Re: [HoE] Misc. Questions

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

>1) Force Field - Syker.  Apologies if I asked this before, but...what is up 
>with this?  Subsequent rules on Force Fields are pretty clear (Junker and 
>Cyborg SBs).  You've got to have weapons "synchronized" to get out through 
>the field, or otherwise the field acts as armor for the person being hit.
>
>But for Sykers...?  Can they synchronize their personal self-generated force 
>fields somehow, through sheer act of will? 

Since absolutely nothing in the description of the syker power mentions
anything about syncronization . . . 

>2) Sweep (from the Templar sword-fighting tactics section).  I'm a little 
>unclear on this.  Can it be used with two weapons?  Not that familiar on the 
>swordfighting side of things, but A) the picture shows the guy using a 
>single weapon two-handed; B) Since a lot of it involves using your strength 
>to literally pull the sword out and move it on to the next person you might 
>need a sword; C) The Figure Eight maneuver has separate entries for 
>one-weapon and two-weapon but Sweep doesn't; and D) It takes even longer to 
>roll a single action in combat when it consists of, say, a Sweep on six 
>people if you're using two weapons.

Sweep can not be used one handed, unless you have supernatural strength. (
> d12) Even then, the maneuver can not be performed with both primary and
off hands in the same action.

>Also, the Sweep rules are a little vague on one thing, and again, since I'm 
>not an expert on swordfighting (although the rules seem to assume I am... :( 
>), another question we had come up was...what if you miss an attack in the 
>sequence?  If you miss attacking Sweep target #2 of 6, do you just hop skip 
>and jump on to 3, 4, 5, and 6, or does that end the Sweep right there?

Roll damage as if it was a hit, and then roll the strength check to see if
it continues.  

If you want it more complicated, then check the to hit roll.  If it was a
clean miss, then it continues.  But if it missed because of the passive
defense, then roll for damage for the sole purpose of the strength check.
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