2 Q: breaking weapons. Knockdown rolls.

[kidar]

Lo,

Many weapons are made of wood instead of steel. F.ex. staff and short spear. If I use a staff to parry strikes made by a sword, how easily does the staff get broken?

Second and very simple question,
"a TN equal to twice the number of your attacker's MoS (counting after your defence but before armor)"

Is this correct:

TN = 2 * (Weapon Dam (including Str) + MoS - To)

Eg. MoS=2, Str=5, To=4, Weapon=long sword (2h cut):

TN = 2 * (5+2 + 2 - 4) = 10




kiD

[Bob Richter]

Wooden weapons are not as easy to break as some would have you believe.

As a matter of fact, pound for pound, oak wood is stronger than steel.

With a good heavy axe and a chopping block, you could split a quarterstaff with little effort, but in battle the feat is nearly impossible.

The staff will get marked up, and the sword might get stuck, but it's not much unlike parrying a sword with another sword or a steel pipe. Neither weapon is likely to break.

[Salamander]

Lo,

Many weapons are made of wood instead of steel. F.ex. staff and short spear. If I use a staff to parry strikes made by a sword, how easily does the staff get broken?

In the parry of a metal weapon by a wooden one, I feel that you may be suprised to find that if your staff takes any damage beyond a scuff where the impact was parried, you might have done the parry wrong. Wooden weapons are not that easy to destroy. Of course your first mistake was to attack the weapon. If I were you, I'd pay attention to the opponent, not his weapon.

Second and very simple question,
"a TN equal to twice the number of your attacker's MoS (counting after your defence but before armor)"

Is this correct:

TN = 2 * (Weapon Dam (including Str) + MoS - To)

Eg. MoS=2, Str=5, To=4, Weapon=long sword (2h cut):

TN = 2 * (5+2 + 2 - 4) = 10




kiD

I don't have my book handy, but I think your knockdown calculation looks good.

[kidar]

Thanks guys!