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<blockquote data-quote="Elijah Whateley" data-source="post: 7286890" data-attributes="member: 6922291">Could someone help me parsing this excerpt from the OLD rulebook?&quot;You may also add the size of your STR dice pool or skilldice pool to a melee weapon damage, or the size ofyour skill dice pool to ranged weapon damage. So, ifyou have STR 6 (3d6), add 3 to your sword’s damage.Unarmed damage is 1d6 for size Medium and smallercreatures, plus 1d6 for each size category aboveMedium (see the table at the bottom of this page).►►Add your unarmed skill rank or your STR dicepool size (not both) to unarmed damage as a flatbonus, using the dice pool size. This bonus doesnot apply to melee weapon attacks.&quot;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 &quot;unarmed skill rank&quot;, not your &quot;skill dice pool&quot;. That would give unarmed combat a significant advantage over armed combat after a certain level. But then I see that extra &quot;using the dice pool size&quot; bit, and I wonder if this is all a typo or misunderstanding on my part.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elijah Whateley, post: 7286890, member: 6922291"] Could someone help me parsing this excerpt from the OLD rulebook? [I]"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." [/I] 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. [/QUOTE]

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