[PnP] In game skill acquisition

[David Hunt]

Most non-combat skills have absolutely no effect  at EL 0.  When you use 
0 in the formulas for what they do, it's nothing or a 0% chance of 
sucess, etc.  It's my thinking that if you pay the experise to actually 
learn the skill, then you should actually be able to use the skill in 
some capacity after paying that expertise.  If someone wants to limit 
what skills start at after the character generation, the Burton's idea 
is workable.


Choinski, Burton wrote:

> I changed my formulas to use the LOWEST characteristic of the formula 
> when determining non-combat skill defaults.
>
> One can also make the case that the "starting skill" benefit only 
> applies at character generation, not during play, so you start at 0 
> once learned.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Koponen [mailto:akoponen at mosquitonet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 5:21 PM
> To: pnp at abroere.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [PnP] In game skill acquisition
>
> 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
>
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