Another Dual Weapon thread

[Zipp]

I understand everyone has a system for dual weapons, but I don't actually see where Joe ever refers to the ability to dual weapon in his books. Anyone want to enlighten me?

[Thomas Wolmer]

No, he doesn't. As the text is written, it seems clear that you only use one weapon at a time. Some examples...

You sheathed your weapon in order to use the bow, but unfortunately the warrior attacks before you can draw it to defend yourself. Therefore you must deduct 4 points from your COMBAT SKILL for the first two rounds of combat. If you are still alive by the third round, you manage to unsheathe your weapon and retaliate.

You lash out at the monster's eyelid and open a terrible wound. But before you can deal another a bolt of red fire screams down from the grating, hits your shoulder, and paralyses your whole arm with a sickening pain. You reel back, your weapon clattering to the ground as your fingers are robbed of all feeling (lose 6 ENDURANCE points).
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Your weapon lies on the ground near your feet, and you must deduct 4 points from your COMBAT SKILL total for the first two rounds of combat. If you are still alive at the beginning of the third round, you can retrieve your weapon.

With a cry of frustration, you discard your bow and unsheathe a hand weapon as the snake draws itself back in preparation to strike.

You block the blow but your weapon is destroyed in a flash of sparks (delete this weapon from your Action Chart)

Therefore, I certainly don't use any dual weapon rules. ;D

[Zipp]

Ah, thank you. Yeah, I don't dual weapon either.

[Frying Pan]

Why stop at 2? With Grand Nexus, I can levitate ten other weapons while holding two in each hand. I declare that the enemy cannot simultaneously parry attacks from the Sommerswerd, Dagger of Vashna, Helshezag, and that [darn] Silver Box flying at his head, so he is automatically killed.

This is just ridiculous.

[Black Cat]

Frying said:

Why stop at 2? With Grand Nexus, I can levitate ten other weapons while holding two in each hand. I declare that the enemy cannot simultaneously parry attacks from the Sommerswerd, Dagger of Vashna, Helshezag, and that [darn] Silver Box flying at his head, so he is automatically killed.

This is just ridiculous.

Hey, don't forget that you can, with the help of duck tape, put a dagger a the tip of each of your boots for a better effect. ;D

[Frying Pan]

Black said:

Hey, don't forget that you can, with the help of duck tape, put a dagger a the tip of each of your boots for a better effect. ;D

Actually, I'd duck tape a dagger and an axe onto my broadsword. That way I'd get triple the weaponmastery bonuses, one for each weapon, for a total of +9. AND I'll have a shield duck-taped on both arms for a total of +4. Woohoo!

[Black Cat]

Seriously, I never played with the dual weapon system and I always considered the weapon-like Special Items as regular weapons at the same time. I can't imagine LW in book 12 carrying the Dagger of Vashna, Heshezag, the Sommerswerd, the Magic Spear, the Silver Bow, a Jewelled Mace and the Bronin Warhammer with his cheap axe that he had in book 1 and a regular sword that he bought in Ragadorn. This guy has more weapons than Charlton Heston, the president of the NRA! ;D

[Zipp]

Technically he could carry them all... but you should be allowed to only play one numbered section a day... to simulate the weight of fifty weapons... plus those five chainmails you just had to have... and your silver helmet... and the vordak gem

honestly, though, we have to assume he can carry a bigillion weapons plus armor. Especially if we look at FF games, and nearly any other RPG system (besides pen and paper, and even these are iffy on the subject) you essentially have an invisible caravan trailing you, carrying every interesting rock you decide to pick up on your adventure. And since there is the limit of twelve special items... I mean, Lone Wolf is fighting the forces of torturous darkness here, give him some leeway... and if you can't, just assume that Ishir has.

ISHIR: here LW, have an armor of carrying +200
LW: oh, thanks, now I can just carry the Kai Monastery into combat

[Sol]

Wow, does anyone actually wear 2 Chainmail Waistcoats at the same time?

Anyone want to post a serious rule suggestion for using 2 weapons at the same time?

Anyone want to (un)seriously post rules for using Nexus to wield even more weapons?

Better yet, use Nexus to fight (use Sommerswerd) while you are safe and sound 20 feet away!

[Laguna Blade]

Thomas said:

No, he doesn't. As the text is written, it seems clear that you only use one weapon at a time. Some examples...

Therefore, I certainly don't use any dual weapon rules. ;D

Well, maybe Joe didn't apply the (s) thingy. For example, in the exam questions:

-State the benefit(s) of saving your money.
-How many kilogram(s) in 1000 grams?

Joe might intentionally drop the (s) thingy for the sake of simplicity. The sentences might mean:

With a cry of frustration, you discard your bow and unsheathe hand weapon(s) as the snake draws itself back in preparation to strike.


Hope that gave you and idea......