Perk Limit

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Langy

Er, the entire 'perk limit' thing is essentially a house rule. It isn't part of the basic RAW - it's an entirely open-ended recommendation.

But yes, if you want to follow that recommendation, then the rule appears to be "X perks total are allowed; Y of these may be 'combat perks', Z may be 'magic perks'", etc. It's not a very good rule, and certainly isn't one I'd bother following - it makes it so just about every character ever is restricted to no more than two or three 'combat' perks, no matter how much they make sense to the character concept.

Again, I'm not asking if the recommendations are a good idea, or whatever. I'm trying to understand how they are supposed to work in the first place. Some people seem to think that, as written, these recommendations permit perks that are otherwise "Style" (in Martial Arts) or "Combat" (in Power Ups 2) above the 1/20 and 1/10 limits. I do not understand where this is coming from. Either I am misunderstanding the recommendation as written or these other posters are.