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

[Wout Broere]

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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