Re: Augments?

From: Jeff <jakyer_at_...>
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 17:50:33 -0000

> Jeff :
>
> > > Are you saying I could be a Sword Fighter with a handy
> > > auto-augment from my Shield Fighting ability ?
> >
> > (...) you'd get an improve penalty on both (you are fightnig
neither
> > with a sword nor with a shield). There's a nice list of sample
improv
> > penalties.
>
> Oh OK, that's helpful.
>
> Julian

>From the HQ rules:

Sword and Shield Fighting:
Without a shield -5
With a shield and a similar hand-held weapon (eg. scimitar)-5 With a handheld weapon unfamliar to the hero (eg morning star) -10 With a handheld weapon the hero has never seen before (eg nunchucks) -20
Use of a dwarf's repeat crossbow: not possible

Improv penalties are no longer trival and 'Close Combat' is no longer the rules-crock that it used to be.

So, your sample, rather ludicrious example would have -5 for his swordfighting but using a shield and his shield fighting would have a -5 penalty as well before getting an augment.

If auto augment rules are used, he would need to have Shield-fighting at 10w2 to offset the -5 penalty. Of course, at a lower skill levelf, the player could roll for the augment and take his chances...

I trust this helps?

Jeff

Improve penalty