I think it was mostly David Dunham. Just a second, I kept all that mail <searching noise> yes, it was.
It is something that really should have been settled better in the rules - though I am not sure that there is a correct answer.
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>> (personally, I liked it when you could have bonuses on your
>>character sheet, and you could say things like Leaping 15 Leap over
>>trees +15)
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>I agree. I'm just a little curious; what's to stop you from having it
>thus nowadays?
Well, there is no mechanism for adding them in the rules.
>Having 'close combat' 15 (greatsword +4) is far more preferable than
>the permanent improv mod when using 'close combat' and not wielding a
>greatsword.
Absolutely. My guess is that it was felt that these were just a specialcase of improvisation penalties in reverse - which is sort of true, but improvisation is a lot clumsier and messier.
cheers David
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