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Icelander · 03-06-2010, 11:19 AM

In a realistic game, I'd forbid it because it hurts my suspension of disbelief that someone could be better when striking with two weapons at once than if he a were to strike with only one of them.

In a cinematic game, I'd probably forbid it because it's a point-crock. If I did not, it would be because while a +4 to almost all attacks is good, it was comparable to +1 to skill. For this to be true, Feints and resisting them would have to be important, Rapid Strikes would have to be possible for more than two attacks, etc.

Even so, I wouldn't have any good answers for why the skill of the character dropped by 10 points when he tried to make three attacks instead of two with his two weapons. So I'd probably forbid it as being silly.

03-06-2010, 11:19 AM	#3
Icelander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iceland*	Re: Allowing Technique Mastery with Dual-Weapon Attack In a realistic game, I'd forbid it because it hurts my suspension of disbelief that someone could be better when striking with two weapons at once than if he a were to strike with only one of them. In a cinematic game, I'd probably forbid it because it's a point-crock. If I did not, it would be because while a +4 to almost all attacks is good, it was comparable to +1 to skill. For this to be true, Feints and resisting them would have to be important, Rapid Strikes would have to be possible for more than two attacks, etc. Even so, I wouldn't have any good answers for why the skill of the character dropped by 10 points when he tried to make three attacks instead of two with his two weapons. So I'd probably forbid it as being silly. __________________ Za uspiekh nashevo beznadiozhnovo diela!