04-09-2020, 02:28 PM | #21 |
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Re: Which weapons may be Fine Weapons?
'Limited', not omitted, was how I read it... rapiers can receive a +1 damage enhancement, but not +2. Not entirely unreasonable, but I would probably carve out an exception for rapiers in my game.
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04-09-2020, 02:35 PM | #22 |
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Re: Which weapons may be Fine Weapons?
Why is a Saber "cutting" , but a Rapier is not?
* "Cutting" weapons can go up to +2 damage, and other weapons listed can go up to +1 damage. |
04-09-2020, 02:44 PM | #23 |
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Re: Which weapons may be Fine Weapons?
It seems to me that whether a rapier is a cutting weapon depends on whether you imagine a rapier is a smallsword (a short light sword with a sharp point but little or no blade) or a fully bladed heavy rapier, which can be about as heavy as what TFT calls a broadsword.
Since TFT's "rapier" is the lightest possible sword type with the lowest damage, I tend to think it would be more like a smallsword rather than a full rapier. |
04-09-2020, 03:10 PM | #24 |
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Re: Which weapons may be Fine Weapons?
i think of a foil as a thrusting only weapon, or an epee'
A Rapier as the thinnest lightest weapon capable of a slash with an actual edge. as depicted in the weapons table LE ITL pg. 109 |
04-09-2020, 05:10 PM | #25 | |
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Re: Which weapons may be Fine Weapons?
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04-10-2020, 12:48 AM | #26 | ||
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Re: Which weapons may be Fine Weapons?
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We allowed our saber to come in the fine version, and combined with our fencing rules that became a very desireable weapon indeed, so much so my all-time best fighter "downgraded" to that late in his career even though his ST allowed him heavier weapons.
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04-16-2020, 10:48 AM | #27 |
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Re: Which weapons may be Fine Weapons?
I present to you this scholarly presentation on weapon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38q-...7u997Te93jYGAx Sure it as you will when adjudicating the rules or writing house rules for weapons.
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04-17-2020, 03:34 PM | #28 | |
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Re: Which weapons may be Fine Weapons?
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A sport saber scores points from the edge but in real life would be more like a whip than a sword if used to fight with.
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04-18-2020, 03:46 PM | #29 |
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Re: Which weapons may be Fine Weapons?
Personally, I would consider rapiers to be cutting weapons. I think a lot of people confuse rapier and epee. Epees are clearly not cutting weapons but to quote Merriam Webster: Definition of rapier (Entry 1 of 2)
: a straight 2-edged sword with a narrow pointed blade. To me, the two edges clearly indicate the potential to cut. |
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