Jengardin Double-bladed Vibro blade..

[garhkal]

Through out the years since i first saw this weapon in Galadiniums, i have loved it's look, but it was only yesterday when reading it in Gry's Weapons collection pdf i actually noticed that when doing anything OTHER than melee/Melee parry with it, ALL actions get hit with a 2 cat shift penalty. So does that mean if you dodge, all actions are hit by +10 (2 cat shifts)?
_________________
Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk!

[Ankhanu]

Good question.
Hmm, one could argue that a dodge doesn't use the weapon... but at the same time, one could argue that the weapon size and ponderousness could hamper one's ability to dodge...

Re-reading the capsule again, it seems like the size/format of the weapon, along with its form of powering probably hinder pretty much everything you try to do, including moving. Guess it's got some crazy gyromotors in it or something. Yeah, I think that using the weapon would increase the difficulty of a dodge roll, running, etc. due to whatever it does while powered up and in hand... I can also see it hampering interaction skills like Knowledges and Perception skills as it requires strong focus to wield properly, messing up your ability to focus on those attributes to use them quickly/accurately.

Yeah, use this thing only when you have control of the situation
_________________
Hotaru no Hishou; a messageboard about games, friends and nothing at all.

Donate to Ankhanu Press

[garhkal]

I was thinking of making a ship's security officer who wielded one for 'anti boarding ops.
_________________
Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk!

[cheshire]

This sort of make sense, it would be hard to run carrying the weapon, it would be pretty hard to draw a blaster and hold the thing one-handed.

However, I'm having a hard time understanding how it would hinder your intimidation roll if you were holding one.
_________________
__________________________________
Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind.

[garhkal]

Same here. I can easily see it hampering skills like blaster (or any shooting/ranged skill) dodge, running, Mech/Tech based and several knowledge based ones, but i cannot see how it would hamper (hinder) things like search, sneak, investigation, con, bargaining, investigation, languages etc.
_________________
Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk!

[Ankhanu]

[Bren]

I expect the asynchronous whine from the dual vibro blades would be distracting and make sneak rather difficult.

[garhkal]

Interesting.. i have yet to play in a game where the 'whine' of a vibro weapon hindered sneak or search..
_________________
Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk!

[Critias]

[Bren]

Critias Wrote:

[garhkal]

I guess eveyr gm i have played with never has had them make a noise..
_________________
Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk!

[Bren]

I can't recall if we always assumed the noise or if we started after reading some of the descriptions in Gundark’s Fantastic Technology or one of the other supplements. An associated hum or whine is a fairly common trope http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VibroWeapon

It makes sense (to me) that there would usually be a noise. Both from a safety and from a no free lunch aspect. Gives a plain old blade the advantage of being silent. Also, though it's a minor point, if no vibroweapons make noise, there's no reason to mention that the Talon is silent. We tend to have silent vibroweapons be illegal for civilians.

I also like the notion of the thug pulling a shiv and to up the threat he turns it on so it hums, whines, etc. Sort of the SW equivalent of the guy in the movie who flips the bali-song knife. 8)

On the other hand, many of the descriptions say the vibrations are ultrasonic, so if you want them to be silent you could argue humans couldn't hear the sound.