Tactical Combat

[Naaman]

I don't understand. Are you saying you would stick with RAW?

[Raven Redstar]

I think he's saying that he would stick with RAW, but allow the brawling skill to be used.

I like the idea of +10 damage of a knife using in hand to hand. It makes it more potent than an average martial arts kick using RoE Martial Arts rules. The only problem, is eventually your hand to hand attacks become much more deadly than even your long guns. I'm considering adopting the half Strength/Lifting for melee damage, and maybe do half Strength/Stamina for damage resistance rolls. Or, I might even just do half Strength for damage resist to really up-play the role of armor in the setting. I'm not entirely sure. Half Strength to resist would seriously up the lethality of combat.
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[garhkal]

I'd keep the +10/+5 bonuses when fighting melee vs someone unarmed, but allow someone to use their brawl vice melee skill. And though i can understand the bonus damage, +10 imo is a bit much.. That's almost like saying using a knife adds 3d to damage..
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[Raven Redstar]

[CRMcNeill]

[Whill]

[garhkal]

[MrNexx]

You know, what if you just make unarmed combat (i.e. no weapons at all) be a Stun weapon. Minimally armed (brass knuckles, standard knife) might upgrade this to lethal damage.

In a situation like this, Wookie Climbing Claws might simply serve to give wookies an option for lethal damage... and you can even then have a ruling on using the claws, that they are inappropriate to use on someone not armed (including other Wookies who are not bearing actual weapons).
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[Naaman]

[Raven Redstar]

[garhkal]

[Naaman]

I suppose it depends on the weapon. But, a GM should feel free to make that call.

Vibro knuckles or a black jack, for example, don't offer the same versatility as a knife, nor to they have the ability to directly damage/destroy vital organs. A knife can get between ribs, cut major arteries, etc, and it is no more cumbersome than a brawling attack.

The other side of this coin is that the knife fighter is much easier to hit using larger weapons (because those weapons impart a +10 bonus on their attack roll against a defender with a knife), so it puts the knife fighter at much larger risk, if he uses it this way than as a "true" melee weapon.

Truth be told, I think I would rather just outright assign all "small" weapons to the brawling skill without leaving the option for using them as melee weapons, but I'm not yet 100% certain that that is the "right" answer.

[Naaman]

[corkman321]

Good day! I just got done looking through some of this material (and joined the R.P.) and wanted to say that I'm going to try and incorporate some of this into our home game.

I'm going to guess you're involved in L.E. or military Naaman?

[Naaman]

Welcome! Let me know how it works for your group.

You are correct about my background. I spent some time in the army as an MP.

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