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Re: KYOS - getting rid of thrust and swing damage

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Originally Posted by Tyneras (Post 2069756)

Levers should really get a per-die damage bonus, scaling with the size of the lever, instead of a separate table. A dagger might get a +1 per die, since the lever is mostly your arm, while most swords might get +2 per die.

Maybe relate it to the Reach of the weapon? Keeping it simple.

Re: KYOS - getting rid of thrust and swing damage

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Originally Posted by Anders (Post 2069758)

Maybe relate it to the Reach of the weapon? Keeping it simple.

A quick glance through the weapon tables and I think you are right, assuming the majority of human warriors are in the 1d damage range a simple +damage/die equal to reach works for most cases. Add a traditional one-time bonus after that for weapons that are especially good or bad and it works quite well. I'd probably format it like this.

sw+X/d+Y injury

With X being per die bonus and Y being one-off bonus. So my fine broadsword would look like this.

sw+1/d+1 cut