Quick Question

[Deverash]

So, I was looking at the Small Scale quality for weapons.  And I realized I had let a 3eism slip in, and wanted to make sure I was actually doing this right.  If I have, say, a Pech, can he wield a normal dagger?  Or do you have to put the Small Scale quality on it?

On a similiar note, anyone have any ideas on why changing the size of weapons increases the error range?

[Krensky]

A Pech can use any weapon small or smaller. No resizing needed.

The increased error range thing has been discussed before. The primary reason is balance.

http://www.crafty-games.com/forum/index.php?topic=4197.0

[LordKruelos]

First, you're correct in thinking this works differently between FC and D&D 3.x

The most important difference is this:
-- In 3.x, weapons are sized respective to Medium characters, so a Small weapon for a Medium character is a Medium weapon for a Small character, etc.
-- In FantasyCraft, Weapons are sized respective to the weapon itself, and a character may only wield weapons of his Size or smaller.

So for example, the weapon you want to use (Dagger) has a Size (D/1h), so a Small character can use it with no modification required.

Now if, for example, you wanted the same Pech (Small) to use a Glaive (1d8 lethal, 19–20 Keen 4, reach +1M/2h, 8lbs), you'd need to apply the Small-scale Upgrade to reduce it from a M/2h weapon to a S/2h weapon, which would increase error range by one (1-2), decrease weight by 50% (4 lbs), and reduce damage to 1d6.

[Blankbeard]

On a similiar note, anyone have any ideas on why changing the size of weapons increases the error range?

To encourage players to select weapons of an appropriate natural size.  Otherwise every Ogre is going to be running around Blade Flurrying with a Large Scaled razor that does 2d8.

The Soldier's certainty ability lets them ignore 2 points of error range increase.

On a side note, not only can the Pech use a normal scale dagger, he can use one that's been Large Scaled a couple times.

[Deverash]

Excellent, thanks for the response.  My players may not as all the weapon dies on the NPCs now go up by one...

[Crafty_Alex]

On a side note, not only can the Pech use a normal scale dagger, he can use one that's been Large Scaled a couple times.

If memory serves, you can only apply Large Scale once.

[Morgenstern]

My version :

http://www.crafty-games.com/forum/index.php?topic=4204