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Why doesn't attack left teach offhand?
http://www.elanthipedia.com/wiki/Offhand_Weapon_skill
I thought it was 70% weapon and 30% offhand, but according to Elanthipedia, it is 70% offhand and 30% weapon.
Whatever it is, it should award experience accordingly.
I thought it was 70% weapon and 30% offhand, but according to Elanthipedia, it is 70% offhand and 30% weapon.
Whatever it is, it should award experience accordingly.
>Game design trumps realism sometimes. I can't explain it in this case, but there it is.
In martial arts (brawling) you use both arms and both legs. Makes perfect sense that it wouldn't necessarily teach you offhand, since using both hands is part of the skill already.
Elemancer Opieus, Journeyman Warrior Mage of Elanthia
>Aren't I pretty, now fall down on my ice, fool! ~ Axillus
In martial arts (brawling) you use both arms and both legs. Makes perfect sense that it wouldn't necessarily teach you offhand, since using both hands is part of the skill already.
Elemancer Opieus, Journeyman Warrior Mage of Elanthia
>Aren't I pretty, now fall down on my ice, fool! ~ Axillus
It requires pointed training to advance the offhand/weak side to acceptable levels of competence in every martial art/wresting/etc. Most people can't switch their boxing stance to southpaw and fight just as well, to say the least. In the real world, it's kinda like a whole skill of it's own!
But this is a dead horse. In DR, you are ambidextrous with brawling, unlike everything else. It's actually a benefit to the skill, though a detriment to training maximization. I would argue it's also a bad decision to treat it differently from other weapon skills, but ces la vie. It is what it is.
-Gheist
But this is a dead horse. In DR, you are ambidextrous with brawling, unlike everything else. It's actually a benefit to the skill, though a detriment to training maximization. I would argue it's also a bad decision to treat it differently from other weapon skills, but ces la vie. It is what it is.
-Gheist
I would like to see brawling moves with the left hand teach offhand. The only justification that I know of for "fixing" that bug was that the skill is called "Offhand Weapon" and not "Offhand" which strikes me as arbitrary and a little silly.
Perhaps there is a justification I'm missing. If not, I hope it changes.
-Sephos
Perhaps there is a justification I'm missing. If not, I hope it changes.
-Sephos
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GM Oolan Jeel
"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time." Aneurin Bevan, May 1945, on World War II rationing and shortages in England.
>It requires pointed training to advance the offhand/weak side to acceptable levels of competence in every martial art/wresting/etc. Most people can't switch their boxing stance to southpaw and fight just as well, to say the least.
It also takes pointed training to be able to strike with your feet, elbows, knees or head as effectively as you do with your primary hand. A boxer, who's never practiced kicking, isn't going to be throwing roundhouse kicks and fight just as well either. In DR, this training is called the brawling skill, and involves training the entire body as a weapon. I think it makes perfect sense.
It also takes pointed training to be able to strike with your feet, elbows, knees or head as effectively as you do with your primary hand. A boxer, who's never practiced kicking, isn't going to be throwing roundhouse kicks and fight just as well either. In DR, this training is called the brawling skill, and involves training the entire body as a weapon. I think it makes perfect sense.
