> > If a character has at the campaign start close combat 17 and then the
>> specialized skill of for example spear and shield fighting at 17 will they
>> both improve always at the same time. Or will he have to improve them
>> separately. So that for example later on the close combat can be 18 and
>the
>> spear and shield fighting 1w2 or vice versa.
>>
>> If he takes for example rapier fighting later on as an additional skill by
>> writing it on his character story with a hero point will it start at 12 or
>> will it start at whatever the close combat is at the time.
>
>Under the current ruleset (yes, this *may* get changed in 2nd ed), there is
>*one* ability (Close combat) with different sub-divisions, just like having
>an Affinity and Feats. So knowing specific fighting techniques is really
>simply "flavor", unlike RQ where weapon skills are tracked separately.
Thats a little bit too strong - if you don't have the appropriate technique, you do get an improv mod (conceivably a really large one), and different techniques do have different weapon and armour ranks. So its a bit more than flavour. But its definitely a lot less a focus of character definition that in RuneQuest, or many other games (though about as much as in D&D), and thats just how a lot of us like it.
Cheers David
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