What Investigative Skills for Trail of Cthulhu at time of Sun King?

Question

For a Trail of Cthulhu scenario set during the reign of the Sun King in France (1643 to 1715) what Investigative skills would I keep, remove and add?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton · Answer 1 · 2010-10-23 07:00:33Z

Keep

Biology (Academic)
Chemistry (Technical)
Geology (Academic)
Physics (Academic)
to "Natural Philosophy" - there won't be different disciplines for quite a while
Archaeology (Academic)
to Tomb Robbing (Technical)

Yeah, in general you'll want to go heavier on the interpersonal investigation skills than the forensic skills. Although that one movie about the chef that snuffed it over bad fish makes me consider Forensic Cookery (Technical). I might argue that there's a form of forensics, at least in an early form of taxidermy/natural science. I think "craft skills" are useful as forensic skills in a setting like that - where was this dagger made, etc.
Yeah. The scientific forensics are gone, but craft can kinda-sorta replace most of them.
The formalization of credit requires far superior communications. While individual bankers may know, it is difficult for rumor of your solvency to spread with any kind of detail.
I believe Credit Rating is more than just financial credit: isn't it more a kind of reputation? Examples include the "credit" a scientist enjoys among other academics, for instance, so I think a version of it would apply to even a distant historical age.