Re: Fw: [HOE] Skill progression

["Jeff Shoffner" <shoffner@usit.net>]

>> Actually, what I'd like to see is a list of what skills can & can't be
>> linked.....


>Ahhh, but I would say that fighting Knife, sword, and martial arts Are all
>related. I have studied MA for a while and then was able to pick up both
knife
>and sword easily due to the MA experience. Yes they are very different, but
the
>underlying similarities are there.



Ah, but there's the rub; martial arts.  See, I have a munchkin in the group
that likes to play the enlightened martial artist.  Recently, he picked up a
katana off a dead guy (don't ask) & decided he wanted to learn a new
fighting skill.  So, do you let him link it to martial arts, or make him
work his way through from skill level one on up?  Yeah, in real world, there
are similarities, which would indicate a linking.  BUT, then that mean for
three bounty points this guy would have YET another fighting skill up at his
martial arts level (don't ask how high; we screwed up the bounty point
system early on).

Jeff S