[House Rules] Crakkerjakk's Reduced Skill List

[Daigoro]

Originally Posted by Langy

I'd say *understanding* maps is definitely part of Navigation (even in the rules-as-written), but *drawing* maps is part of Artist, with Navigation as a prerequisite.

That's forgetting the mathematical side of drawing maps, doing surveys, measuring distances and all that. I think if you study navigation, you're basically learning how to make maps as well. You could call it a technique of Navigation, with Artist as a prereq- I guesss not every Age of Sail captain was a great cartographer.

I'd suggest combining guns, beam weapons, black powder weapons, etc, into about 3 skills based on weapon configuration (as others have suggested on the forum)-

Pistols- self-explanatory
Long-Arms- as you described
Heavy Weapons- rocket launchers, gatling guns, etc.

I can't see there being that much difference in firing a pistol, a laser pistol and a flintlock pistol if they all have the same stance and hand position. Familiarity penalties would handle the difference in flight characteristics, handling recoil, etc.