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Originally Posted by vierasmarius
Just to present a dissenting view point (and probably get shot down in minutes) I'm actually in favor of making Brawling default to DX-4, like any other Easy skill. Wrestling would default to DX-5, while the more "advanced" unarmed skills have no default. This makes untrained hand-to-hand skills parallel untrained melee weapon skills; it actually becomes beneficial for average Joe to pick up that stick to defend himself with. Yes, they'll have to use All-Out and/or Telegraphic attacks to have a chance of hitting, but that's already strongly suggested by Martial Arts (Untrained Fighters, p113). This just changes it from a compulsion to a tactical necessity.
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Feel ya, bro. I wonder if all mêlée defaults should be halved across the board - both the DX-5ish ones and the between-skill ones. Bastardswordsmen are particularly hurt by them, as is anybody picking up a bottle or 2×4, as you mentioned.