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larsdangly · 10-01-2020, 08:07 PM

The LH attack is sort of an issue because there are several ways in which your RH can get disabled. I agree a flat -4 penalty makes as much sense as anything else. Though it seems silly to have such a penalty for a boxer's 'jab' when that is actually a high-odds attack. Personally, I think natural, simple sorts of motions (punches, kicks, dagger thrusts) should not have a favored handedness.

Once upon a time I feel like it was a stipulated in RAW that in HTH you could either do one attack (unarmed or with an allowed weapon) at +4, or two attacks at normal adjDX (two punches, two daggers, a punch and a dagger, etc.). I think this is still true in Legacy Edition, but somehow I find it harder to find the places in the text where this is spelled out in black and white.

10-01-2020, 08:07 PM	#18
larsdangly Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: Dagger used as main gauche The LH attack is sort of an issue because there are several ways in which your RH can get disabled. I agree a flat -4 penalty makes as much sense as anything else. Though it seems silly to have such a penalty for a boxer's 'jab' when that is actually a high-odds attack. Personally, I think natural, simple sorts of motions (punches, kicks, dagger thrusts) should not have a favored handedness. Once upon a time I feel like it was a stipulated in RAW that in HTH you could either do one attack (unarmed or with an allowed weapon) at +4, or two attacks at normal adjDX (two punches, two daggers, a punch and a dagger, etc.). I think this is still true in Legacy Edition, but somehow I find it harder to find the places in the text where this is spelled out in black and white.