[PnP] pnp Digest, Vol 174, Issue 1

Wed Feb 1 01:31:27 CET 2023

Europe had martial arts, but that didn't survive the introduction of firearms as instead of training some from a child to be a solder you could just give a peasant a gun.

And assuming 'The south' is the equivalent of Africa, there are a lot of fighting/dance blend that are used for ritual combat that could be considered martial arts.
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    On Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 09:36:25 AM PST, David Sanders <dasandersx at comcast.net> wrote:  

 The rule says any weapon.  All of the modifiers for MA are physical.

Personally I would use the skill sparingly, only allowing it to be used in characters from areas that might originate it (such as far east), but also then having locals treating the character an outsider…barely being civil, maybe not allowing him in their shops, or even fighting him.  Also, I would not allow the MA character to use 'training' to improve the skill, but only by using the skill in combat.  A MA character in the west or south wouldn’t find anybody that could teach him.

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> Subject: [PnP] Martial Arts EL bonus - Does it apply to missile
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> Hello all, first time posting.
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> Does the Martial Arts EL bonus apply to missile weapons?
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> 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.
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> Yes, I'm that old.
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> 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
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>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 9:57 PM Doyle Tavener <javaapp at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello all, first time posting.
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>> 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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>> ...it is not reasonable to assume that Aristotle knew the Number of the
>> Elect...
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