[RQ-rules] Subskills

[Steve Davies]

Simple mechanic, which is nice.  But it must really
slow down higher-skill advancement.  I assume one
could get multiple checks, in your example for both
Jungle Survival and for Mountain Survival, on the same
adventure?

Steve

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> Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 14:05:52 -0500
> From: "David Smart" <jurrubin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rq-rules] Subskills
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> As Bo Rosén mentioned, Ringworld has a subskill
> method. Essentially, the
> parent skill was used until a certain percentile
> level is reached. All skill
> increases past that point must be assigned to one of
> the subskills. Using RQ
> as an example...
> 
> Let's assume a character has World Lore 25%. The GM
> decides to use World
> Lore for outdoor survival rolls. Taking a lesson
> from Ringworld, the GM can
> rule that anyone can use World Lore up to 30% for
> very basic survival in the
> wilderness but if the character increases World Lore
> past 30%, he must
> assign any earned percentile points to any one of
> the World Lore subskills
> of "Jungle Survival", "Mountain Survival", "Desert
> Survival" (making these
> up here). Assuming the character begins focusing on
> Jungle Survival by
> adding 2 percentiles to it, his Jungle Survival
> skill would be at 32% (2%
> plus the World Lore base of 30%) while all his other
> World Lore subskills
> remain at the World Lore cap of 30% until he chooses
> to improve each of them
> as well.
> 
> Hope that makes sense.
> 
> David


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