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Message no. 1
From: Chipeloi chipeloi@***.nl
Subject: adapt question
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:41:19 +0200
just an question :


is it possible to make fighting gloves<( the kind with spikes or other
pointy/sharp objects on the front)

into an weapon fucus?

if so can i stil use distant stike and killing hands with the weapon
focus at the same time?



and wile i'm here:

new adapt power:

knock back power
if hit taget is knocked back for meter's equal to magic rating/power
points
and its power is equle to power points/magic rating

damage is from what he/she/it hits

fun power to use on top of buildings or inside buildings with
dangerous tings (like Big glass windows) in it

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Message no. 2
From: caelric@****.com caelric@****.com
Subject: adapt question
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:47:32 -0700
At 10:41 PM 7/11/00 +0200, you wrote:
>just an question :
>
>
>is it possible to make fighting gloves<( the kind with spikes or other
>pointy/sharp objects on the front)
>
>into an weapon fucus?
>

Yes; any hand to hand weapon can be made as a weapon focus.


>if so can i stil use distant stike and killing hands with the weapon
>focus at the same time?
>
>
>

I would rule no, as a GM; that is, yes, you can wear your spiked gloves,
but I wouldn't give you any bonus to distant strike because of them;
killing hands would be debatable. As a GM, I could go either way. If the
killing hands power was described as the adept knowing exactly where to hit
a person to to killing damge, then I would allow the gloves to help.
However, if the killing hands power was described as a mystical force that
surrounded the adepts hands to make any blow into a killing blow then I
would not let the gloves help.


>and wile i'm here:
>
>new adapt power:
>
>knock back power
>if hit taget is knocked back for meter's equal to magic rating/power
>points
>and its power is equle to power points/magic rating
>
>damage is from what he/she/it hits
>
>fun power to use on top of buildings or inside buildings with
>dangerous tings (like Big glass windows) in it
>


It is a possiblity that lends more to a cinematic style of battle than a
down to earth gritty kind. Both of them are good, just different.

Dave
Message no. 3
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: adapt question
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 11:54:47 +0200
According to caelric@****.com, at 13:47 on 11 Jul 00, the word on the
street was...

> Yes; any hand to hand weapon can be made as a weapon focus.

Which kind of stopped the idea I once had of making a crowbar weapon focus
dead in its tracks :(

> I would rule no, as a GM; that is, yes, you can wear your spiked gloves,
> but I wouldn't give you any bonus to distant strike because of them;
> killing hands would be debatable. As a GM, I could go either way.

I would say it doesn't work together. Killing Hands is for unarmed
strikes, and although fighting with gloves on is usually considered
unarmed, these gloves are weapon foci -- IOW, weapons, which means you're
not fighting unarmed anymore.

> If the killing hands power was described as the adept knowing exactly
> where to hit a person to to killing damge, then I would allow the gloves
> to help. However, if the killing hands power was described as a mystical
> force that surrounded the adepts hands to make any blow into a killing
> blow then I would not let the gloves help.

The latter view is the one I hold, because the first one should be
possible for non-adepts as well. And since I'm Chipeloi's GM... *GMG*

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