That's actually really interesting, and I'm interested to get to the GMC revision. I've read the book through again, but typing it up takes a lot longer, so I'm just now getting to the next chapter again, though.

Specialties seem like the kind of thing, in Core, that mortals end up with a lot of, along with an eventual wide array of skills, merits, and equipment because they're getting exp and can't spend it on kewl powerz.

In an odd way, we end up with an explanation for the Bat-God almost by accident.