Weapon Master vs. Martial Arts DCs

[unclevlad]

I'm building a melee specialist.  Several martial maneuvers, plus weapon elements of Blades and Ninja Weapons.  And I've got a couple nice blades defined.  If I add martial arts DCs, do these add to the damage done with the blades, which are weapon elements?  It would seem so, and it would seem that it does it cheaper and better than the Weaponmaster talent.  I can be 3 HTH DCs for 12 points in my martial arts, and it clearly applies to my open-hand strikes and my weapon strikes (+1d6 K).  +1d6 K from Weaponmaster is 20 for swords and daggers...ergo, not the open-hand strikes.

 

Thanks...

 

 

[Steve Long]

Yes, if you have a Martial Art, and it's usable with weapons (either by default, like Fencing, or because you bought a Weapon Element for it), the DCs from the Maneuver add to the weapon's damage as described on 6E2 99-102. Some GMs may restrict this for some campaigns, though.