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The gakgung is better for Monastic Archer Stance than a comp. short bow [greater range, less deadly and doesn't have the volley of the longbow. There is also a combination weapon between a bow and a staff that's monk if you want to dip into melee.
PS: there's a lot of other new armor, weapons and shields that got reviewed too.
Those are great news. Where did you get that info? Podcast?
Super happy to hear it tbh. My backup character is a Bo Staff monk with Student of Perfection and Jalmeri Heavenseeker dedications and has Monastic Archer Stance as ranged backup. Glad to hear that she will be able to fight at range with Heaven's Thunder if I get to play her.
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Those are great news. Where did you get that info? Podcast?
Super happy to hear it tbh. My backup character is a Bo Staff monk with Student of Perfection and Jalmeri Heavenseeker dedications and has Monastic Archer Stance as ranged backup. Glad to hear that she will be able to fight at range with Heaven's Thunder if I get to play her.
Knights of Last Call previewed the armor and weapons sections, mundane and magic: video They go over pretty much every item. LOTS of cool mundane armor, weapons and even shields.
If you have a bo staff and use Monastic Archer Stance there IS a combo weapon you might like: the mikazuki is a combo different than the bow staff I was talking about in the first post. The bow staff is a full dex weapon [finesse, no propulsive] bow/staff while the mikazuki is a str bow/staff [no finesse, propulsive on bow] but both have parry.
The falcata is surprising. Just straight up the most damaging one handed melee weapon. I'm not complaining though. D8 / fatal d12 is very good to look at.
It's pretty nice indeed but it is advanced. A lot of weapons surprised me.
Frying pan... Hands down it's now my favorite halfling weapon as far as flavor but a non-finesse fatal weapon isn't what I'd have thought it would be.
Dancers spear: a finesse reach weapon that's common and martial.
Long hammer: a d8 weapon with reach, versatile, trip and a dwarf wizard can use proficiently...
Kusarigama: disarm, reach, trip, versatile and monk with decent damage.
chainsword: reach, finesse 1 handed sword
Bolas are common now.
chakri and boomerangs return if you miss.
Various trick bows [shield bow, rotary bow, gauntlet bow] can fill nifty niches.
Spraysling... Halflings get a sling that has scatter!
That orc gun is scary. Narrow effective range with volley but 8 repeating shots with kickback makes a happy orc vanguard.
Missed that... Oh, the barricade buster is a firearm... Hmmm... Well it SHOULD be impressive for a bulk 3 weapon. The only things that give me pause is it's an advanced weapon and it's got a volley. Between the 2, it'll need orc, 1/2 orc or adopted orc and a bit of moving to avoid minuses [or lower proficiency].
Long hammer: a d8 weapon with reach, versatile, trip and a dwarf wizard can use proficiently...
How would that work? It's martial, isn't it? So Dwarven Weapon familiarity makes it simple for proficiency. But Wizards are still not proficient in simple weapons. Unless that changed?
Those are great news. Where did you get that info? Podcast?
Super happy to hear it tbh. My backup character is a Bo Staff monk with Student of Perfection and Jalmeri Heavenseeker dedications and has Monastic Archer Stance as ranged backup. Glad to hear that she will be able to fight at range with Heaven's Thunder if I get to play her.
Knights of Last Call previewed the armor and weapons sections, mundane and magic: video They go over pretty much every item. LOTS of cool mundane armor, weapons and even shields.
If you have a bo staff and use Monastic Archer Stance there IS a combo weapon you might like: the mikazuki is a combo different than the bow staff I was talking about in the first post. The bow staff is a full dex weapon [finesse, no propulsive] bow/staff while the mikazuki is a str bow/staff [no finesse, propulsive on bow] but both have parry.
Thanks! Just gave it a quick glance and everything looks amazing.
I planned the character to be 90% melee, 10% ranged, if that makes sense, so I think I will stick to the Bo Staff (for the reach, mostly). The bow staff looks super sweet in general, though. I'd like to try it out with other character.
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Long hammer: a d8 weapon with reach, versatile, trip and a dwarf wizard can use proficiently...How would that work? It's martial, isn't it? So Dwarven Weapon familiarity makes it simple for proficiency. But Wizards are still not proficient in simple weapons. Unless that changed?
It hasn't changed. Wizards remain the only class with a tax to use simple weapons.
I will never not hate this.
Long hammer: a d8 weapon with reach, versatile, trip and a dwarf wizard can use proficiently...How would that work? It's martial, isn't it? So Dwarven Weapon familiarity makes it simple for proficiency. But Wizards are still not proficient in simple weapons. Unless that changed?
Ah, you're right: I meant to say witch but somehow wizard came out. :P