I have a little question regarding combat melee weapons that add their damage ot the base damage of the vampire.
If a vampire with aggravated damage (Basilia) is equipped with a Bastard Sword, does she do 2 Normal damage as melee or 2 aggravated damage?
I couldn't be sure how the ruling goes.
Thank you,
Chance
Chance
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xcdc...@aol.com wrote:
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> I have a little question regarding combat melee weapons that add their damage ot the base damage of the vampire.
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> If a vampire with aggravated damage (Basilia) is equipped with a Bastard Sword, does she do 2 Normal damage as melee or 2 aggravated damage?
If she strikes with the Sword, she does 2 damage. This damage is not
hand damage, so her ability (hand damage is agg) does not apply.
Is she strikes with hands, she does 1 damage. This damage is hand
damage, so is aggravated (by her special ability). Since she isn't
striking with the Sword, she doesn't get the added damage to the strike.
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L. Scott Johnson (vte...@regency.wizards.com) wrote:
: Is she strikes with hands, she does 1 damage. This damage is hand: damage, so is aggravated (by her special ability). Since she isn't
: striking with the Sword, she doesn't get the added damage to the strike.
But doesn't the bastard sword do +1 hand damage? At least, that's what is says
on my card anyway. Should Basilia do aggravated damage with hand strikes only?
That should be an errata on the card.
A friend of mine and I have been differentiating hand strikes and hand damage,
particularly with things like Immortal Grapple, Drawing out the Beast, etc.
For instance, a vamp armed with a Bastard Sword increases hand damage, but is
a melee attack, and not a hand strike. Is my interpretation of this correct?
Boon Sian Chang wrote:
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> L. Scott Johnson (vte...@regency.wizards.com) wrote:
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> : Is she strikes with hands, she does 1 damage. This damage is hand
> : damage, so is aggravated (by her special ability). Since she isn't
> : striking with the Sword, she doesn't get the added damage to the strike.
>
> But doesn't the bastard sword do +1 hand damage? At least, that's what is says
> on my card anyway. Should Basilia do aggravated damage with hand strikes only?
> That should be an errata on the card.
If that's what it takes. But I don't think it does:
Bastard Sword inflicts damage in an amount equal to +1 hand damage.
(Elaboration on card text, VtES). It inflicts this damage when used
as a strike. Like any strike, the damage comes from the strike.
In this case, the strike is a melee weapon strike, not a hand strike,
so the damage is melee weapon damage, not hand damage.
> A friend of mine and I have been differentiating hand strikes and hand damage,
> particularly with things like Immortal Grapple, Drawing out the Beast, etc.
"Hand damage" means two things: the amount of damage that a minion
would inflict with an unmodified hand strike, and the damage inflicted
from a hand strike.
"Hand strike" means only one thing: a hand strike.
Only hand strikes can be used under Immortal Grapple.
Drawing out the beast changes the "hand damage" (first meaning).
> For instance, a vamp armed with a Bastard Sword increases hand damage, but is
> a melee attack, and not a hand strike. Is my interpretation of this correct?
The vamp *armed* with a Sword does not increase his hand damage.
A vamp *striking* with a Sword will do damage equal to his hand
damage (first meaning) plus one. This damage is not hand damage
(second meaning), but rather, is melee weapon damage.
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