Weapon Master Broadsword?

Jeminai · 07-31-2010, 02:52 PM

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?

Bruno · 07-31-2010, 02:53 PM

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

Diomedes · 07-31-2010, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeminai

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?

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

ericbsmith · 07-31-2010, 02:56 PM

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.

Jeminai · 08-02-2010, 12:00 PM

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?

PK · 08-02-2010, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeminai

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

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.

Gurps Fan · 08-02-2010, 07:00 PM

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

roguebfl · 08-02-2010, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gurps Fan

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

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

Bruno · 08-02-2010, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by roguebfl

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

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".

roguebfl · 08-02-2010, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruno

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".

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

07-31-2010, 02:52 PM	#1
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07-31-2010, 02:53 PM	#2
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07-31-2010, 02:56 PM	#4
ericbsmith Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.	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. __________________ Eric B. Smith GURPS Data File Coordinator GURPSLand I shall pull the pin from this healing grenade and... Kaboom-baya.

08-02-2010, 12:00 PM	#5
Jeminai Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Jacksonville FL	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? __________________ Two things that I learned from Dungeons & Dragons is that I LOVE GURPS and it isn't really a compliment when a gnome tells you your hair smells nice.

08-02-2010, 07:00 PM	#7
Gurps Fan Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Japan	Re: Weapon Master Broadsword? Side question: Does the class "all axes and maces" include baseball bats? __________________ Gurps Fan, a rules lawyer from the mysterious country of ninja, samurai, and magical girls, the inventor of M.U.N.C.H.K.I.N.

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