Topic: MAC: Weapon Kata and style's rank

[Ecthelion]

Hi,

the section on Weapon Katas (WK) in a MA style explains that for a single WK the style must at least include a rank 2 attack and for dual WKs a rank 3 attack. My question is whether the attack with the WK would be limited to 120 (r#2) or 135 (r#3) on the weapon table - similar to the unarmed attack - if the MA style does in fact not allow a rank 4 unarmed attack but only rank 2 or 3? My current interpretation is that the WK attack does not get limited in max result, since it already suffers a -20 to the attack and it would be quite cumbersome to always check the max results on the weapon attack tables.

Other opinions?

[VladD]

Although I'm not in possession of a copy of MAC, I'd say that if a martial art is training people at rank 2 with weaponry than at rank 4 they still teach people how to use the weapons next to the rank 4 techniques... I see no problem in allowing that. But if the martial artist is not progressing, than it makes sense to limit the max result on the weapon table as well.

For me, weapon katas don't really add to the result of the martial arts. I'm allowing weapon katas only to attack those heavily armored enemies with strikes and sweeps against large enemies. e.g. normally trying to swipe a giant from its feet will result in a sore lower leg on the martial artists side, while using a bo to execute the same maneuver at least has some chance of succeeding and perhaps scoring a large crit; even allowing magical or mithril implements to use that column.

[markc]

 IMHO; for the Martial Arts Companion
1) For a style that includes a Weapon Kata (WK) it mush have 2 picks in style attack's, the weapons result is in no way maxed out.
  Note: unless the weapon has a notation that it max's out on a chart.


MDC

[Ecthelion]

Thanks for the feedback!