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Originally Posted by Dejavroom
Is that to say if someone had Broadsword 15, They'd also be able to use rapiers at Skill level 11? Is that correct?
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Exactly so.
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But if you just took Rapier as a skill, It'd have the fencing weapon default of -3?
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Defaults are about trying to do things that you don't have the right skill for.
Bill has Broadsword skill at 15, so he rolls against 15 when using a broadsword. If he doesn't have a broadsword available, he can use a rapier, at skill 11, or a sabre, also at skill 11. Those skills default to Broadsword-4, which is why he can use them at 11. The other fencing weapons, main-gauche and smallsword, don't have defaults to Broadsword, so Bill has to use his DX-based default, which will almost certainly be worse.
Rachel has Rapier skill at 15. She rolls against 15 when using a rapier. If she tries to use any other kind of fencing weapon, those all default to Rapier-3, so she uses them at 12 - they have more in common with using a rapier that a broadsword does with a rapier. That's the only place where the "fencing weapon default of -3" applies. She can also use a broadsword at Rapier-4, which is 11.
Does that make more sense?