Melee Checks

[Mike Riley 302]

If memory serves, the Chest banes can be overcome by Melee/Strength checks (in addition to Dex/Disable).

Can you use weapons to boost this? While weapons specify Combat checks, it makes sense (to me) that you can use a weapon to help you break a chest.

[cartmanbeck]

Mike Riley 302 wrote:

If memory serves, the Chest banes can be overcome by Melee/Strength checks (in addition to Dex/Disable).

Can you use weapons to boost this? While weapons specify Combat checks, it makes sense (to me) that you can use a weapon to help you break a chest.

I was under the impression that you could use weapons with any checks that require "Melee" or "Ranged" if those weapons have that trait. In fact, my group has been playing it that if you are trying to acquire a weapon that has a Strength/Melee 8 requirement, you can use another weapon to do so. Is that not the case? If not, that should be specified, IMHO.

[Tracker1]

Mike Riley 302 wrote:

If memory serves, the Chest banes can be overcome by Melee/Strength checks (in addition to Dex/Disable).

Can you use weapons to boost this? While weapons specify Combat checks, it makes sense (to me) that you can use a weapon to help you break a chest.

There are certain items like crowbar and Mattock that do this. Weapons are for combat checks you don't want to dull the blade do you.

[Myriade]

In fact, my group has been playing it that if you are trying to acquire a weapon that has a Strength/Melee 8 requirement, you can use another weapon to do so. Is that not the case?

I'm pretty sure that's wrong, because it is not a combat check. The weapons specify that you use them for combat checks wich implies agains a monster, henchmen or villain only.

[Matt Filla]

cartmanbeck wrote:

I was under the impression that you could use weapons with any checks that require "Melee" or "Ranged" if those weapons have that trait. In fact, my group has been playing it that if you are trying to acquire a weapon that has a Strength/Melee 8 requirement, you can use another weapon to do so. Is that not the case? If not, that should be specified, IMHO.

Myriade is correct. Weapons are used for combat checks, as it says on the weapon cards. They may make the combat check Dex/ranged instead of Str/melee, or give you a die in addition to the one you get for your Str or Dex, but it specifies combat checks on the cards. Acquiring a boon is not a combat check even if it uses Str/melee or Dex/ranged.

[cartmanbeck]

Fair enough. I can see why that would be the case.