Finros,

When UAC was released you said you'd consider letting forged weapons affect it, but I don't think I ever heard an update. I know the system isn't supposed to encourage weapon use, but doesn't it seem odd that UAC is the only physical combat system that doesn't take crafting bonuses into account? Shouldn't brawlers have gear customization options?

Ideally, I'd love for crafted weapons to add +1/+2/+3 MM in addition to +2/+4/+6% DF, but I'd be happy with some UAF instead--though I think the nature of the formula warrants at least a +2/+4/+6.

Thanks,

Droit

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>When UAC was released you said you'd consider letting forged weapons affect it, but I don't think I ever heard an update. I know the system isn't supposed to encourage weapon use, but doesn't it seem odd that UAC is the only physical combat system that doesn't take crafting bonuses into account? Shouldn't brawlers have gear customization options?

I'll be honest here -- if I were doing it again, I would have disallowed brawling weapons entirely. As it is, I'm reluctant to do anything that improves their status in the system.

However, I entirely agree on gear customization. Ideally I'd like to implement a leatherworking AG skill for leather and cloth armors, boots, and gloves. (That overloads "leatherworking" somewhat, but I probably wouldn't want to split down into too many subskills). That isn't to say that such a skill is coming anytime soon, because it isn't, but I would like more customization for the actual unarmed gear.

>Is the final word on 'forging bonus' that it provides no benefit when using UAC attacks?

Pretty much, yes. As I've noted multiple times, unarmed combat is not really intended for use with held brawling weapons. I don't particularly want to add bonuses, or even mitigation to penalties, to that aspect.