One of my players brought to my attention, that damage penalties can affect QU bonus to DB, but not reduce it below zero. In that he is correct according to the core book on page 102. My question is this. Since penalties affect all ST, AG and QU manuevers, do the penalties also affect DB bonus granted by agility from the the Agile Defense talent ? I have a few players that may be affected and wanted a clarification before it comes up in the game.
My second question is this. Can those who arer using Chi Defense use weapons of any kind outside of a martial arts kata? To quote the chi defense description "... In order to use chi defense a character may not be wearing any armor, nor be carrying a shield or other large object or weapon in his hands." I have been interpreting that as saying large object or large weapon, meaning small and mediums are allowed. After reading up on martial arts, i am beginning to think i was wrong in that understanding.
Any help would be appreciated.