[quote=“Datanazush, post:36, topic:6469”]Even more also, I’m pretty sure that this is a thread about martial arts being incredibly powerful against everything.
EVEN MOST ALSO, I dunno, I’m pretty sure that martial arts should be far more dependent on stranth. Like, I imagine Bruce Lee could kill a bear with his bare hands, but I doubt someone of even above average strength could do it, even with all the martial arts training in the world.[/quote]
In reality most creatures are pretty fragile if you attack the right place, bears are not that much of an exception.
The main issue with killing a bear unarmed is that it can disable, maim, or kill you in a single hit, whereas a person trying to kill a bear unarmed would have to completely avoid any hits while exploiting leverage and hitting the bear in all its weak points, such as joints, eyes, throat, nose, etc.
Considering that bears are pretty fast for their size and that a single mistake has the best case scenario of you getting horribly mauled, it’s a really (really) stupid idea, but not quite impossible.
Guns are a much better idea, shooting something in the eyes is the easiest way to damage the brain, but you’d have to be an expert marksman with nerves of steel to even consider trying to pull that off with a bear charging at you.
Skills in general are way too easy to get to supernatural levels, this is a known issue, and from what I remember the intended ‘master’ level is going to be 10 (or so), and the skill rust system is also planned to change, so I see this particular balance issue as relevant, but slated for change already.
It’s something to keep in mind going forward, but it might be doing unnecessary work ahead of an already planned solution.
