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Old 12-27-2015, 11:48 AM   #20
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Default Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Kiai

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post
I just feel that it requires too much investment to be reliable, probably starting at 8 points or so, and is rather situational; meanwhile, 8 points spent on weapon skill already grants a +1 to your defense and potentially -1 to enemy defense as per Deceptive Attack, useful all the time (assuming we're talking about combats). And extra combat skill is otherwise quite versatile - Feints, Feint and Disarm protection etc.
Oh, I think your assessment is spot-on. I think we only had one player invest in it, he had lots of Forceful Chi anyway, and I don't think he put more than 4 points into it, and he honestly didn't use it all that often, and he complained about it too. There are better chi-skills to buy, certainly.
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