12-10-2018, 01:42 PM | #11 | |
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Re: Care and feeding of the wizard's staff
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12-10-2018, 01:45 PM | #12 |
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Re: Care and feeding of the wizard's staff
Maybe I misread the Staff descriptions or maybe I'm misremembering but...there is no 'non-occult damage'. It's all occult all the time, baby! :)
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12-10-2018, 02:09 PM | #13 | |
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A “staff” does not have to be a literal staff, but it has to be of that general shape. Common forms include: • An actual staff. Advantage: has other uses, including walking, whacking foes, and poking questionable items. Disadvantage: bulky, visible. • A wand. Advantages: light, stylish, can be concealed. Disadvantage: does no damage of its own if you strike with it. • Sword (must be silver, or it’s just a club). Advantages: deadly weapon, can be enhanced by staff-strike power. Disadvantage: of less use unless you have Sword training. • Dagger (must be silver, or it’s just a stake). Advantages: last-ditch weapon, cleaning fingernails, gesturing emphatically. Disadvantage: less effective if you don’t buy Knife talent.
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12-10-2018, 02:38 PM | #14 | |
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12-10-2018, 02:43 PM | #15 |
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Re: Care and feeding of the wizard's staff
From the page # he quoted at the beginning of that line. P.122 Clubs. End of second paragraph.
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12-10-2018, 02:47 PM | #16 | |
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I also ruled that the wizard can't just pick up any old piece of wood and turn it into a staff. I think a bit more work should go into that process.
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12-13-2018, 12:59 PM | #18 |
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Re: Care and feeding of the wizard's staff
Circling back to the 'defend' option, when I read the whole section on page 117, I'm left with the impression that the intent of the rule assumes the engaged combatant has training with the weapon being used to defend. I realize the text does not say that explicitly, but I find it hard to justify letting a character effectively defend themselves if they have no melee talents whatsoever regardless of what they are holding. Requiring a 4-die roll does not seem appropriate against someone who doesn't know how to parry with a staff in combat.
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12-13-2018, 02:39 PM | #19 | |
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Page 117 "A figure can defend only if it has a staff, sword, club, etc., ready to parry the attack with." Remember that nobody has a Club talent.
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12-13-2018, 11:38 PM | #20 | |
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An armed but unskilled opponent would be somewhere in-between an armed skilled opponent and an unarmed opponent. |
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