Are knightly characters ineffective?

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by maximara

In my experience that is due to not fully understanding Task Difficulty Modifiers and the non uses of talents such as Born War-Leader or some homebrew variant (Well trained War-Leader)

What I was talking about is that combat skills (however you achieve them) are wasted points in a campaign that features virtually no combat.

[Polkageist]

Originally Posted by RyanW

What I was talking about is that combat skills (however you achieve them) are wasted points in a campaign that features virtually no combat.

And vice versa, it's an incredibly important thing to remember in GURPS where there are SO many options. Unused things shouldn't cost points.

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Polkageist

And vice versa, it's an incredibly important thing to remember in GURPS where there are SO many options. Unused things shouldn't cost points.

Exactly. But "How good am I at killin' stuff?" is so much the default measure of character capability, that I feel it useful to point out that campaigns exist where the murderhobo skills are the ones that are wasted points.