Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

If a character wants to be a weapon master with a Bastard Sword, do they need to buy the 2 weapon version of WM (Broadsword and 2-Handed Sword) to get benefits to use it both one and two handed?

Re: Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

No, Weapon master is by weapon, not by skill. So you only need the one weapon version.

Re: Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

No, Weapon Master (Bastard Sword) would cover all skills used with a Bastard Sword.

Re: Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

OTOH, Weapon Master (Bastard Sword) is only good for Bastard Swords; you'd get no bonuses for either Two-Handed Swords or Broadswords. You'd need to take something like Weapon Master (Swords) to be able to run the full gamut of swords, which would cost proportionally more.

Re: Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

I guess I have been doing this incorrectly for some time. I would take WM: Axe/Mace (1 skill) and thought that the character would be able to get all bonuses with anything used with that skill. This would be 20 points.

It seems that I should be taking WM: Axe or WM: Mace or WM: Pick for 20 points. and i only get the benefits with that one weapon.

Does that mean that WM: (Axe/Mace) is 30 points since it covers a "class" of weapons?

Re: Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

I'd say that "all one-handed axes and maces" are a reasonable small class, yes, since I'd consider "all axes and maces" a medium class.

Re: Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

Side question: Does the class "all axes and maces" include baseball bats?

Re: Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

yes, if uses two handed (use one handed it's a Club)

Re: Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

He said "all axes and maces" not "two handed axes and maces" :D I would say it definitely fits in the category of "All axes and maces, regardless of hands used".

Re: Weapon Master Broadsword?
 

except the one handed version of the attack does not use an axe or mace skill, but Broadsword (p.271).