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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3376501" data-attributes="member: 4937">I believe you are misreading me.&nbsp; I said up front that my problems with weapon were conceptual rather than power related necessarily.Absolutely.&nbsp; If you want to go with a cinematic style and you don't think there is a balance issue, then you can ignore at least half of that list and probably all of it, but particularly the fumble chance, the initiative penalty, and the no combat expertise restriction.&nbsp; Clearly though, when I said I was worried about versimilitude, I'm going for something a little grittier than that.I never said I was trying to balance it.&nbsp; I was trying to simulate it.&nbsp; Clearly I'm of the opinion that its an inherently clumsy and in some ways inferior weapon.&nbsp; So why would I try to balance it with weapons with more proven utility?Only the ones that I find silly.&nbsp; I would normally not try to over simulate things in the interest of fast play, but if the weapon is silly then I think the rules should reflect its clumsiness when its employed in ways that are just physically impossible for the weapon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 3376501, member: 4937"] I believe you are misreading me. I said up front that my problems with weapon were conceptual rather than power related necessarily. Absolutely. If you want to go with a cinematic style and you don't think there is a balance issue, then you can ignore at least half of that list and probably all of it, but particularly the fumble chance, the initiative penalty, and the no combat expertise restriction. Clearly though, when I said I was worried about versimilitude, I'm going for something a little grittier than that. I never said I was trying to balance it. I was trying to simulate it. Clearly I'm of the opinion that its an inherently clumsy and in some ways inferior weapon. So why would I try to balance it with weapons with more proven utility? Only the ones that I find silly. I would normally not try to over simulate things in the interest of fast play, but if the weapon is silly then I think the rules should reflect its clumsiness when its employed in ways that are just physically impossible for the weapon. [/QUOTE]

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