01-14-2012, 04:34 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
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Unbalanced weapons: ready after attack or not?
Saw reference to being able to now attack with an axe every turn if you don't parry with it. I know what the book says but it is slightly ambiguous. Does there exist anywhere a quote from Dr. Kromm on this topic? (Not asking for a new one, looking for an existing one). Reason is, a friend insists the old rule of "you have to re-ready an axe after every swing" still applies. Is this true?
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01-14-2012, 04:41 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Yukon, OK
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Re: Unbalanced weapons: ready after attack or not?
Not sure if this is enough to help you but from MA....
Parry: The modifier to parry when using the weapon with the indicated skill. F means the weapon is a fencing weapon (see p. B404). U means its unbalanced and cant parry on the turn it attacks. No means it cant parry! And ST: The minimum ST needed to wield the weapon properly; fighters with lower ST suffer -1 to skill per point of ST deficit. Effective ST for damage purposes cant exceed triple the listed ST. means the weapon requires two hands; means it requires two hands and becomes unready after an attack unless you have at least 1.5 times the listed ST. So an Axe cant parry on the turn you attack with it but there is an optional rule I think using defensive attack. |
01-14-2012, 05:11 PM | #3 | |
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Re: Unbalanced weapons: ready after attack or not?
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The thing which is actually called 'Unbalanced' in the Basic Set (and maybe shouldn't be due to confusion) is the U parry modifier. Which is defined on page 269 with "you cannot use it to parry if you have already used it to attack this turn (or vice versa)." It is also mentioned on p376, consistent with the prior definition. Nearly all axes or axe-like weapons have this feature (there is one exception in the basic set and a few others elsewhere). If using Martial Arts rules, a Defensive Attack maneuver can allow you to attack with such a weapon and still parry with it. There are two traits a weapon can have that may result in it becoming unready after attacking. The and modifiers on the weapon's ST stat, defined on page 270, mean that depending on the user's strength and number of hands used the weapon may become unready after an attack. This is also mentioned on pages 369 and 383, consistently with the prior definition (though someone extrapolating from those bits of text having not actually read the rules on page 270 might get the wrong idea). Notably, in the Basic Set all two-handed axe-like attacks are , meaning that if the user doesn't have significantly more than the base ST requirement they will need to Ready the weapon after each attack. This isn't true of one-handed axes, and in other books you'll find two-handed axe/mace weapon stat-lines that don't have .
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne FL, Formerly Wellington NZ
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Re: Unbalanced weapons: ready after attack or not?
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[Help] A problem with parry and unbalanced weapons. Quote:
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01-14-2012, 07:10 PM | #5 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
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Re: Unbalanced weapons: ready after attack or not?
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