WP Staff & WP Spear?
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WP Staff & WP Spear?
Should a person who is trained with staff be able to use a spear, no - to hit but also without any bonuses mind you, and vice versa?
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Re: WP Staff & WP Spear?
WP spear (as I see it) is training is more focused on using the spear head, while WP Staff is more like..using the body of the staff as the weapon.
So if the char (w/only wp staff) is using the spear as a staff then they would get their staff bonuses, but if they use it as a spear they would only get their PP bonuses.
So if the char (w/only wp staff) is using the spear as a staff then they would get their staff bonuses, but if they use it as a spear they would only get their PP bonuses.
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Re: WP Staff & WP Spear?
In palladium a person with out a WP can already use any weapon with out any penalty (unless the weapon in question has a special rule stating that they can't). Now, with that caveat out of the way. If you have a spear and you want to fight with it like a staff, then you can use your WP staff. But your using it like a staff, not a spear. You could probably do the same in reverse as well. The damage, in my opinion, would be the lower of the two.
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Re: WP Staff & WP Spear?
eliakon wrote:In palladium a person with out a WP can already use any weapon with out any penalty (unless the weapon in question has a special rule stating that they can't). Now, with that caveat out of the way. If you have a spear and you want to fight with it like a staff, then you can use your WP staff. But your using it like a staff, not a spear. You could probably do the same in reverse as well. The damage, in my opinion, would be the lower of the two.
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Re: WP Staff & WP Spear?
You could use a spear like a staff easily enough, but a staff wouldn't pass as a spear very well as the attack moves are different. Spears tend to be stabbing actions and positioning the head to stop the target from getting close, so I'd allow one way but not the other.
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Re: WP Staff & WP Spear?
In martial arts I used the end of the staff to jab and to jab hard at the face, knees, crotch, feet, under the sternum, throat, spine, and belly. When I used spears I was taught that I was to used the body not just the head to accomplish my goals. So yeah, I could easily see that.
But then again, different teachers teach different things, and mine was very advanced with most of the weapons. While I can see it...Doesn't mean all of us will agree to it in our group either. And I do understand that you guys are not able to see it. You haven't had Master Shu to teach you.
But then again, different teachers teach different things, and mine was very advanced with most of the weapons. While I can see it...Doesn't mean all of us will agree to it in our group either. And I do understand that you guys are not able to see it. You haven't had Master Shu to teach you.
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