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

[Scott Adams]

Is that Unali speaking or Wout? :)
YEah what I'd do.  One can even argue a smoke 
bomb popular by ninjas could be considered a throwing weapon.
But could also be argued in the MA umbrella.
:)


At 09:05 AM 1/28/2023, you 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. >  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  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 > >     ...it is not reasonable to 
>assume that Aristotle knew the Number 
>of >     the Elect... >      Â - Albertus 
>Magnus > 
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