Re: Re: [dq-rules] Readiness Points?

[Rodger Thorm <dqn@earthlink.net>]

By calling it "Readiness Points" rather than "Number of Hands," SPI demonstrated how forward thinking they were, by avoiding speciesist terms that refer to hands, so that snakes holding swords with their tails, tentacle-armed monsters, and pirates with hooks (among others) could also be included in the combat rules.  ;->

  --RT

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"Readiness Points" are an obscure reference to the number of hands a character needs to wield a weapon.

A broadsword requires 1 "Readiness Point".  A two-handed sword requires 2 "Readiness Points".  I think you get the idea.

Yes, it was a silly and obscure way of describing an extremely simple concept.

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Bruce Probst              bprobst@netspace.net.au    ICQ 6563830