[PnP] In game skill acquisition

[Alex Koponen]

When a character, in game, acquires enough training and expertise to 
learn a non-combat skill does the character:
Get EL0 in that skill ?
Get a starting level in that skill as implied under Rule 2.41 ?
I use the second but it does encounter the problem of a big jump in 
effective skill when it is finally learned. To counter that problem one 
can calculate what the starting level will be, figure out what 
percentage of learning to the starting level has taken place and 
calculate what the effective penalty is.

Seaman is an example of an Either/Or skill in many ways.
You either have it at EL0 or greater, in which case you don't have 
combat penalties aboard moving ships OR you don't have it at EL0 or 
better in which case you have a 50% penalty to your OCV, DCV and weapon 
EL in combat aboard a moving ship.
This fails to provide for gradual increase in skill as one learns the 
skill but has not yet mastered it. When rewritten a more gradual skill 
slope would be more realistic.

                            Alex Koponen