Topic: Restricted gone everyman

[GMLovlie]

Now, I?m sure this might be covered somewhere, in the book or on this forum, but being an impatient fool, I?ll ask here anyways.

Now in SM most races have some restricted skills, like for example Athletics Gymnastics, which is all good and nice, but then, suddenly you pick a profession where the category, or at least a skill within it the category becomes everyman, now what happens? does the profession over-write the racial restriction, or is it the other way around, OR does this sort of "up-grade" just improve the skill one level, from restricted to standard (the 1 = 1 ration development)?

That is, for now, my only question.

all hail the mighty boosh!

 -A

[Cormac Doyle]

The way I rule this is that "Restricted" is a -1, "Everyman" is a +1 and "Occupational" is a +2 (Normal = 0)

If you have multipl background Options/Talents/Flaws/Racial Factors/Profesional Factors modifying the same skill or skill category, add together all the factors. ...

The maximum you can achieve is +2 (Occupational) ... any higher result is converted to "occupational"
The minimum you can achieve is -1 (Restricted) ... any lower result is converted to "restricted".

[yammahoper]

+1's and +2's.  So RM like.  Complicated.

A restricted skill can have an EV rating applied to it to make it normal, a normal would become EV and an EV would become OCC.  IF the GM likes this idea.  I have found it works very well.

lynn

[Cormac Doyle]

Hey - if someone cannot add (-1) to (+2) to get +1 ... then they can't even play d6-based games!

[markc]

 I use the same logic that Cormac Doyal does with the skill system but with the option of having more restricted skills. So have R3, R4 etc, in which the # after the R being a devisor to determine the rank bonus.

 I am also thinking of changing the skills cost in my next game depending on what "class" the skills is.

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[RandalThor]

I do it much the same, though I never have written out the math of it. 

The Scale: Restricted - Normal - Everyman - Occupational.

You just move up or down the scale depending upon where you start and what skill modifier you get, with the lowest (worst) being Restricted and the highest (best) being Occupational. See: No math. 

[GMLovlie]

all right, thanks guys, much as I thought really, but just had to ask.

[markc]

all right, thanks guys, much as I thought really, but just had to ask.

 Your queston is a very common one and it is a lot more prevelant in SM:P than in RM because of the restricting of the Alth:Gym cat.

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