> From: bryan neff <nagilfar_at_...>
>> We use weapons and armour to modify AP bids.
>>
> Has anybody tried to flesh out the 'even' weapon and
>armor values. I remember a previous post that
>proposed dividing the max weapon damage RQ by 2 to get
>a wider range of values. This seems a bit too much
>--too 'realism' seeking. However, not having a wider
>range of weapons and armor is frustrating as well. I
>seem to remember bastard swords being an example of a
>^4--any others?
Maybe not what you meant, but:
- any verbal modifier can be used to give a +1 or -1
e.g., short sword rank 2, big knife rank 2, long spear rank etc.
2) any two handed weapon typically gets +1 rank
so Quarterstaff is rank 4,
2H axe is rank 4
One implication is that ranks can't exceed 6 for mundane weapons (and
eventhen you might want special circumstances to apply, e.g., only strong
characters can wield rank 6 weapons).
Thom
(BTW does anyone allow Heavy Shield or Great Shield to give +2 armour rank)