Vinnie, something you said in the Tavern confused me, so I'm looking for a clarification.
Your character claimed that learning to use a Dagger to cut ropes and stop Killing Strikes will be very hard. Since Small Weapon is a 0-cost skill, do you mean that it will be hard to get a Physical Pool of 1?
Here is the text:
Small Weapon Combat [Physical/Other 0]: You may wield a single dagger or other 'small' weapon (of 24" in length or less) to use weapon-required skills, block, use uncalled strikes in combat, or death strike. You must have at least 1 point of maximum Physical Stamina to use this skill, but it has no Stamina cost. This skill is free to all characters.
--Nara Darkstrider
Mercenary Guildmaster