[PnP] Martial Arts EL bonus - Does it apply to missile weapons?

[Alex Koponen]

Ah. I guess I have an early V2 and there have been changes since.

On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 5:17 AM Wout Broere <broere at powersandperils.org>
wrote:

> Martial Arts has been added in v2 as one of the combat skills, and is
> similar to unarmed combat but not limited to hand to hand only. More
> effective than hand to hand, but more expensive to learn as well.
>
> According to the description the martial arts master can add his bonuses
> to any weapon that he is skilled to use.
> I would rule that includes thrown weapons for certain, and probably
> other ranged weapons as well but that specific situation did not yet
> come up. But you are completely right: it is your game, your rules.
>
> Wout
>
> On 28-01-2023 10:57, Alex Koponen wrote:
> > I am not familiar with a specific skill called Martial Arts. But all
> > martial skills apply their EL bonus to use of the specific weapon. Some,
> > like Assassin, apply to all combat rolls regardless of weapon type. If
> > one has house ruled a generic 'Martial Artist' skill and I were the GM I
> > would rule that the EL would apply to any weapon the 'Martial Artist'
> > skill applies to, but only using the greater of the Assassin and Martial
> > Artist bonus rather than cumulative effect if the character has both.
> >             Alex Koponen
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 9:57 PM Doyle Tavener <javaapp at gmail.com
> > <mailto:javaapp at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hello all, first time posting.
> >
> >     Does the Martial Arts EL bonus apply to missile weapons?
> >
> >     Yes, I do know it's my campaign, but I would like to get a sense of
> >     how others handle it. My current thinking is that it doesn't, but
> >     there is also Zen archery, and I remember David Carradine throwing
> >     spears around on the TV series, Kung Fu so maybe it should.
> >
> >     Yes, I'm that old.
> >
> >     Thanks,
> >
> >
> >     Doyle Wayne Ramos-Tavener
> >
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