So I have a couple of questions about fencing , swords and parry bonuses.
Aquilonian Fencing Skill (Player's Guide to Hyborian Age)
Zingaran Fencing Skill (Argos and Zingara)
Intricate Swordplay (Core rule book)
Basket Hilt modification (Warrior's Companion)
All of these styles require a broad sword or arming sword, but my problem is what about other swords. Surely there would be fencing styles for War swords, short swords, sabres, cutlasses, and even great swords.
There are plenty of movie (Conan learning in Kitai in the first movie, and Red Sonja) and real life examples of people learning sword styles with greatswords(German fencing), bastard swords and katanas (Iaido, Iaijusto, Miyamoto Mushashi's Two Sword KenJutsu) and much much more (Italian School) yet in the game it just says only those two types of swords.
Should there be/are there other fencing schools that teach other sword types? Could those skills and feat be used with any sword type weapon or a weapon with sword in the name?
I mean if you have someone who spends the feat to get to use war swords or is a Nordheimer why should they be barred from fencing. And on the other side why can't you fence etc with a shortsword or even a broken broadsword etc (even if there was some penalty)
My next issue is basket hilts. They add +1 parry bonus to one handed weapons. Well a war sword is one handed, a sabre is one handed and a cutlass in the book already has a basket hilt. Thing is the sabre and warsword require feats to use one handed so do they qualify for basket hilts? And should the cutlass give a +1 parry bonus because it comes with a basket hilt?
I know dodge bonuses stack do parry bonuses stack? Or must the parry bonuses come from different sources. Could a player wear two shields?
If so a min maxer can get a seriously sick parry defense in Conan.
Dual targes with basket hilted weapons in each hand would give +1 for each targe, +1 for each basket hilt.
That is +4 bonus to parry right there, add in the parry feat, combat expertise and intricate swordplay and a level 2 soldier with 16 str and 16 charisma now has a parry bonus of 22, that jumps to 27 when using combat reflexes and 29 when fighting defensively. It goes to 33(they gain 4 from the targes but lose 2 from basket hilts) if they use a total defense action and just use their targes to block....
Thanks for your help.
Aquilonian Fencing Skill (Player's Guide to Hyborian Age)
Zingaran Fencing Skill (Argos and Zingara)
Intricate Swordplay (Core rule book)
Basket Hilt modification (Warrior's Companion)
All of these styles require a broad sword or arming sword, but my problem is what about other swords. Surely there would be fencing styles for War swords, short swords, sabres, cutlasses, and even great swords.
There are plenty of movie (Conan learning in Kitai in the first movie, and Red Sonja) and real life examples of people learning sword styles with greatswords(German fencing), bastard swords and katanas (Iaido, Iaijusto, Miyamoto Mushashi's Two Sword KenJutsu) and much much more (Italian School) yet in the game it just says only those two types of swords.
Should there be/are there other fencing schools that teach other sword types? Could those skills and feat be used with any sword type weapon or a weapon with sword in the name?
I mean if you have someone who spends the feat to get to use war swords or is a Nordheimer why should they be barred from fencing. And on the other side why can't you fence etc with a shortsword or even a broken broadsword etc (even if there was some penalty)
My next issue is basket hilts. They add +1 parry bonus to one handed weapons. Well a war sword is one handed, a sabre is one handed and a cutlass in the book already has a basket hilt. Thing is the sabre and warsword require feats to use one handed so do they qualify for basket hilts? And should the cutlass give a +1 parry bonus because it comes with a basket hilt?
I know dodge bonuses stack do parry bonuses stack? Or must the parry bonuses come from different sources. Could a player wear two shields?
If so a min maxer can get a seriously sick parry defense in Conan.
Targe: The targe is a small, round wooden shield covered
in a layer of thick leather and studded with steel. It has two
straps, one of which goes over the forearm, with the second
being held in the hand. This allows for an off-hand weapon
to be held in the same hand as the targe, though if this is
done the targe’s shield bonus to Parry Defence is reduced
to +1.
Dual targes with basket hilted weapons in each hand would give +1 for each targe, +1 for each basket hilt.
That is +4 bonus to parry right there, add in the parry feat, combat expertise and intricate swordplay and a level 2 soldier with 16 str and 16 charisma now has a parry bonus of 22, that jumps to 27 when using combat reflexes and 29 when fighting defensively. It goes to 33(they gain 4 from the targes but lose 2 from basket hilts) if they use a total defense action and just use their targes to block....
Thanks for your help.