Re: [HOE] Two weapons fighting

["Jeff Shoffner" <shoffner@esper.com>]

>> Okay, how about this.....[snip]
>
>Thats still a little complicated for my tastes, but we're down to
>prefences here, so what works for you might not for me etc.
>Give it a playtest and let us know how it goes...we've got to get the
>TMNT back somehow!  The Eastman and Laird comics of course, not the movies
>or (shudder) the cartoon... :-)


To each his own.


>> As for durability, I'd have to go the opposite.  Prewar swords have
better
>> durability; junker tech is just that--junk.  If the sword is something
>> special, maybe have a AV for it that reduces the STR die roll a step or
two.
>>
>
>I was working off the description in weaponsmith where it says that to
>make the weapon armour percing, it gets hardened with alloys etc, which
>would imply it would be easier to break, otherwise, I'm right with you..

Ah!  I didn't bother to read Weaponsmith, so now I look foolish.  Okay,
you're right.   Hmmmmm, so for the sake of arguement, let's say the average
sword is a Frame of 3, with a durability of 6.  If it happens to be
Weaponsmithed for armour peircing, then the AP value is added to the
durability.  El Cheapo swords that have malfuntion numbers have the
difference of 20 minus malf number subtracted from its durability.  (ie: a
sword with a malf of 18 would have a durability of 4)

So let's see if this agrees with everyone.  Person with a 4D10 STR using a
sai catches an attacker's sword & gets a raise.  He then tries to break said
sword, rolls 4D10, & gets a 3, 6, 1, & 10.  Rerolls 10, & gets 2.  His total
for damage is 6 (10+2=12 divided by 2), which does not over come a typical
sword's durability, so the sword doesn't break.  Now he manages (by
marshal's house rules) to keep the sword captured & on the next action,
tries to break again, rolls 5, 1, 1, & 10, rerolls the 10, gets 7.  17
divided by 2 is 8 (rounded down), *snap!*

Now, it sounds tough to break a person's sword this way.  I did this
intentionally because, hey, it IS tough to break a sword this way!!  Maybe
one of them katanas that have been folded a kabillion times is easy to break
doing this, but try this stunt against an English longsword?

Sound okay to you?

Jeff S