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=== Charms ===

* Does damage from elemental effects like the Fire effect of Dragon-Graced Weapon or from a Terrestrial Exalt's anima banner have a minimum damage equal to the attacker's Essence?

* How does the extra ping from Violet Bier of Sorrows Form work in Powercombat? Doesn't the new rule of Essence-ping make the MA-ping of VBSF alot less useful than it used to be? How to fix this?

=== Equipment ===

* Q:How does wielding more than one weapon work under the Power Combat rules?

** A: (from WW Forums) I would say you can't exceed the Rate of the highest Rated weapon for your total number of attacks, nor can any weapon's number of attacks exceed its rate. - Geffrey C. Grabowski, Exalted Developer, WWGS, raindog@white-wolf.com -- Doctweasel

* Q:What are the guidelines one would use to convert a weapon or attack from normal combat to Power Combat stats? I notice you have a lot of that going on in the previous page, and it might be useful to have some general guidelines as well as providing general ideas. -- CrownedSun
** A: I did it purely through eyeballing. In some cases, such as with the [[PowerCombat/HeavenlyThunderLeaves|Heavenly Thunder Leaves]], I based the stats on the non-magical version, and just added a lot of points. In other cases, for example, the [[PowerCombat/DaiklaiveofConquest|Daiklaive of Conquest]], I just designed it so it was all-round better than a Daiklaive, which it was in the rules. With the [[PowerCombat/LightningChain|Lightning Chain]], I just gave it a nifty new power which I thought would be cool under the new rules. -- [[Ascendance]]

=== Comments ===

Compromise suggestion moved to the new dual wielding discussion. - [[ReallyBored]]

Um... how many people do you know who can split their dice pool 16 times? Before charm bonuses?
Anyone who has stats like that; and about the only ones are going to be Elder Lunars; are going to have more powerful techniques than something as mundane as attacking with multiple limbs. -[[Fifth]]

Moved dual-wielding houserules guidelines to FixThePowerCombatRules/DualWielding as per [[MF]]'s suggestion. - [[ArchonShiva]]

:Thanks! --[[MF]]

Oh, and is this really going to be a FAQ (which implies having answers for the questions), or a discussion page? Perhaps we should move it to Discussions/PowerCombat instead. --[[MF]] again

On VBoSF-- yes, it is less useful than it was before. Its main area of use is between Essence 1 and Essence 5. I don't see a problem with this- the whole style is a wee bit overpowered (I don't object to that too much; it's the martial arts style for the martial arts specialists of the martial arts specialists) and I can easily see this as a limited bennie. -- IsawaBrian

I think it was also made with that concept in mind. She knew there was going to be Ess ping later, but added it as a benifit anyway. - [[haren]]

Another thought on VBoSForm that I've had is that it's great for fighting spirits and demons and such. The Virtue-eating (which is, in my opinion, the primary effect of the Charm) corrodes their ability to fight back at full force, and the increased ping could be viewed as a sort of field-leveling effect. Regarding BotBM, that Charm never allowed you to split your dice pool more times than you could without it. Charm dice are added after multiple action penalties. - [[David.]]

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 Anyone who has stats like that; and about the only ones are going to be Elder Lunars; are going to have more powerful techniques than something as mundane as attacking with multiple limbs. -[[Fifth]]
-Moved dual-wielding houserules guidelines to [[FixThePowerCombatRulesPowerCombat/PowerCombatFAQ/DualWielding]] as per [[MF]]'s suggestion. - [[ArchonShiva]]
+Moved dual-wielding houserules guidelines to [[FixThePowerCombatRules/DualWielding]] as per [[MF]]'s suggestion. - [[ArchonShiva]]
 :<i>Thanks!</i> --[[MF]]
-Oh, and is this really going to be a FAQ (which implies having answers for the questions), or a discussion page? Perhaps we should move it to [[DiscussionsPowerCombat/PowerCombatFAQ/PowerCombat]] instead. --[[MF]] again
+Oh, and is this really going to be a FAQ (which implies having answers for the questions), or a discussion page? Perhaps we should move it to Discussions/[[PowerCombat]] instead. --[[MF]] again
 On [[VBoSF]]-- yes, it is less useful than it was before.  Its main area of use is between Essence 1 and Essence 5.  I don't see a problem with this- the whole style is a wee bit overpowered (I don't object to that too much; it's the martial arts style for the martial arts specialists of the martial arts specialists) and I can easily see this as a limited bennie. -- [[IsawaBrian]]

