Re: (TFT) long talent/skill lists

[Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>]

At 0:15 -0500 3/8/13, Joey wrote:
> Adding more advanced weapon talents (like Fencing or Missile 
> Weapons) is usually a good idea in my opinion.

	There actually are a few more. Shield (lets you be better 
protected while using your 1-hand weapon); Two Weapons (as above via 
parry, *or* lets you get in a second strike, which is very useful to 
finish off an opponent you just knocked down).

	That said, I also really like the idea of a "weapon 
concentration" talent that gives you, say, +3 adjDX but only with one 
particular type of weapon. I'd love to have a character that was 
undisputed master of the Small Axe, for example. Or Quarterstaff. Not 
canon, but I think it'd be very cinematic.

GURPS rules, longer, more detailed, less left to the imagination/GM.
TFT rules, shorter, more left to the imagination/GM.

	For us long-term players, either is probably good.

	What *really* attracts me to TFT rules is that I can start 
with an FRP non-player, and in about an hour they can design a 
fighter, add in a few extra skills like climbing or bee-keeping, and 
be ready to play (both tactics *and* role-playing). Much less than 
one volume to read and digest. They won't have an intricate 
understanding of the turn sequence and how to exploit movement 
allowance until *after* their first combat, but they'll be useful by 
the start of their second combat. They won't be conversant with the 
effects of UC V or what spell can detect "Little Death" in their 
first session, but they'll be having a good time and if I send them 
away with some reading homework, they'll be good to go for their 
second session, and ready to design a high-level wizard.

	I don't think GURPS can, and I know D&D/Pathfinder cannot, claim that.
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