From:	Loki <loki@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: nunchucks
Date:	Thu, 12 Dec 1996 01:28:54 -0000

> > >STUN DAMAGE??? Are you kidding? I would hardly call it stun when
they
> > >shatter skulls and break arms! (Trust me, I have a friend who is a
black
> > >belt x?-degree in Tae Kwon Do, and is certified in numerous weapons,
> > >nunchucks included. He's used them in fights more than once. They
can
> > >*kill*.)
> >
> > So can base ball bats, clubs, 2x4's, maces, flails, etc..... Which are
all
> > stun based. The same thing could be said for the bone breaker MA's its
all
> > for game balance and playability.
>
> All the more a reason to use one of the various over-damage rules: a
> weapon doing Stun damage can go all the way up to Physical that way.
> Another way is to use the optional rule from page 83 of Fields of Fire:
> add +4 to your TN to allow a Stun weapon to do Physical damage.

I agree with Gurth on this, what your the black-belt friend is doing with
the nunchucks is probably what the +4 modifier from FOF is taking into
account, rather than just bludgeoning attacks, he's going to primer targets
and called shots which in turn create physical damage. Base I'd still rule
nunchucks as a club/staff/flail style weapon doing stun damage.

@>--'--,--- Loki

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