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

[Wout Broere]

Good question, but I really wasn't thinking about Unali. More a general 
idea how I would allow this to be used in a new campaign.

Unali predates the v2 rules, so she isn´t built around  a martial arts 
skill to get her combat effectiveness :) She has been around for 20 
years now or so? That campaign of yours has been going on for some time. 
Probably if I had to design the same character now, martial arts would 
probably be the focus skill

Also, an interesting tidbit is that I had a discussion on Unali and her 
background with Richard once. I had placed her background, given her 
skill set and history, in the most western part of Katai. He had a group 
with similar background and skill combination set in the eastern part of 
L'pnth. Just on the other side of the mountains. Somehow, specific 
backgrounds and skill combinations fit well in specific areas of the 
perilous Lands.

Although, an earlier comment made placed martial arts characters mainly 
in the (far) east as openly accepted and supported, and more shunned by 
society in the more western/central lands. I am not sure I would make 
the same limitations. I could well see certain warrior cults fit in the 
Cerulean and Rogizini cultures. They would be closed to outsiders, but 
less so than an assassins guild.

Wout


On 29-01-2023 02:18, Scott Adams wrote:
> 
> 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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