Two Weapons

From: Michael A. Derry <derry_at_jugenstil.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 10:13:03 -0800

Joseph Troxell asks: >Or, is
>there a good reason most people use a shield? It seems like it would be
>much more difficult to use two weapons than a weapon and shield. Has anyone
>dealt with this, perhaps even coming up with rules?

Shields have a left hand Parry starting percentage of 25%. Most left handed weapons start at 5%. Full time warriors can train away this difference in a short time, but if one had to train a group of soldiers or warriors having them start 20% higher allows the trainer to actually accomplish something before the "troops" return to the fields.

The main advantages of two weapons are dual attack and having a spare weapon in hand if the other impales, breaks, gets knocked away, or is otherwise unavailable.

Michael Derry
408/974-7388 wk
415/365-4144 hm

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