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Neither is the case. RoF 16+ weapons lose 2 shots per hex, not one, and each target after the first has an extra +1 of recoil (cumulative). This might well be coarser than you like, but that's a different issue from GURPS not addressing it at all.

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Hmmm. [re-reads Spraying Fire] You're right. I hadn't noticed the +1 recoil. Good catch.

-Max

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IIRC the "have sex" skill is a M/H...Archaeology

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Well, I'm just not getting it. It's "erotic," it helps to be flexible, but according to you, it is not per se an improvement on sex technique. I'm guessing it's something impressive that is not especially useful. Perhaps there are an Erotic Sport skill and a practical Erotic skill that are used in different contexts.

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I am quite familiar with Tantra. However, that is a religious rite, and being double-jointed does not help.

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It can't hurt. Double-jointed should help with yoga too, I'd imagine.

I'm having trouble discussing this without being too explicit for these boards but I'll try. Firstly, Erotic Art is "advanced sexual technique", that would imply it's not the sort of sexual performance that most people are familiar with. Kromm confirms this by saying it's not the "have sex skill". It definitely can't be required for the basic biological act of copulation otherwise there would be no sexual reproduction in animals at all. It can't even be the skill of ordinary everyday sexual performance by people who are trying to please their partners, because ordinary people do stuff they see in films, or read in books, or just imagine everyday without spending the hundreds of hours of study that Erotic Art would require.

It represents special sexual techniques, and is obviously cultural and setting specific. It's a skill that Mysteries of the Trade could be based on for Tantric Magic. It's a skill that the temple harlot of Ishtar might practice when she tames Edikudu out of the wilderness. It's not the skill of following the advice in Cosmo, or doing "that 'move' that Joe at work told you about".

Of course, IMO, YMMV. ect.

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Though what stands for 'basic' knowledge, then?

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Well, extremely basic knowledge (of the TAB A into SLOT B sort), probably shouldn't require a roll at all. It's basically biology and instinct, isn't it?

For Cosmo/Maxim level sexual technique, I'd say an attribute roll (DX, IQ, or HT all make sense) would suffice if you are running a R or X rated game. Maybe a Hobby skill for slighty racy stuff (or a Professional skill for prostitutes and Performance for porn actors).

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Why not? Erotic Art has a default (DX-5), which is what you get from watching films, reading books or just imagining everyday without spending the hundreds of hours of study.

Someone whose background is “Raised by monks to be ultimate killing machine”, doesn’t get that default, because he never even saw a woman till the monks sent him out in to the world to kill things and take their stuff.