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Re: Two-handed fighting

Your confusion seems to be thinking that Two Weapon Fighting is actually a combat maneuver used instead of Sweep -- but in fact it is just a skill that lessens the penalties of Sweep (or rapid fire) maneuvers that the player uses. Instead of reducing your DCV to 1/2 your current, it only takes off 2 points; and it allows you to ignore the first -2 penalty (so your attacks are at -0, -0, -2, -4, instead of -0, -2, -4, -6). It also allows you to ignore the -3 penalty for using an off-hand attack.

 

Anyway, this is clearly laid out in 5ER p73...

 

Also, Sweep doesn't restrict you to "the same weapon", only that they all be HTH attacks. 5ER 397 :-)

If the difference is a +2 to hit (after the first) and a maybe little better DCV (it seems to be a wash for anything less than a dex of 16) I do not see the advantage over over taking a few 3pt skill levels in combat. Am I missing something?

Re: Two-handed fighting

For some reason Two Weapon Fighting really confuses me. I am rather new to the game so please forgive the ignorace, but:

With sweep you can hit multiple times with the same weapon while with TWF you can hit multiple times with two different weapons? What is the advantage with having TWF? Do they work much differently? Is there a another example of TWF besides the one in the book (sorry Steve).

Re: Martial Arts for Missle Weapons

Thanks guys. I think I will try to make it work for now without the USMA.

It does give me some motivation to pick it up after some expenses get paid

Are there any rules governing the use of Martial Arts for Missle weapons? The FREd does say either way (that I can tell).

Re: Space Master by ICE

There did not seem to be too much interest so I have given it a fairly low priority.

"Not too much interest." I've been checking the board every day since you made the announcement.

If scanning/emailing is a problem you could copy/mail them. I would be willing to help some.

How do i create an explosion or AE that requires a dex roll to remain standing?