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Topic: Weapons and proficiencies
Started by: toli
Started on: 12/31/2003
Board: The Riddle of Steel


On 12/31/2003 at 12:51am, toli wrote:
Weapons and proficiencies

I think this type of question has come up before, but I couldn't find it in the archive section...

Can I happily use a cut and thrust sword with my longsword proficiency. Obviously only the longsword maneuvers would be available unless I defaulted to cut and thrust.

NT

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On 12/31/2003 at 1:12am, Brian Leybourne wrote:
RE: Weapons and proficiencies

It's certainly around here somewhere (been discussed before). Think of the proficiencies as being the set of maneuvers you know more than the specific weapon itself. Thus I would let someone use their longsword proficiency to swing an approximately longsword-sized club around (but the damage would be different, of course) because what they're using still feels pretty much like what they're used to.

Cut & Thrust using Longsword proficiency? Quite possibly, except that Cut & Thrust weapons are lighter and smaller than a Long Sword so I would probably enforce the default (-3 in this case) to account for the weight etc difference anyway. That's IMO, of course.

Brian.

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On 12/31/2003 at 1:13am, Jake Norwood wrote:
RE: Weapons and proficiencies

If you're using it like a longsword, than yes. That means a complex hilt will get in the way, and the shortened handle will be a problem, but yes, you can, albeit the default might be closer to the "right" way to use a C&T.

Jake

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On 12/31/2003 at 5:08pm, toli wrote:
RE: Weapons and proficiencies

Thanks for the reply. The issues of the hilt and weight differences are what made me question the whole idea. I generally thought they would be different enough to warrant using the default instead...

NT

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