Elijah Whateley
First Post
Could someone help me parsing this excerpt from the OLD rulebook?
"You may also add the size of your STR dice pool or skill
dice pool to a melee weapon damage, or the size of
your skill dice pool to ranged weapon damage. So, if
you have STR 6 (3d6), add 3 to your sword’s damage.
Unarmed damage is 1d6 for size Medium and smaller
creatures, plus 1d6 for each size category above
Medium (see the table at the bottom of this page).
►►Add your unarmed skill rank or your STR dice
pool size (not both) to unarmed damage as a flat
bonus, using the dice pool size. This bonus does
not apply to melee weapon attacks."
The way that unarmed damage is called out as a special case seems to suggest its handled differently than other melee weapon damage. The only difference I can see is that there's the option to add your "unarmed skill rank", not your "skill dice pool". That would give unarmed combat a significant advantage over armed combat after a certain level. But then I see that extra "using the dice pool size" bit, and I wonder if this is all a typo or misunderstanding on my part.
"You may also add the size of your STR dice pool or skill
dice pool to a melee weapon damage, or the size of
your skill dice pool to ranged weapon damage. So, if
you have STR 6 (3d6), add 3 to your sword’s damage.
Unarmed damage is 1d6 for size Medium and smaller
creatures, plus 1d6 for each size category above
Medium (see the table at the bottom of this page).
►►Add your unarmed skill rank or your STR dice
pool size (not both) to unarmed damage as a flat
bonus, using the dice pool size. This bonus does
not apply to melee weapon attacks."
The way that unarmed damage is called out as a special case seems to suggest its handled differently than other melee weapon damage. The only difference I can see is that there's the option to add your "unarmed skill rank", not your "skill dice pool". That would give unarmed combat a significant advantage over armed combat after a certain level. But then I see that extra "using the dice pool size" bit, and I wonder if this is all a typo or misunderstanding on my part.
