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Given the vast amount of skills for hand to hand melee adepts, (Killing hands + Elemental strike) is there any reason for an adept to use a sword instead of a fist?
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- almost normal   Melee vs. Unarmed   Jun 12 2012, 03:12 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Weapon foci, and you don't have to blow all yo...   Jun 12 2012, 03:14 PM
- - almost normal   Well, put it this way. It's 1 PP to ignore all...   Jun 12 2012, 03:25 PM
|- - UmaroVI   QUOTE (almost normal @ Jun 12 2012, 11:25...   Jun 12 2012, 07:40 PM
- - Jeremiah Kraye   Pretty sure the guy with the sword would have an a...   Jun 12 2012, 03:38 PM
- - almost normal   Right. It's just done abstractly. You could ar...   Jun 12 2012, 03:46 PM
- - Jeremiah Kraye   Suppose elegance depends on the eye of the beholde...   Jun 12 2012, 03:59 PM
- - Dakka Dakka   Another reason to use weapons is the two weapons s...   Jun 12 2012, 04:46 PM
- - almost normal   Hrmmz.. Would striking in melee in pitch black co...   Jun 12 2012, 04:48 PM
- - Xenefungus   Yep, blind fire applies just the same in melee and...   Jun 12 2012, 06:45 PM
- - Dakka Dakka   I think he is talking about Killing Hands and Elem...   Jun 12 2012, 07:44 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Jun 12 2012, 02:44 P...   Jun 12 2012, 08:11 PM
- - UmaroVI   That might be true, but if he thinks that's th...   Jun 12 2012, 07:49 PM
- - Dakka Dakka   Are you talking about activation and duration?   Jun 12 2012, 07:51 PM
|- - UmaroVI   QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Jun 12 2012, 03:51 P...   Jun 12 2012, 09:14 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (UmaroVI @ Jun 12 2012, 05:14 PM) A...   Jun 12 2012, 09:20 PM
|- - Umidori   QUOTE (almost normal @ Jun 12 2012, 03:20...   Jun 12 2012, 11:00 PM
- - Umidori   The adept powers and even the martial arts availab...   Jun 12 2012, 08:02 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Umidori @ Jun 12 2012, 03:02 PM) I...   Jun 12 2012, 08:25 PM
|- - VykosDarkSoul   QUOTE (almost normal @ Jun 12 2012, 03:25...   Jun 12 2012, 08:30 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (VykosDarkSoul @ Jun 12 2012, 04:30...   Jun 12 2012, 08:37 PM
|- - VykosDarkSoul   QUOTE (almost normal @ Jun 12 2012, 03:37...   Jun 12 2012, 08:39 PM
- - Umidori   Also, only one elemental type actually ignores arm...   Jun 12 2012, 08:35 PM
|- - VykosDarkSoul   QUOTE (Umidori @ Jun 12 2012, 03:35 PM) A...   Jun 12 2012, 08:36 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Umidori @ Jun 12 2012, 04:35 PM) A...   Jun 12 2012, 08:39 PM
- - Umidori   @VykosDarkSoul In comparison to sonic, it isn...   Jun 12 2012, 08:38 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Umidori @ Jun 12 2012, 04:38 PM) @...   Jun 12 2012, 08:40 PM
- - Umidori   Personally, if I was building a melee adept I...   Jun 12 2012, 08:44 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Umidori @ Jun 12 2012, 03:44 PM) P...   Jun 12 2012, 08:53 PM
- - Elfenlied   Note that Unarmed Adepts do have access to Weapon ...   Jun 12 2012, 08:58 PM
|- - VykosDarkSoul   QUOTE (Elfenlied @ Jun 12 2012, 03:58 PM)...   Jun 12 2012, 09:00 PM
|- - Dakka Dakka   QUOTE (Elfenlied @ Jun 12 2012, 10:58 PM)...   Jun 12 2012, 09:17 PM
- - BishopMcQ   Elfenlied--Many of the threads I've read befor...   Jun 12 2012, 09:05 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (BishopMcQ @ Jun 12 2012, 05:05 PM)...   Jun 12 2012, 09:07 PM
