Two small questions about the combat rules

[Riidi WW]

1) If I am wielding two weapons - like, say, Thumper and Thurvik - do I apply the Attack, Guard, Maneuver, Defense, Gambit results for EACH of them, or just to one of them? So like as a barehander does Attack give me +3 damage or just +1 or +2, and do I have to decide whcih weapon I'm leading with before the round starts?

 

2) Do I apply the base damage results like -6/-2 in addition to the result on the table for each round? How does this work with Special Action results that might increase or decrease my initiative?

[Legate of Mineta]

Ridi;

 

Great questions:

 

1) You get to choose. So if you get an Attack Action, you have to choose either the +2 or the +1. Usually, you want the +2.

 

2) That's correct- you apply the -6/-2 first. If you take an Action which would change your Initiative, that applies next round.

 

Let me know if you have any more questions!

[Riidi WW]

Okay, I have another question now. If I have a non-weapon piece of equipment that has an Attack, Defense, Maneuver, or Gambit effect, do I get the effect in lieu of my weapon's effect or in addition to it when I get that roll on the table?

[Riidi WW]

The formatting of the Wardstone is not clear. Does Guard 4 (1) mean it is a consumable item that gives Guard 4 for one round, that it's a repeatable-use item that gives Guard 4 for 1 round whenever used, that it can only be used once per combat, what?

[Legate of Mineta]

Riidi;

 

If you have a piece of Equipment which has an Action, that Action is available for you to choose during Combat. It does not add, unless it says 'Add'.

 

The Wardstone is consumable, and gives a 4 Guard for the coming Round, great question.

[Riidi WW]

This question is only tangentially about the combat rules. Sometimes it is clear that when I roll a d10 the range of results is 0-9 rather than 1-10. But it is not made explicit if this is always true. What about for starting copper, skill, or defense calculations? What if I roll a 0 (or a 10) on a d10 combat boon or something like that?

[Legate of Mineta]

Riidi;

 

The die should always be 1-10. If you are seeing some areas where you feel it is 0-9, let me know and I'll get that to the Team. Originally, though, you were right- they planned for 0-9, but it confused some of our testers.

 

There could be some artifacts left over from that era in the text, and, if so, let us know.

 

Thanks!

[Riidi WW]

I think the big one is the combat results table goes from 0-9. I haven't noticed any places besides that where a d10 seems to start at 0, but given how frequently I refer to it it had a disproportionate effect on me.

[Legate of Mineta]

HA!

 

That was my responsibility, too.

 

Thanks for pointing it out, I'm pretty embarrassed.

[Schwarzbart]

I personal think this confusion already start with the Holdfast Rules as you expect there already that people know what d10 means.

In my opinion the first thing about the rules should be to make clear what this short means and that you need a 4, 6, 8, 12 and 20 sided dice.

[Legate of Mineta]

Yeah, we'll have to put that into the Rules, good point.