Questions

[Joeri Jean]

Here are some questions I have:

1)I have a problem with the Master (WOF pg 115) Specialty in combination with Marial Artist:
They both grand the Martial Arts feat, so you loose 1 feat when you play the martial Artist with that specialty. In the 1.0 rules they have the same problem, but then you may take 1 Melee or Unarmed Combat feat instead. Is this still the case?

2)Grapple (Garrote) and Surprise round:
The purpose of using a Garrote is to use it before the target is aware of you and to silence him, so it would be logical to use it in a surprise round. But the grapple rules do not allow you to use it in the surprise round, because it is a Full round action and the Surprise round offers only a half action. So can you use the Grapple action during the surprise round?



 

[OverNinja]

1)I have a problem with the Master (WOF pg 115) Specialty in combination with Marial Artist:
They both grand the Martial Arts feat, so you loose 1 feat when you play the martial Artist with that specialty. In the 1.0 rules they have the same problem, but then you may take 1 Melee or Unarmed Combat feat instead. Is this still the case?

Yes. Morgenstern has pointed out that once or twice somewhere (can't find where).

[Psion]

2) "the Surprise round offers only a half action" - That's not correct.

In the surprise round, you can perform a free, half, or full action... just not 2 half actions. See page 323 under "No groups aware of each other" and "Some groups aware of each other". The groups with surprise "may take 1 free action, 1 half action, or 1 full action during a surprise round".

So if you are in position before the ambush goes off, you can do a full round action initiate a grapple (or like a Cyclone attack, as I was frequently reminded of yesterday...)

[Number Three]

1)I have a problem with the Master (WOF pg 115) Specialty in combination with Marial Artist:
They both grand the Martial Arts feat, so you loose 1 feat when you play the martial Artist with that specialty. In the 1.0 rules they have the same problem, but then you may take 1 Melee or Unarmed Combat feat instead. Is this still the case?

In 2.0, whenever you are granted a feat you already have, you instead take a feat from the same tree that you qualify for.  I believe it's in the beginning of the 2.0 feats chapter.

[Psion]

1)I have a problem with the Master (WOF pg 115) Specialty in combination with Marial Artist:
They both grand the Martial Arts feat, so you loose 1 feat when you play the martial Artist with that specialty. In the 1.0 rules they have the same problem, but then you may take 1 Melee or Unarmed Combat feat instead. Is this still the case?

In 2.0, whenever you are granted a feat you already have, you instead take a feat from the same tree that you qualify for.  I believe it's in the beginning of the 2.0 feats chapter.

Yep. So it is. Page 171, right column.

A common sense houserule I don't have to house rule. :cool:

[Joeri Jean]

Thanks for the reply.
I have the book before the errata, and have the file on PDF. But a book is easyer to read, and I checked the PDF and I saw my mistake.