Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

Now I want to create a character that uses an oosik if only for all the crude jokes/puns he would make when walloping someone. He carries spares in case one breaks leading to even more horrible humor.

Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

Hey, make sure he's a Lakota warrior with a good Hiking skill, too!

Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

This is also the fact the GURPS system those "small" advantages are actually big in effect. then you get the Legendary Katana enchanted that also has + 3 Ban vs Oni...

Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

That poor lost guy would need a high hiking skill to have made it all the way to walruses. :)

Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

But once he finds them he can kill them with thrown tomahawks, so it all works out.

Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

Um what? And where?

I'm still waiting for someone to tell me where it says the Legendary Katana gets fine for free

Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

Because it get's +1 damage to the basic listing, so it has the damage effect of Fine. By the sounds of it Mailanka is extended that to be all the effects of Fine (including the bonus to breaking).

That is not particularly odd given the premise of the listing.

However again the main point is that yeah +1 damage is nice in isolation, but what's really nice is that you can go ahead and stack fine (and v.fine) on top of it. Yeah it will expensive but it is legendary after all.


A similar point about the long bow really. Yeah AD(2) might not sound awesomely legendary, but add hardened arrow tips to it and you have a weapon that will make French knights quail in fear since a ST12* Welsh Archer will now be penetrating armour at 1d+2(4)**. But again best to view this second one in context of Deadly Spring not Basic & LT bows for a true legendary to reality comparison.



But again, if none of this is legendary enough for your game (and it may well not be), bump them up some more!





*a not very Legendary Welsh archer of course!

**or maybe (5) since the next level up from AD(2) is AD(5)

Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

Using Douglas Cole's rescaled damage (link below) makes the damage addition on weapons much more important, because each +1 translates to adding an additional 0.33 x ST to damage. I think there are a lot of points in favor of it, matter of fact.

(http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.p...3&postcount=56)

Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

Free "Fine" is on p.16 of the LTC2.

The first outright says that's what you should do, the second gives the same effect plus a bit more and isn't by itself a quality mod, and therefore can be made fine on top.

Re: Ethnic Cool Weapons, What's the Point?
 

hah, I had completely forgotten that LTC2 had cool ethic weapon rules as well!

Hmm +1 to hit or 0F parry for the Katana :-)