Here is what QM said:
Learning science uses math, so math skill will make it easier.
All right fine since it does help out with the stuff for things that will eventually go with forging magitech. But rather we start to work on skills for forging. If only because I like the idea of Loki actually having a passion for crafting. A but disappointed that we didn't go with sculpting as a hobby when we could have.
I think this was my main issue with picking math but just couldn't put it into words. We aren't really going to focus too heavily into science at first and if we are going to pick forging seems like we should start with magic first since that skill is actually relevant to it and rather we avoid losing focus. After all we are still just 5 years old and still character building. Seeing as we aren't actually going to have a focus on science for a while how about we just go with magic and then pick math when we actually start putting some focus on it?
I really hope not since I really rather avoid spreading out too much.
Uuhhhhh...why do I feel a sense of sadness, resignation and hopelessness just from reading this?
DUDE...
Do you really think Loki shouldn't learn how to add or subtract, because it would be a waste of time?
Adding and substracting are such basic concepts that we should not need to learn them...
Welp, it seems this new thread is off to a good start...
Truth be told I don't really care about it at all, I haven't even voted yet... It just feels like general education should encompass math as well (especially the aforementioned adding and subtracting).
I think what he was saying is the QM said it doesn't help any other magic including Alchemy.
The thing is math is thought in general education. If you wanted an in story reason you could easily say Loki is excelling in school. This is the way I see it:
Stewardship.
We went to school during those turns too, we just didn't focus on it. For all we know they just went over the chapter that inspired Loki. You don't have to change actions for the narrative that's the QM job. You can come up with a lot of excuses like Loki is good at reading people, maybe he found old merchant techniques in a history book. A eureka moment can happen while your doing anything not just the specific area.
Ok let me ask you something then, isn't it possible for Loki to do things off screen that allowed him to be a financial genius. If you look back on the chapter it doesn't describe how he doubles his money. Does that mean that he never left the palace because it is not on screen. So picking an action because you feel that would justify another action doesn't make sense because if that was the case the QM would have chained the actions together.
