Weapons Proficient Noob Question?

[Kent Davies]

Maybe I am missing something but can you use weapons when you are not proficient with them? If Kyra is not proficient with weapons why does she have 2 in her deck? Is there an adjustment to the roll when using weapons?

[OberonViking]

Yes, you can use weapons, armour and spells even without being proficient. In the case of weapons, many of them you can discard for an extra die. However, when you are not proficient some of them will say that the difficulty increases by 4.

You just need to read the weapon card fully.

[Firedale2002]

Some of the weapons may give you other benefits or actions that you can do only if you're proficient in them.

Otherwise, if a weapon doesn't have any special text concerning proficiency, then it doesn't really matter for that weapon.

Armor is the same way. A character may end up with armor in their deck but not have light armor or heavy armor proficiency. And just like weapons, proficiency only matters if the card or an ability specifically mentions it.

[Nathaniel Gousset]

Not all weapons require proficiency to be used.

[TClifford]

Not all abilities on weapons cards need proficiency. If the ability doesn't specifically state you need to be proficient, you can use the ability.

That is pretty much a golden rule for the game. Don't limit yourself unless the card says otherwise.

[Captain Bulldozer]

As far as I'm aware, weapon proficiency is NEVER required to use a weapon. That being said, your check may actually get harder because of you using a weapon you're not proficient with (this applies to most weapons outside of the "basic" types... like clubs, daggers, maces, etc.)

So in other words, anyone can pick up a mace/sword/bow/staff/etc. and use it, but if you've had training you can use it more effectively much of the time.

[Kent Davies]

Thank you for all of your replies and clarification
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[leavingsoda]

Example: Longsword last line reads "If you aren't proficient with weapons, the difficulty of this check is increased by 4"
What check is this refering to, and how does it work exactly?
a. Check to acquire the weapon
b. Check to the combat itself, i,e: Mercenary Combat Check 10 would now be 14?
c. It negates the weapons roll if its less than 4? So I roll a 5 for damage and I only get a 1 due to sloppy swordsmanship.
d. The 4 is only applied if I am discarding the sword for the additional 1d6.

[Captain Bulldozer]

If you were to use the longsword for a combat check on a character who is not proficient with weapons, the difficulty of the check would be increased by 4. So, of your 4 options, it would be (b).

[leavingsoda]

Thanks, that was a very quick and helpful response, (b) is what I suspected it would be.