Skills..

[Matijs van Zuijlen]

Scott Adams wrote:
>
> At 11:20 AM 10/21/99 +0200, you wrote:
> >> And you have students do you use the same starting
> >> level ie..EM/2?  or 0.  The 1 EL per day is something
> >> I use but with other partial system but just need to know
> >> the starting thing you folks use.
> >>
> >
> >We always use the starting level formula, not 0
>
> That just seemd a tad wacky. Since first day your say at some level X with
> a language.  Is that from just fast learning?  I can see a sword at
> starting level if taught but languages...dunno.
>

You still have to spend the 20 exp before that. That's 20 days of
nothing but learning the language. That kind of cramming should really
give you a good starting level. To add some more realism, you could of
course make some rules about how the progress goes, just like with
weapon and shield skills. Something like (Em/20)*Exp. spent. That would
definitely be better than just 20 days of being unable to speak, and
then a sudden leap forward.

> I know when i took Latin in HS it was a slow process and my starting level
> was non-existant :)

You just had a low Em :-).

Matijs van Zuijlen.