Hidden rule, crouching facepalm

[Adm.Lee]

I don't remember why I was just flipping through the Big Yellow Book just now, but I was. I read through the Skills section in Character Generation, and something popped out that I could have sworn wasn't there before.

When a skill level matches its controlling attribute, every skill point above that is halved.

I don't know how many times I've griped about players who plow every skill point they can grab into Small Arms (rifle), to end up with super-shooter PCs with no other skills worth speaking of.