02-18-2010, 10:12 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Weapon Master: Chainsaw? How does the damage bonus work?
Various high tech melee weapons like chainswords and vibroblades add bonus dice to your damage roll. Weapon Master gives you a damage bonus per dice. How do they interact?
I can see three possibilities: (a) Powered weapons aren't usable with Weapon Master. There is no damage bonus. (b) The extra dice don't get the bonus, but it still applies to the basic dice from your ST. (c) All dice get the bonus. |
02-18-2010, 10:15 AM | #2 | |
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: Weapon Master: Chainsaw? How does the damage bonus work?
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02-18-2010, 11:17 AM | #3 | |
Join Date: Jan 2010
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02-18-2010, 12:42 PM | #4 | |
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Re: Weapon Master: Chainsaw? How does the damage bonus work?
Exactly. Wherever the dice come from (with the exception of any dice that you gain from Converting Adds to Dice, of course), they get the bonus. Weapon Master doesn't specify that the dice must come from your strength.
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For example, a ST 16 man wielding a maul does 2d+6 damage. If he has Weapon Master, he adds another +4 (+2 per die) for 2d+10. You may then choose (optionally!) to convert that to 4d+3. But a ST 17 man wielding a maul does 3d+3 damage. If he has Weapon Master, he adds another +6, for 3d+9, which optionally converts to 5d+2.
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02-18-2010, 12:44 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: Weapon Master: Chainsaw? How does the damage bonus work?
The only time I think it might be an issue would be dealing with a gadget instead of gear based weapon.
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02-18-2010, 02:32 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
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Re: Weapon Master: Chainsaw? How does the damage bonus work?
Why? You've already bought the gadget dice with points. Never mind that one mans gadget is another mans off-the-shelf force sword.
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02-19-2010, 11:57 AM | #7 |
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