Cost: -5 points/TL below campaign TL
"Your personal TL is below that of the campaign world. You start with no knowledge (or default skill) relating to equipment above your personal TL." (sic; B22).
Formerly Primitive.
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Kromm in 2006 http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php?p=271099&postcount=5
- Animals don't qualify for Low TL or reduced literacy unless they have IQ 6+ and can use technological skills and languages to begin with