01-09-2012, 06:51 PM | #11 |
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Re: Damage from Removing Impaling Weapons
Don't forget to reference "What is a Rapid Strike" in MA.
Twisting or draw-cutting with a weapon while pulling it out can be the second part of a rapid strike, doing full damage for the weapon.
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01-09-2012, 07:46 PM | #12 |
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Re: Damage from Removing Impaling Weapons
Tangential to that, would you allow a Rapid Strike to be used to strike with a pick and pull it out in one second? Presumably the second "attack" would just use the rules for Stuck Picks (ie, ST roll instead of to-hit, inflicts 1/2 of previous injury.) Or should it use the normal attack rules, since you're already rolling at a steep penalty?
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01-09-2012, 07:57 PM | #13 | |
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Because the ST roll to free the pick is a Ready, it technically cannot be part of Rapid Strike, which pretty much only allows attacks and things like Feint masquerading as attacks. There are two potential "house rules" to amend this: 1) You can free a pick by making a ST roll on your next MANEUVER. So if you have Altered Time Rate, p. B38, you can attack with the pick on one maneuver, and free it on another. This really says that unless you're preternaturally fast, you get to wait until the next second like any other schlub. 2) You can free a pick by making a ST roll on your next attack, and this means that unless the GM says "you must AoA(Double) to do this" you could combine it with Rapid Strike, free it with Extra Attack, etc. 3) One possibility for the above is to make the ST roll to free it a Quick Contest against the MinST of the pick. Might make it a bit harder, since you have to beat both your ST level and a bit of random chance.
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