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Quite a few pre-Core weapons use wording like "If not proficient with weapons, the difficulty of the check is increased by 4."
Right now, there is nothing in the transition guide or conversion FAQ to modify this wording to a more general "If not proficient, the difficulty of the check is increased by 4." (which covers the additional proficiencies that Core allows, such as proficient with Swords).
Pre-Core Spells and Items that (now) go into recovery were re-mapped to simply say "If proficient, ..." instead of calling out specific proficiencies. Should pre-Core Weapons get the same treatment?
Excellent point!
I've been playing Varian assuming this was a rule through season 6 (currently on Adv 6), and have had a proficiency dependent sword since Adv 3.
There is a line in the Transition Guide saying: "You can now be proficient with traits in addition to card types." which, while not explicit, at least to me implies that a character being proficient with Swords is then considered "Proficient with Weapons" when the weapon in question has the sword trait.
I agree that it would be nice to have this made explicit via FAQ or added to the Conversion Guide though.
I've been playing Varian assuming this was a rule through season 6 (currently on Adv 6), and have had a proficiency dependent sword since Adv 3.
There is a line in the Transition Guide saying: "You can now be proficient with traits in addition to card types." which, while not explicit, at least to me implies that a character being proficient with Swords is then considered "Proficient with Weapons" when the weapon in question has the sword trait.
I agree that it would be nice to have this made explicit via FAQ or added to the Conversion Guide though.
I wouldn’t take that to be an implied rules change. The conversion guide explicitly lists which characters gain additional proficiencies, and the transition guide line is focused on characters as well instead of boons.