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Weapon Mastery
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Swordsman characters in shambles when they realize they cannot destroy a target from 20 meters and lose their Weapon Mastery
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Scaler: weapon mastery
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Scaler: weapon mastery
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Yeah... Weapon usage by itself shouldn't be a "power", especially when you can just assume a character has occasionally used a weapon if a weapon is in their Optional Equipment section
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Honestly, i've always kind of thought that maybe having three "tiers" of it would be good. Like, Weapon Usage (Can use weapons ranging from just having it and being able to use it at a barebones level to using it at an average level), Weapon Proficiency (Is good enough to use weapons at an above average level), and Weapon Mastery (Extremely skilled with X).
Just a tangent, but I agree that weapon MASTERY shouldn't be for anyone who can pick up a pistol and pull the trigger nonetheless.
Just a tangent, but I agree that weapon MASTERY shouldn't be for anyone who can pick up a pistol and pull the trigger nonetheless.
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I actually agree with this heavily. This would be a very good way of separating characters level of mastery.
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Personally I think WM as is is better than gatekeeping it from people who are just "above average" with weaponry, but I agree something like Weapon Prowess/Proficiency would help
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Even if my suggestion makes sense, thinking about all the profiles that would need to be adjusted for this is insane lmao. And you can't even do it with bots, it has to be manually done by people as bots can't watch scans and judge people's skill level lmao
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Maybe we should rename it to “Weapon Proficiency“ rather than ”Weapon Mastery”, to represent particular, trained skill - with criteria being that the individual needs to be trained and experienced in their weapon to do so.
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Lmao I didn’t even realize this was in fun and games
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I know we're on Fun & Games, but I honestly want a thread on this already.
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I mean if everyone is ok with my suggestion then we can make an actual CRT to figure out how it should be done.
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Personally the way I'd do it would be not renaming the actual power page, just adding a note to it that characters with a relatively unimpressive skill with their weapon should have the ability listed as Weapon Proficiency in their P&A. That way we don't have to change 10000 links, just reword some profiles, which can be done overtime
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I wouldn't be renaming the power page itself, it would just have 3 different tiers/types/whatever term used for the levels of it listed on the page. I don't think Weapon Proficiency really fits for anything lower than above average considering its definition is "a high degree of competence or skill; expertise.".
My suggestion just requires people looking at the profiles themselves, judging what "tier" of skill they'd be in and just swapping the word Mastery for what fit better out of the other 2 options, which still works with what you said.
My suggestion just requires people looking at the profiles themselves, judging what "tier" of skill they'd be in and just swapping the word Mastery for what fit better out of the other 2 options, which still works with what you said.
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I agree. Even though Ovens trolled me by putting this in fun and games, which I didn't realize.
Having Weapon Mastery separated into tiers would help greatly in determining who's the most skilled character instead of me having to break my balls to find skill feats whenever someone asks lol.
Should this also be applied to Martial Arts?
Having Weapon Mastery separated into tiers would help greatly in determining who's the most skilled character instead of me having to break my balls to find skill feats whenever someone asks lol.
Should this also be applied to Martial Arts?
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I also just realized Armor might not've been responding to me lmao, sorry for confusion if there is any
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Tbh what I do is just do shit like [[Weapon Mastery|Master Swordsmen]] (Reason here), [[Weapon Mastery|Blade Mastery]], [[Weapon Mastery|Proficient with axes]] (Here), [[Weapon Mastery|Above average skill with you get the point]].
I usually just specify the extent of the skill and the type of weapon it's with.
I usually just specify the extent of the skill and the type of weapon it's with.
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I think people just want a more set-in-stone system for it since it is pretty wonky.
azontr
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Pretty much.
I also feel like this should be applied to the Martial Arts page, but that's another discussion.
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Ovens, you speak my language.
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I mean, seems like my idea is pretty widely liked. I'll make a thread on it and link it here.
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Added different category or tiers within weapon mastery would definitely help clarify many of the profiles. Since many of them don’t clarify the level of weapon mastery a character actually has.
i think many of the skill based abilities would benefit from something like this. Such as Steath Mastery, Vehicular Mastery, and Martial Arts.
i think many of the skill based abilities would benefit from something like this. Such as Steath Mastery, Vehicular Mastery, and Martial Arts.
azontr
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Been sayin' that the whole time lol
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Well it’s a good ideaBeen sayin' that the whole time lol
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