Rather than construing this bonus as representative of a Heretek's drive to and obsession of learning new things causing them to spontaneously solve a novel problem, I'd say that to me it represents a Heretek having historic, forbidden knowledge of a topic and being able to at the very least tangentially relate it to the current situation enough to get a bonus - in essence, their worst case educated guess is still pretty good because they've seen it once or twice before and possibly studied it. Based on the fact that the bonus comes from having an associated Forbidden Lore, it makes sense that the device would be esoteric or alien to the layman by definition. I figure whenever any character is taking a Tech-Use test to "comprehend, use, repair, or modify an unfamiliar device," they'll have some sort of penalty for it being unfamiliar. Master of Hidden Lores: When a Heretek makes a Tech-Use test to comprehend, use, repair, or modify an unfamiliar device, he gains a +20 bonus if he has one or more relevant Forbidden Lore skill specialisations at Rank 1 (Known) or higher. Here's the text from Dark Heresy 2e - Enemies Without page 32: Think of it a bit like you obsess over new things to such an extent that you "just have to make it work", and once the initial high of trying new tech then it seems boring and useless and not worth the effort to work with - so normal stats gave a good answer here with regards to the example of a Heretek with Forbidden Knowledge (Craftworld Eldar) getting the +20 bonus to Tech-Use to go activate an unfamiliar device on an Eldar ship. Have you done it before you don't get the +20 (before as in earlier in your career, not as in "you just opened a bulkhead door, now all the rest are +0").
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It is important to be trained in how to use your weapon of choice for example, an acolyte not trained in the use of a Boltgun - 'Weapon Training (Bolt)' - would suffer a -20 penalty on all attempts to use the weapon. In such a situation you would get your Master of Hidden Lores +20 bonus to do just about anything tech related onboard.IF and ONLY IF you unfamiliar with the item. DH 2e QuickRef Weapons Weapons come in all shapes and sizes across the Imperium.
You have Forbidden lore "Craftworld Eldar", your team has somehow gotten stuck on a derelict eldar cruiser overrun by some other Xenos species and you are trying to escape. Using this background bonus has to be a discussion between the player(s) and the GM on a case by case basis since it can easily be abused by a powergamer. This book consist of a new Acolyte options allowing players to play as an Exorcised character or a powerful Astropath. There is no errata or dev comments that I have been able to find, no mention in the FAQ's and I'm not sure a RAW/RAI reading even applies. General Information In the Enemies Beyond rules supplement for Dark Heresy Second Edition, player can become an Acolyte serving with the Ordo Malleus those tasked with protecting the Imperium from the daemons of the Warp.
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