Weapons: Dwarven and ‡

[Johnny Angel]

The Dwarven modifier from Dungeon Fantasy is pretty straight forward in what it does. It makes a weapon which normally becomes unready after an attack and makes it so you can attack and defend on the same turn with the weapon.


Dwarven states that it does not take away the 1.5 ST requirement for weapons which have the "‡" notation as part of their ST... to be able to attack and also parry on the same turn.


I'm trying to wrap my head around how all of these pieces interact. For sake of example (and because it's the weapon of choice of one of my players,) I'll be using the Testsubo (page 70 of Low-Tech.)

Normally, the swinging attack option for a Tetsubo has a parry rating of U. It also has the "‡" notation as part of the ST rating. I believe this means that the swinging attack of the weapon would still have a "U" parry even for a user with 1.5 time the strength needed to wield it properly.

A Dwarven Testsubo would no longer have a parry of "U" for the swinging attack mode, but it would still have the "‡" notation as part of the ST rating for a swing. I believe this means that the weapon would still be unbalanced to parry with for a user who did not meet the 1.5 ST requirement.

So, am I right in thinking that the weapon would need be dwarven and the user would need to meet the 1.5 ST requirement to be able to perform a swinging attacking with a Tetsubo and still parry with it on the same turn?