> --- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "markmohrfield"
> <markmohrfield_at_z...> wrote:
> > For whatever it's worth, Frithorf WildWind (HQ pg237)in the High
> > Pressure Front sample adventure get +5 for two spears.
> >
> I don't have Barbarian Adventures handy, but didn't it give the two-
> scimitar style people a +5 too? I think the (somewhat bizarre, imo)
> de facto is "if you have both hands wielding a serious weapon (be it
> a big two handed weapon or two full size one handed weapons) you get
> +5. If you use x-and-shield, you get +4. It seems a bit odd to me,
> I'd not have thought that a shield was that inferior to a second
> weapon, but it is a matter of only +1, so *shrug*
That sounds good to me. With two weapons you are focused on offence and pure swordplay. Sword and shield isn't as offensive, but you have more defensive options, like standing in a shieldwall or blocking arrows.
-Adept
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