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

[Scott Adams]

Yeah that was one of those oddball Unarmed Combat / HtH rule is it 
did 1 skill per weapon.
We argued over that with Richard but as he always says you make hte 
rules. Nothing in pnp is set in stone .


At 12:25 PM 1/28/2023, you wrote:

>Well, the way the rules are written in the original rule book MA 
>only applies to unarmed combat, but it has an option to learn 
>variants for other weapons. They dont' limit which weapons, but it 
>seems to be a different skill for each weapon, much like the one 
>given is unarmed only.
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>Moreover it says it's learning specialty strikes with those weapons. 
>I don't think it's meant to apply to missile weapons, as written.
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>That being said, Assassin applies to all weapons. It's limited when 
>not ambushing, but it helps.
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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 
><<mailto:javaapp at gmail.com>javaapp at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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>Thanks,
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>Doyle Wayne Ramos-Tavener
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