04-14-2020, 03:34 PM | #11 |
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Re: Weapon Master as part of a power
I think this is important. IA has you roll against a skill to use it and No Roll Required can get rid of that. Does NRR do anything on WM?
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04-14-2020, 04:40 PM | #12 | |
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Re: Weapon Master as part of a power
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And this is an outlier in how Talents work, because Sorcerers are meant to be highly skilled, but their magic is meant to 'just work'. Note, I'm not arguing against making a "Bladesinger" Talent (frex). Just build it like a Power Talent + a Skill Talent. |
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04-14-2020, 08:02 PM | #13 |
Join Date: Feb 2016
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Re: Weapon Master as part of a power
I tend towards for raw power when I use Weapon Master. A character with ST 20, DX 12, IQ 10, HT 12, Combat Reflexes, Weapon Master (Staff), and Staff-22 runs at around 220 CP and is capable of performing three 3d+10 crushing strikes per turn at skill 16 (a cheaper version with ST 14, reducing tge cost to 160 CP, deals 'only' 2d+6 damage with each of their strikes per turn). Everything else is just gravy at that point.
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04-14-2020, 09:02 PM | #14 |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Dreamland
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Re: Weapon Master as part of a power
I keep forgetting how much power you get from WM. I love the combo with fencing weapons to have continually high parries, but yeah the damage is a huge part of WM.
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04-14-2020, 10:39 PM | #15 |
Join Date: Feb 2016
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Re: Weapon Master as part of a power
Staffs also benefit from the same rules (Martial Arts, p. 123). If you really want to be a defense bunny, give the previous build OHT (Staff) and two staffs (it is strong enough to use staffs one-handed without any penalty). With the +2 to parry and the -1 per additional parry after the first one per weapon, things get really interesting very quickly. Using their default DWA (Staff), the individual could engage six people at a time and disable two per turn.
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04-15-2020, 08:17 AM | #16 | |
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Re: Weapon Master as part of a power
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04-15-2020, 09:43 AM | #17 |
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Re: Weapon Master as part of a power
You can use staffs one-handed without penalty if you have ST 14+.
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04-15-2020, 08:33 PM | #18 |
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Re: Weapon Master as part of a power
Please see MA220. A Staff weapon wielded in one hand uses Broadsword skill. You might be able to try to claim you'd still use the +2 Parry, but that makes absolutely no sense, particularly with the jo (which is already usable with Broadsword, but doesn't get the bonus there; there's no realistic reason why the jo would get a +2 to Parry when wielded one-handed by characters with ST 12+). Again, the +2 to Parry is a function of the Staff skill (in conjunction with a compatible weapon, note dueling polearms don't get it), not a property of the weapon itself.
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04-15-2020, 09:32 PM | #19 |
Join Date: Feb 2016
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Re: Weapon Master as part of a power
It is the large blocking surface that gives the +2 to skill. The problem with using staff with Broadsword is that it assumes that you are wielding it like a sword, holding it at one end, when you could instead be holding it in the middle, which would require Staff. Even the -1 damage does not really make sense though, as a staff is heavier than a bokken (which is also used with Broadsword), so it should deal more damage.
Either way though, using staff with two hands is more effective for offense, so I tend to go with that option. Hitting three people per turn with an average of 20 crushing damage is rather awesome. It also means that you are fully exploiting WM. Last edited by AlexanderHowl; 04-15-2020 at 09:46 PM. |
04-15-2020, 09:46 PM | #20 |
Join Date: Dec 2007
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