| From: | Paul Jonathan Adam <Paul@********.DEMON.CO.UK> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: improving skills |
| Date: | Mon, 11 Sep 1995 18:22:52 GMT |
> general/concentration/specialisation, and allocate points as follows
>
> general skill : no. of points allocated
> gen./conc. : -1/+1
> gen./conc./spec : -2/allocated/+2
>
> Now, what happens when you spend your karma on a general skill?
> say you have firearms/HP/predator 4/6/8
> you spend 10 karma on firearms.
> do you now have 5/6/8 or does the bonus benefit everything? (ie 5/7/9)
I work it as the concentration/specialisation "part pays" for the
General skill.
A) Going from Firearms 4 to Firearms 5 is 10 points:
B) Going from Firearms 4 to Firearms 4 (Pistols 5) is 7 points
C) Going from Firearms 4 to Firearms 4 (Ares Predator 5) is 5 points.
So, in case (B) to later increase Firearms from 4 to 5 would only cost
3 Karma (the difference between the Concentration and General skill).
In case (C) it would cost 5 points: again, the difference.
Although this can be open to abuse at generation, I find my PCs don't tend
to take specialisations at generation... or even much during the game.
Why not? Well, you might be Firearms 4, SMG 6, Ingram Smartgun 8... which
halves your dice during a prison break when the guards all have FN-HARs.
Especially nasty when they have armour and you don't. :) People do buy
specialisations when they need a high rating in one area, but general skills
are IMHO more useful.
Just my own experience... I learned to shoot with a Smith and Wesson 686,
and it was the only pistol I used for nine months while my club membership
and FAC went through. Then I got my Glock 21, and by the end of my first
session it was putting holes where I wanted them. Being good with one
pistol made it much easier to get good with another pistol... the rifle
marksmanship I learned in the Army helped to a limited extent, as well,
because a lot of the principles are the same.
Trigger control is trigger control, after all... :)
--
"When you have shot and killed a man, you have defined your attitude towards
him. You have offered a definite answer to a definite problem. For better
or for worse, you have acted decisively.
In fact, the next move is up to him." <R.A. Lafferty>
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
