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What I find is lacking with the impale is a good answer to the question: What happens if you don't get the weapon out, but wants to hang on to it? (I hope you agree that this is a valid concern for some fighters?) To me the most likely outcome would be like a sort of mutual grapple, where both...

Hi The skill used in combat is actually a combat style which covers all aspects of using the weapons in the combat style, either by themselves or in combination. For a 2H sword this means that the attack and parry chance is the same. For other combinations it means that the attack and parry...

It makes sense that the Evade needs space. You are in effect moving away from your attacker to make him miss you. A good use of the Evade skill is the outmaneuvre action, which can be used against multiple opponents. You may not get to attack, but at least you can keep out of trouble.

I am not entirely certain what you mean with this, but the procedure seems to be that with a successful attack (with at least one extra level of success) you can choose to damage your opponents weapon or shield. I.e. attacker rolls damage, subtracts the AP of the opposing weapon/shield, and...

Another area which could use some extra (re)work is the Rune Touched abilities. Are there any new or better ones anywhere?

As far as I can see from the rules it is perfectly possible to use the Evade skill as a defense, with the restriction that you cannot use your next CA to attack. It is not entirely clear if they mean a close combat attack, but that seems to be the most likely. In any case; if you have a...