|- - BishopMcQ   QUOTE (almost normal @ Jun 12 2012, 02:07...   Jun 12 2012, 09:24 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (BishopMcQ @ Jun 12 2012, 05:24 PM)...   Jun 12 2012, 09:31 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (BishopMcQ @ Jun 12 2012, 02:24 PM)...   Jun 12 2012, 09:48 PM
- - Stahlseele   Fluff has it that every magically active thing glo...   Jun 12 2012, 09:07 PM
- - Umidori   Ahh, that old argument. I'm not prepared to ge...   Jun 12 2012, 09:10 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Umidori @ Jun 12 2012, 05:10 PM) T...   Jun 12 2012, 09:13 PM
- - Achsin   @Dakka How does the [Element] Aura do damage to ra...   Jun 12 2012, 09:28 PM
- - Elfenlied   Would a warhammer prepared as a vessel and possess...   Jun 12 2012, 09:32 PM
- - Stahlseele   The complete Hammer, including the grip, would be ...   Jun 12 2012, 09:33 PM
- - Dakka Dakka   QUOTE (almost normal @ Jun 12 2012, 11:13...   Jun 12 2012, 09:36 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Jun 12 2012, 05:36 P...   Jun 12 2012, 09:43 PM
- - Yerameyahu   The whole possessed weapon aura thing only works i...   Jun 12 2012, 09:40 PM
|- - Elfenlied   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jun 12 2012, 09:40 PM...   Jun 12 2012, 09:45 PM
|- - Dakka Dakka   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jun 12 2012, 11:40 PM...   Jun 12 2012, 09:50 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Jun 12 2012, 02:50 P...   Jun 12 2012, 10:03 PM
|- - Dakka Dakka   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Jun 13 2012, 12...   Jun 12 2012, 10:25 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Jun 12 2012, 04:25 P...   Jun 13 2012, 01:03 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Jun 12 2012, 05:25 P...   Jun 13 2012, 02:06 PM
- - Yerameyahu   That's not what Elfenlied said, Dakka Dakka, a...   Jun 12 2012, 09:56 PM
- - Stahlseele   Is the Delay Damage Power still there in SR4?   Jun 12 2012, 10:33 PM
- - Yerameyahu   … Is that very hard to imagine? That's literal...   Jun 12 2012, 11:39 PM
- - Umidori   Okay, so the longarms can all have their range mod...   Jun 12 2012, 11:47 PM
- - Yerameyahu   It's possible, which is the point: it's ea...   Jun 12 2012, 11:49 PM
- - Umidori   Except that according to the turn-based combat sys...   Jun 13 2012, 12:00 AM
- - Yerameyahu   No. If you're out of cover during the turn, yo...   Jun 13 2012, 12:29 AM
- - Falconer   A weapon adept will generally beat an unarmed adep...   Jun 13 2012, 05:44 AM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Falconer @ Jun 13 2012, 12:44 AM) ...   Jun 13 2012, 02:10 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (almost normal @ Jun 13 2012, 08:10...   Jun 13 2012, 02:57 PM
|- - almost normal   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Jun 13 2012, 09...   Jun 13 2012, 03:09 PM
|- - VykosDarkSoul   QUOTE (almost normal @ Jun 13 2012, 10:09...   Jun 13 2012, 03:13 PM
- - Stahlseele   How does distance strike work in regards to reach ...   Jun 13 2012, 09:48 AM
- - Elfenlied   I always thought distance strike changed it to a r...   Jun 13 2012, 09:50 AM
- - phlapjack77   SM pg 176 "Though the attack is rolled as a n...   Jun 13 2012, 10:09 AM
- - Grinder   How likely is that?   Jun 13 2012, 03:26 PM


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