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Weekly Wrecana : A New Division of Martial aka Martial Power through the editions
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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7096912" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>I'd say they are about even. A nice halberd is a fine defensive weapon and quite evenly matched against any other weapon choice, as is a great sword, etc.</p><p></p><p>As for 'fantasy running contrary to it', I'm not sure it does to any great degree. I mean, if you go peruse old hack-n-slash scenes, there's a lot of guys with a dagger in the off hand, or doing something interesting with that hand anyway, its rarely ignored. I liked the concept of 'throw and stab' that the MP2 ranger has. That was a good way to give the off hand something interesting to do. </p><p></p><p>Honestly though, overall I thought 4e should have stuck to the concept that having an off-hand weapon could give you a defense and/or damage bonus. It was a small edge, but worthwhile, and yet one you could also forgo without any big issue if you wanted to use the hand for something else entirely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 7096912, member: 82106"] I'd say they are about even. A nice halberd is a fine defensive weapon and quite evenly matched against any other weapon choice, as is a great sword, etc. As for 'fantasy running contrary to it', I'm not sure it does to any great degree. I mean, if you go peruse old hack-n-slash scenes, there's a lot of guys with a dagger in the off hand, or doing something interesting with that hand anyway, its rarely ignored. I liked the concept of 'throw and stab' that the MP2 ranger has. That was a good way to give the off hand something interesting to do. Honestly though, overall I thought 4e should have stuck to the concept that having an off-hand weapon could give you a defense and/or damage bonus. It was a small edge, but worthwhile, and yet one you could also forgo without any big issue if you wanted to use the hand for something else entirely. [/QUOTE]
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