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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6029248" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Issue 294: April 2002part 10/10Sage advice: Can monks mix weapon attacks and unarmed attacks. (sure)Can monks headbutt people while using weapons. (yes)If monks are holding an item, can they attack at full effectiveness with their other limbs. (Not quite)Are monks assumed to have improved grapple (No. All that close quarters stuff is undignified and not part of their basic training.)Does wearing a gauntlet make you Armed (not unless it's spiked. Spikes make everything better.)Can a monk wear gauntlets and attack unarmed at full effectiveness (no)Can you do a touch attack through gauntlets (yes, but not with the extra damage.)Can you deal subdual damage with gauntlets. (At the usual penalty. Much suck. )Does proficiency in bastard sword and katana overlap (Same thing. Of course. )Do all shugenja spells need ofuda scrolls (yes)Table 6-2 is messed up. (No it isn't. There are no inconsistencies at all. Do you question the wisdom of Skip! )Can you use Karmic strike when striking defensively. ( If you're, like, dumb.)Can anyone use sense motive to detect level (yes. Pretty cool, huh.)What powers do you get outside duels from Iajutsu mastery (extra damage in first strikes. Handy, but not a game-breaker)Are allies of things with gaze attacks affected (yes. It's why they're usually solo monsters. )Do swords with special powers count the extra plusses for penetrating damage reduction (no)Do items that give you damage reduction let you penetrate other things with the same type (no)Can you use one cure light wounds on multiple creatures (no)Does precise shot negate cover penalties (no)Can you use weapon finesse to add your dex bonus to damage (no)Do you need to use a full attack to get the benefit of cleave (no. Mmm. Skip loves the smell of negativity in the morning. Skip thinks this is a new record for consecutive no's) When doing opposed attack rolls, do you automatically fail on a 1 (yes. Always end on a positive, kids.)What's new splits in two. Guess Phil and dixie still aren't getting along. The snail is almost at the end of the page now. Will this joke ever end? It's cycled from being funny to not funny to funny again several times now. Hackmaster revolutionizes the concept of game screens. Or so they say. Anyone have any comments on this one? Splitting the issue between three big topics means it feels rather unfocussed, even though it is rather more adventurous on the rules front than most issues, and does have some pretty cool ideas for your game. But none of the humour bits really hit the mark, and Robin Laws is once again taking on more articles than he really should, hurting the quality control. I think that once again, they need to rebalance their freelancer to staff writer ratio to keep from tapping out the ideas of any one writer.</blockquote>

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