Character Generation Q&A (OOC)
Questions:
In "Character Generation" it says "MW: Melee Weapons is equal to half your character’s Strength or Dexterity scores, whichever is better, rounded up." but in Primary Skill Sets it says "Weapon Skills Success rate: 1/2 DEX + skill level."
1. Can it be either?
2. What is the skill level? If this is percentage dice that we're rolling, a skill level in single digits is not interesting.
Questions copied here from my PM, since others may want to know. (Or -- others may want to laugh at me for poor reading comprehension.)
3. I see that PSS is Primary Skill Set, but I haven't found what PSA stands for.
4. What's the difference between Artillery and Naval Gunnery? In 1798, we're talking about cannons in both cases, right? Naval ones are just bigger. I suppose that Artillery also worries about moving them, placement on the battlefield, etc. (Now I see it, "ARTILLERY skill applies to all cannons, gatling guns, mortars, rockets and howitzers." But I don't think those after cannons existed in 1798.)
5. I think it said that all Military Skills are based on DEX (or STR), but that doesn't really make sense for gunnery, artillery, and demolitions, eh?
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I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by the skills and sub-skills, and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to put in my character sheet. If I take a skill, say, Natural Sciences, does that mean I know all the sub-skills, or do I only take one of those, or what?