[Martial Arts] Would this be a valid skill adaption perk?

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by phayman53

My question is, instead of making a swordsman take skill points in Two-Handed Axe/Mace just for using this technique, would it be valid to use this perk: Skill Adaption (Two-Handed Axe/Mace Defaults to Two-Handed Sword for using a Two-Handed Sword held by the blade)?

That's exactly the sort of thing Skill Adaptation is for.

Really the only reason you might think otherwise is if you wanted to swing anything other than a reversed sword with your two handed axe swing, by the RAW you'd have no particular default, and might be totally incompetent, which seems a little odd. I might require Two Handed Axe/Mace at DX as an additional prerequisite for the perk. That would ensure you'd have some minimal level of competence with something that wasn't a sword in the same grip, preventing the worst cases of unrealistic silliness, and costs another couple of points, offsetting any arguments about it's way too cheap.