| From: | Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Etiquette Rules |
| Date: | Mon, 19 May 1997 19:41:07 -0700 |
copy of this post went to his private address. Here's a recreation of
what I intended to post...
---Mark Steedman wrote:
>
> Loki writes
<snip>
> > Anyways waht I was saying was in our game, we use the basic
etiquette
> > skill and then the one starting concentration. In other words, for
5
> > skills points, a character would start with something like
Etiquette 4
> > - Street 6.
> >
> I don't remember seeing ANY reference to a 'genera' etiquette skill
> anywhere in SR2.
SRII, page 72, simply says Etiqutte requires you take a Concetration
at character creation. It doesn't say this is handled any differently
than concentrating or specializing in any other skill. Thus my
understanding is that 5 point put in Etiquette for a new character
could mean you'd have something like Etiquette 4 and a Street
concentration at 6. If you chose to specialize, the same 5 points
could come out Etiquette 3, Street 5, The Ancients 7.
> > Then, in game play I just play it like on a skill web. So if the
above
> > character were in a Corp situation, he could roll his base
Etiquette
> > at +2 or the Street concentration at +4.
> >
> This does seem sensible however.
Thanx! It's been working in our group just fine. :o)
> > This only seems fair to the players, and it's worked out just fine
so
> > far.
> The rules don't support you, but them they don't really say this
> isn't a valid interpretation. What happens if a character wants to
> buy a second etiquette concentration, eg Mafia, do they build it up
> from 0 as a concentration and get a new general etiquette at 2 less
> than it once it exceeds their street etiquette or what?
SRII, page 191: "New Concentrations are based on the existing general
skill score. If the character has Firearms 4 and wants to concentrate
with Pistols at 5, the Concetration would cost 5 x 1.5, or 8 Karma
Points."
Also: "New Specializations are based on the existing Concetration
score. If the character does not have an appropriate Concentration,
use the general skill. Thus if the character only want to improve in
the Remington Roomsweeper, the Specialization would cost 5 x 1, or 5
Karma Points."
The above means two things.
First, common sense should suggest that you'd have to have a base
skill of Etiquette, otherwise what would you be figuring the cost to
start a new concentration from?
Second, to answer your above question. If the character that had
Etiquette 4 and Street 6 wanted to concentrate in Mafia, it would cost
him 8 karma to start it at 5 (1 point higher than the base skill at 4).
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