Re: [HOE] soldier edge seems like a waste

[Matt and Teresa Steflik <grifflik@stny.rr.com>]

D wrote

> Also, remember the ability to buy skills beyond 5.  Take your example with
> rank two, you can buy shootin at 7 for less then seven points (depending on
> which package you took).  whereas without the Soldier Background, you would
> have to spend 5 points in the first place (more if you start with less then
> 5), then 12 more to get to 6, and 14 more to get to 7, all for a whopping
> total of 31 points.  I think that THAT is meant to be the big payoff with that
> edge.
>

Didn't forget D, you just must have missed it in my convoluted
description (step 2 - last sentence - see below):


> > 2.  2 points in rank.  Again, for the first effect of this (that of
> > military rank), your mileage may vary.  It now also gives you a 2 "free"
> > points in leadership or professional soldier.  This effectively is a
> > gain of 4 points for the cost of 2.  You of course also gain the ability
> > to raise the skills in your specialty to 7 now.
>

Matt Steflik
Gimme Shelter - http://www.geocities.com/grifflik