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Holy Arms
Hdog:
Hi
Can someone please clarify 'holy arms',in terms of what it is 'holy' against. Is it evil creatures only? Evil being defined as the demeanor,, in say creatures and treasurers, or is it at the DMs discretion? Or is there some other classification? Thanks.
jdale:
What's the context? E.g. in the context of the Paladin base list "Holy Arms", it's holy in the sense that the paladin's power is holy, but the spells will operate in battle against any foe. I suppose you could say it's at the discretion of the paladin themself to decide what are the appropriate foes to do battle against.
Majyk:
...and if you mean in terms of Large and Super Large creature criticals:
-anything blessed by a Supreme Entity(nature, Gods, Aliens, etc.) as in water or oils or something actually used in the construction of the item itself(a gem, the metal in a sword, etc.).
Hdog:
Ok, in the context of; someone finds a Holy Weapon. What is it holy against? When it was created was it made holy against something? To me Holy sounds as though its got it in for 'evil' creatures (the opposite of holy). But undead, are not evil, according to rolemaster, it says they are; Hostile, Cruel, Protective. Therefore i cant have a Holy weapon against undead.
Question: can i have a holy sword against undead, or does the undead thing have to be evil for the holy bit of the sword to work.
Or, can the DM create a weapon, that is holy against undead or Rabbits or trolls, end of story - It does not matter what Rolemaster says about their demeanor.
Spectre771:
We've always treated any holy weapon as holy on the Large and Super Large crit tables, unless the descriptions specifically states "Holy vs. Dark Elves" or something very specific.
In the case where the item was "holy vs. <type>" we resolved those crits on the Large Crit table versus that type of creature/being. Holy vs. Undead, all crits are resolved on the Large Creature Table - Holy Arms. Against any other creature it was just normal attack tables.
It's your game world so you can state very specifically what it is "holy versus" or you can be general and state that it is a "holy weapon" that resolves crits on the holy crit table. One of my PCs has a +25 Holy Battle Axe. It simply resolves crits on the Holy Table, it's not specific to a creature or "alignment."
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