Why learn a martial art?

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Peter V. Dell'Orto

While that is an issue, I'm not seeing a suggestion that doesn't basically work as, I know this style but I have no discernible pattern and so there is no downside for all of these upsides, but it is a downside for people I fight.

Of course, you get exactly the same effect if you have one other style familiarity your opponent doesn't or if you don't have a style familiarity at all or if you've learned a technique outside your style and use it.

If that drawback is supposed to be a huge deal that you can't get out of, it shouldn't be so easy to get out of it. I'm just proposing a way out of it that makes it possible for the same character to fight with 'no' style (which any character without a style familiarity can do) and to have knowledge of styles. I don't think 1 point is too little to pay for the privilege.

Originally Posted by Peter V. Dell'Orto

And if the people you fight can ignore their style and attack style-free, then the idea of negating DAs and reducing Feints is basically a non-rule that applies to no one.

Did anyone actually suggest that?