[Torg] Skills now....

[Kansas Jim]

Phil writes:

> Am thinking about Torg so I'll throw some more stuff about. It's
> all because a member of my gaming group is running a Torg 1-off
> for his own D&D group, so he keeps asking my advice on things
> which has got my Torg-brain ticking!

Maybe it'll be contagious and finally get my brain kick-started
into once again working on getting a new game going....

> I was wondering about skills. In particular Stealth. Why is
> Stealth attributed to Dex? Strikes me this is a classic
> roleplaying game hang-up with D&D. I can't really think of any
> good reason why stealthiness should be linked to manual
> dexterity, hand-eye coordination, physical agility or any other
> of the classic attributions of Dexterity.

You don't? It's all about how you move your body, things like
balance, controlling the motion of your limbs, how you place your
feet when walking, lots of things that relate to dexterity.
Surely you've tried sneaking up behind someone? You don't just
walk up normally behind them do you, you change the way you walk
and move to try avoid making any noise, like no loud footsteps
to give you away.

-- 
Kansas Jim, Torg guru (ksjim (at) sdc (dot) org)
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