The Steel Whip

In another system the steel whip might be described as an exotic weapon. Its not an accident that the steel whip is not on any of the national weapon lists. I only see people using it who take the Expert Archetype…though you could spend a talent to become proficient in it too.

The national lists just reflect weapons that are commonly used and trained in general in that area. It does not mean that the weapon is completely foreign to that nation. For example, Black Talon are the only ones who receive Unarmed as a national weapon. However, there is a long tradition of unarmed fighters in Coryan, especially among the Medja of Old Coryan. The training is just not prevalent enough to be included among the whole country.

The national lists just reflect weapons that are commonly used and trained in general in that area. It does not mean that the weapon is completely foreign to that nation. For example, Black Talon are the only ones who receive Unarmed as a national weapon. However, there is a long tradition of unarmed fighters in Coryan, especially among the Medja of Old Coryan. The training is just not prevalent enough to be included among the whole country.

I always figured the lack of unarmed combat on the table was an artifact of it being in the equipment section, since pretty much everywhere teaches some unarmed combat, and unarmed combat is almost always important even in armed combat (pushing, head butting, kicks, even while sword fighting, etc). Heck, unarmed combat is one of the regional skills for the pirate isles, but it isn’t one of the regional weapons listed in the weapon tables. That makes no sense.