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Re Weapon data
Thu, 2007-01-04 23:33 — tboneAargh, I replied days ago and the post isn't here. I probably brilliantly forgot to hit "Post".
I believe I said: Thanks, DW, you're always full of helpful info. I haven't heard of these books and likely would not have stumbled across them. Both are expensive, and Yadin's looks like it's only available second-hand, but both are on my "to get" list.
I know thearma.org well. It's a storehouse of info; the big challenge is paring the content down to something digestible for game purposes! And I have pulled some weapon data off of it, though again, the copious numbers in some articles rarely place a number on PoB...
Ah well, that's part of the beauty of a roll-your-own weapon system: if you don't know what the real thing's stats should be, you make them up, and say "that's how this sword is built". And the rules deliver the appropriate performance for this sword.