Just for the record, *I* am opposed to making Close Combat (or ranged combat for that matter) a broad skill, because (as Dave Dunham pointed out) the only thing you can really use it for is "hurt your opponent" (and "keep from getting hit"). Who cares if you hurt him with a big blunt object, a tiny sharp one or a medium-sized pointy one? It all boils down to the same thing. The tool used to hurt my opponent really doesn't matter. I might as well make "Carpentry" a broad skill because I can use a saw or hammer or chisel. "Tough" or "Strong" or "PolyLinguist", on the other hand, have multiple applications - I can use Tough to withstand Pain, or withstand injury (not *quite* the same thing), or as a personality trait, or even to choke down a grub in the Greatlands outback ("I'm tough, I can eat this thing...") (okay, I'd assign a improv mod to that last one...).
I like to think that I have a *little* influence on rules discussions at Issaries...
RR
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