characters now in my group we have learned that you can generally build a competent character with just the skills from your Endeavor and its more enjoyable to let your Root skills be strongly determined by creation rather than a pre built idea before cards flipped. Hope that helps!

[Ольга Батицька]

I was looking for such information. Thank you for your help