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From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Skill Limitations
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 21:38:52 -0400
David Buehrer once dared to write,

>Do you think it's balanced to limit skill levels in the following
>manner: If a skill is adjacent to a stat on the skill web, that skill
>has a maximum equal to the stat +2. If there is one dot between a
>skill and a stat, that skill has a maximum of the stat +1. If there
>is more than one dot between a skill and a stat, the maximum for that
>skill is equal to the stat. If a skill can be traced to more than one
>stat, use the highest maximum possible (if a skill can connect to both
>Strength and Quickness, the maximum determined by Strength is 4, the
>maximum determined by Quickness is 6, then the maximum for the skill is 6).

I would hate to see a doctor in your game with a house rule like
that.


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