half-swording and doppelhander question

[bergh]

Q: Why are there fixed ATN & DTN for halfswording? , somehow a longsword and a Doppelhander, is now equal in hitting, but the doppelhander just gives more damage. weird......

Q: PAGE 252: doppelhander intry.
Two profiles, one of them with an*.....please help, are there actually who ways kinds of doppelhander, or is that two ways of using it, like the text decripes, but what is the catch with the*?

[Jake Norwood]

Q: Why are there fixed ATN & DTN for halfswording? , somehow a longsword and a Doppelhander, is now equal in hitting, but the doppelhander just gives more damage. weird......


Q: PAGE 252: doppelhander intry.
Two profiles, one of them with an*.....please help, are there actually who ways kinds of doppelhander, or is that two ways of using it, like the text decripes, but what is the catch with the*?

This is actually one answer.  Longswords, bastard swords, and other "normal" swords use half-swording stats from the maneuver.  Doppelhanders use the * entry when half swording, not the modified stats in the maneuver listing.

Jake

[bergh]

Thanks for giving a good short answer, i will note it in the margin of my rulebook!

[bergh]

I have asked this in another thread, but if you cannot swing when half-swording, why are there then a CUT profile, under the specific doppelhander-half sword profile?

[Muggins]

You can definitely swing the blade while half-swording. Both the tip and the hilt are fine and dandy for slamming into someone's face. There was even a blow called the Murder stroke that involved dropping the hand from the hile and really launching the hilt and the crossguard like a hammer at the opponent.

James

[Jake Norwood]

I have asked this in another thread, but if you cannot swing when half-swording, why are there then a CUT profile, under the specific doppelhander-half sword profile?

Doppelhanders, due to the "second" grip and longer blade, are more polearms than swords in use.  They can still chop just fine.  It's the shorter swords-  great and long, where you grab the blade near to the point, and hold the edge, not a second hilt of sorts.

Jake