Variety of questions

1. No, weapon dies do not stack. A cestus replaces your fist damage as you are technically using a new weapon.

2. I need to see the advancement chart, but I think 2d6 becomes 2d8.

3. There are rules for it, but I don’t have them handy. They have a “generic” cost though (someone with ARPG handy?)

4. Charge I believe cannot be combined with any talent, maneuver, or technique (Basic or Simple Maneuver?). Techniques are a maybe, however.

Thanks guys.

Regarding the die bumps; I’m looking for the die bump for a weapon that does 2d12 damage (flintlock rifle).

2d12 damage should go to 4d6.

From a range of 2-12 with avg. 13 to a range of 4-24 with an avg. of 14.

John

Murderous precision says it can be used with any attack so I would assume it could be used with a charge. But charging *really* sucks in Arcanis. even with MP … just don’t do it.

Admittedly, I’ve only played maybe 10 modules and one BI, so I’m not speaking from a lot of experience. But I’ve found Charge to be useful in certain circumstances.

Example; my main is almost always using his dagger, so I’ve got attack speed 3, plus he’s Quick so the Charge speed is reduced to +2, for an overall tick cost of 5. If I time the Charge correctly, I can charge an opponent wielding a big two-handed weapon or pole arm (or a caster who just popped a big spell), and I will be able to attack again before the opponent can get another attack off.

This makes Murderous Precision an important point for me, since I can potentially deliver a lot of damage very quickly:

Base damage + wolf pack tactics + advanced tactics + charge bonus + murderous precision (passive insight), all for 5 ticks speed cost.

I also like Charge because my pace is 30 (40 once I ding my next level) so it gives me the option to cover a huge amount of ground still deliver damage.

If you look at the alternative to accomplish the same thing, I’d have to do a double time which is 4 ticks (3 ticks for me with Quick), and then execute a normal attack which is another 3 ticks; total tick cost of 6, PLUS I don’t get the +2 damage from the charge.

So for me it’s well worth it if I can pick the right moment to execute the Charge.

Which brings me back to my question of whether Charge can or can’t be combined with Murderous Precision. I’ve reread the sections for both, and I can’t find any language that specifically says these could not be combined; is this a ruling for Charge that isn’t cited in the books, or is there something I’m just not seeing?

Ah, I wasn’t aware, thanks for the heads up. Is there any place I can see what errata are pending?

Also, are we privy to the reasoning behind this rule change? It seems to me that until you get to Tier 5, the real value of murderous precision is to help with crowd control, and in that sense I think melee types already have much fewer options where as spell casters have several options (ie Castigate, Concussive Wave, etc). With melee you’re really down to Steel Rain or Sweeping Strike, if you can qualify for it.

I don’t have books in front of me but it seems that the stacking rules are not as forgiving as you make out. You get the best static bonus from your talents. They don’t all pile up. Exceptions (like Wepon Mastery 1) are clearly spelled out.