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Raw Lethality (Starfinder Armory p.154) says "When wielding weapons with the archaic weapon special property..." and "Archaic weapons you wield gain..."
Does this preclude vesks from using it with their unarmed strikes? Does their supposedly advantageous racial trait, natural weapons, penalize them in this instance since it removes the archaic property?
Or is it intended that a vesk could still exhibit raw lethality with its unarmed strikes? Can a vesk still treat its unarmed strikes as archaic, if it is advantageous to do so?
Vesk soldiers who want a crit effect on their natural weapons can take the Unarmed Mauler gear boost.
Not archaic wouldn t work
If that's the case, then it sure seems like the Starfinder Armory is turning a lot of racial traits into drawbacks. This is but one example I've come across lately.
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If that's the case, then it sure seems like the Starfinder Armory is turning a lot of racial traits into drawbacks. This is but one example I've come across lately.
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It's not a drawback for the vesk. They already don't get a penalty for their unarmed attacks. They can still use other archaic weapons without penalty.
Just because other races get more from this particular gear boost doesn't mean that the vesk get screwed. They can already get Unarmed Mauler for a pretty badass crit effect.
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If that's the case, then it sure seems like the Starfinder Armory is turning a lot of racial traits into drawbacks. This is but one example I've come across lately.
Draco said it right. Whilst they cannot specifically with their unarmed gain the Bleed effect, there are more than enough alternatives they do or can benefit from. 1.5×Specialization > 5% chance for bleed effect.
By the same logic, Raw Lethality makes Armor Storm's Hammer Fist a drawback because it treats their Unarmed as a Battleglove, which also lacks archaic.
Really, the ability simply allows other build paths to use a particular fighting style. It's options to support the idea you can play anything, rather than being locked into a particular option to play a certain way.
With the release of brand new book filled with weapons and cybernetics I scratch my head at why we are still wanting to attack with claws.
I mean I get that a lizard monster scratching people is cool, but this book has so many options. I'm just perplexed.
I'm just wondering what is stopping a vesk from attacking like a human, and benefiting from Raw Lethality.
I'm just wondering what is stopping a vesk from attacking like a human, and benefiting from Raw Lethality.
I guess nothing? In a role playing sense.
From the mechanics standpoint, if they start getting selective, where does it stop? The can give themself archaic to qualify but does that alter the damage type? Does it negate their 1.5×specialization? Etc.
It's easier to say it's always on, no choice, in order to keep it simple.
Beating punks with my vesk's bare claws is one of life's perfect joys.
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I'm just wondering what is stopping a vesk from attacking like a human, and benefiting from Raw Lethality.
You are focusing on the 1d8 bleed instead of looking at Unarmed Mauler which does the same thing and more. Take Unarmed Mauler and rip someone's arm off.
I'm just wondering what is stopping a vesk from attacking like a human, and benefiting from Raw Lethality.You are focusing on the 1d8 bleed instead of looking at Unarmed Mauler which does the same thing and more. Take Unarmed Mauler and rip someone's arm off.
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