Killing Martial Manuevers

[farik]

When designing a martial art manuever that requires the use of a weapon that does killing damage (no HTH weapon element) should you use the

Killing Attack 3 pt per DC maximum of 4DC killing

or the

extra damage 1 pt for a 1/2 d6 up to 1d6; 2 pt for a 1/2 d6 after that maximum of 3d6

 

Now as far as I can tell the killing attack maximum is higher with a higher cost per step but otherwise is there a difference between the 2 types of attack bonus when being used with a killing weapon (+1DC killing per DC)

[Steve Long]

I'm not sure I follow you. If you're designing a maneuver for use with a weapon, buy it using Normal Damage (e.g., Weapon +2 DCs), and then apply the normal rules for adding damage to a weapon with a Martial Maneuver when you use the maneuver. You don't have to use a Killing Damage maneuver just because you want to attack with a weapon.