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Originally Posted by FeiLin
So, assume a character of DX 10, no other Advantages/Disadvantages. Spear and Staff skills are both DX/A, and mutually default at -2. Spear the weapon can be used with Staff skill at a further -2.
If I put 24 points into Spear, I'll have 16 for attacks and 11 for parry.
If I put 16 into Spear, 8 into Staff, I'll have 14 in both, so 14 for attack and still 11 in parry ((14-2)÷2 + 3 + 2 with the staff skill). And to be able to do so freely, I need another point in Form Mastery.
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I think your numbers are off here. The -2 to use a spear as a staff is only the default penalty - there's no extra penalty to use a spear as a staff besides that. So if you have both spear and staff skill at 14, your parry with the spear, when using it with Staff skill, is actually 12 (14÷2+3+2). So there is a benefit to getting Staff skill as well as Spear, and you just have to pay the 1 extra point for Form Mastery to take advantage of it on a turn where you want poke with the spear.