Fixing ‘weak’ weapon tricks

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  • June 10, 2015 at 1:19 am #151861
    Anonymous
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    As has cropped up, some of the weapon tricks are very weak compared to others and have few (or no) use at the time you get them.

    Bypass the Shield – a campaign writing problem. Its rare to encounter an Elite or Adversary threat using a shield.

    Hamstring – literally hamstrung by the very short duration. Crippling Shot lasts for the whole scene and is ranged.

    Throw the Blade – range is too short to be useful. A 5′ shifts gets you to the target without disarming yourself.

    The other tricks all have a lasting or significant effect on the target (or at least can be annoying to the target by forcing changed actions).

    June 10, 2015 at 10:43 am #268358
    Anonymous
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    For what it’s worth, I promise to include shield-wielding elites in my next adventure.

    June 3, 2016 at 1:31 am #272843
    Anonymous
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    Any love for Hamstring in the next errata document? I’d like to see it extended to 12 ticks or Scene for duration.

    4 ticks of effect and then gone is still utterly worthless (Spd 3 weapon + 1 for trick); many foes don’t even get an action in that time frame.

    June 3, 2016 at 6:13 am #272851
    frootsnax
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    It’s true that there is a wide range in utility from weapon trick to weapon trick. Hamstring & Throw the Blade are both at the low end of the scale and have utility that are at best “situational.”

    Pedro (and others) have said: That just the way it is. I don’t expect PCI to adjust their balanced in the near future.

    Edit: with that in mind I would factor tricks in to part of the weapon selection of your PCs. Sometimes you are a divine priest of Illiir and the choice essentially is made for you … most of the time you have at least some scope to choose.

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