04-24-2019, 03:24 PM | #11 |
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Re: [MA] [LT] Dueling Buckler and Shield-Hand Knife
That you know of. In both videos he's sacrificing some amount of control by griping two objects at once, he doesn't have full contact with the grips of either. This to me sounds very much like a -2 to both skills.
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04-24-2019, 06:22 PM | #12 | |
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04-24-2019, 08:02 PM | #13 |
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Re: [MA] [LT] Dueling Buckler and Shield-Hand Knife
Well, you don't know that either :) That some of the other guys are exercising this option shows me that it was common enough that they thought the reduction in their skill level was not significant.
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04-25-2019, 08:09 AM | #14 |
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Re: [MA] [LT] Dueling Buckler and Shield-Hand Knife
Shows that they thought the cost was worthwhile, which is not the same thing as "insignificant". A skilled warrior might be willing to eat a -2 to skill to gain some extra flexibility or opportunity. Even if that's popular, it doesn't mean that the penalty should be -0.
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04-25-2019, 03:39 PM | #15 | |
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Those guys aren't skilled warriors (lets ignore the hokyness of the entire video for the moment), and you can tell that they are pretty comfortable holding those items in that manner. Almost like they were designed to have the option to be held that way. Of course, if they used it to stab, they'd still take a penalty for OHA. |
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04-25-2019, 04:19 PM | #16 |
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Re: [MA] [LT] Dueling Buckler and Shield-Hand Knife
-2 makes sense to me too; both for realism and for game balance.
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04-25-2019, 05:23 PM | #17 |
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Re: [MA] [LT] Dueling Buckler and Shield-Hand Knife
Erm... what? If I use my sword to stab I can still parry with it. Likewise is I use my shield to bash, I can still block with it. Same holds true here, if you stab with the knife you can still block with the buckler, and if you bash with the buckler you can still parry with the knife.
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04-25-2019, 07:46 PM | #18 | |
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04-25-2019, 09:27 PM | #19 |
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04-26-2019, 08:27 AM | #20 | |
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On the other hand, you can block all day with that buckler, holding a thin-handled blade and not have problems. Same thing with ice-pick stab with the dagger. I don't think the combination shifts the center of mass more than a few percent. |
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