Re: Defensive skill

["Sean L. McLane" <zodo@laf.cioe.com>]

> From steve@ns1.cioe.com Tue Jun 30 09:21:50 1998
> Subject: Re: Defensive skill
>
> > > Perhaps buy weapon skills at double cost (not triple), 
> > > with a cap at CSE/2 instead of CSE.
> > > 
> >
> > *nod* I like the CSE/2 option for their max in a weapon skill, also
> > 	they shouldn't get any weapon, but I think be restricted to
> > 	one or two of'em.
>
> Two major rule changes? (1) Change the buying system to create an
> exception; (2) add another exception in creating a cap specifically
> for priests. And as a priest I certainly don't want to be restricted
> by anything other than custom :)
>

This is an ugly precedent to set, since priests would be the only background
so limited. Why would Priests, who are half way between the Combat and 
Magic spokes, get hamstrung in combat,  when Augers, who are on a spoke of
their own, are not? To be symmetrical, you would also have to put a similar
cap on Marines, as the're on the spot between the Combat and Skills spokes.

It's like I said before, you gotta think these things through, across 
the board.

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