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Originally Posted by Jason Durall
It's a bit of a muddle, actually.
For Stormbringer 1st edition (my absolute favorite incarnation of the BRP system, bar none), it made sense that Elric was good in swordsmanship because of his incredible cunning and strength of will (his high INT and POW).
Having a system that supports the licensed intellectual property is a good thing.
However, Theleb K'aarna was absolutely no physical threat, but he had comparable bonuses due to the high INT and POW scores. The way the system worked, he should have been quite competent with any weapon he'd put his hand to. The same with Myshella, who was in no way a fighter.
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From the SB3 book -
Elric has a +44% attack bonus (with drugs)
Myshella has a +34% attack bonus
Theleb K'aarna has a +27% attack bonus
In SB1-4, 90% total skill was considered "Master" level. Elric is significantly
more skilled than Theleb K'aarna, and much better than Myshella on that
scale by bonus. But then there is training. Elric as trained as one of if not
the best swordsman on Melnibone. Myshella was adept with the dagger in
the saga IIRC. Theleb K'aarna was not very adept with the sword.
Again, from the SB3 book -
Elric has a greatsword skill of 92% - Master level. Also, Sea Axe of 84%.
Myshella has a dagger skill of 100% (seems to fit, no other weapon training)
Theleb K'aarna has a shortsword attack of 44% (he only trained up 17%
over stat bonus - makes sense) and dagger of 89% (again, good, but not
master).
As I said earlier, the stat bonuses really do not make much of a difference
as you get more advanced characters hitting the 100% and over mark. It
was only those "special" characters that really benefitted.
-V