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 Anyone who has stats like that; and about the only ones are going to be Elder Lunars; are going to have more powerful techniques than something as mundane as attacking with multiple limbs. -[[Fifth]]
-Moved dual-wielding houserules guidelines to [[FixThePowerCombatRules/DualWielding]] as per [[MF]]'s suggestion. - [[ArchonShiva]]
+Moved dual-wielding houserules guidelines to [[FixThePowerCombatRulesPowerCombat/PowerCombatFAQ/DualWielding]] as per [[MF]]'s suggestion. - [[ArchonShiva]]
 :<i>Thanks!</i> --[[MF]]
-Oh, and is this really going to be a FAQ (which implies having answers for the questions), or a discussion page? Perhaps we should move it to Discussions[[/PowerCombat]] instead. --[[MF]] again
+Oh, and is this really going to be a FAQ (which implies having answers for the questions), or a discussion page? Perhaps we should move it to [[DiscussionsPowerCombat/PowerCombatFAQ/PowerCombat]] instead. --[[MF]] again
 On [[VBoSF]]-- yes, it is less useful than it was before.  Its main area of use is between Essence 1 and Essence 5.  I don't see a problem with this- the whole style is a wee bit overpowered (I don't object to that too much; it's the martial arts style for the martial arts specialists of the martial arts specialists) and I can easily see this as a limited bennie. -- [[IsawaBrian]]

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 ** <b>A:</b> <i>(from WW Forums)</i> I would say you can't exceed the Rate of the highest Rated weapon for your total number of attacks, nor can any weapon's number of attacks exceed its rate. - Geffrey C. Grabowski, Exalted Developer, WWGS, raindog@white-wolf.com  -- Doctweasel
-* <b>Q:<i>What are the guidelines one would use to convert a weapon or attack from normal combat to Power Combat stats?  I notice you have a lot of that going on in the previous page, and it might be useful to have some general guidelines as well as providing general ideas.</b></i>  -- CrownedSun
+* <b>Q:<i>What are the guidelines one would use to convert a weapon or attack from normal combat to Power Combat stats?  I notice you have a lot of that going on in the previous page, and it might be useful to have some general guidelines as well as providing general ideas.</b></i>  -- [[CrownedSun]]
 ** <b>A:</b>  I did it purely through eyeballing.  In some cases, such as with the [[PowerCombat/HeavenlyThunderLeaves|Heavenly Thunder Leaves]], I based the stats on the non-magical version, and just added a lot of points.  In other cases, for example, the [[PowerCombat/DaiklaiveofConquest|Daiklaive of Conquest]], I just designed it so it was all-round better than a Daiklaive, which it was in the rules. With the [[PowerCombat/LightningChain|Lightning Chain]], I just gave it a nifty new power which I thought would be cool under the new rules.  -- [[Ascendance]]
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 Anyone who has stats like that; and about the only ones are going to be Elder Lunars; are going to have more powerful techniques than something as mundane as attacking with multiple limbs. -[[Fifth]]
-Moved dual-wielding houserules guidelines to FixThePowerCombatRules/DualWielding as per [[MF]]'s suggestion. - [[ArchonShiva]]
+Moved dual-wielding houserules guidelines to [[FixThePowerCombatRules/DualWielding]] as per [[MF]]'s suggestion. - [[ArchonShiva]]
 :<i>Thanks!</i> --[[MF]]
-Oh, and is this really going to be a FAQ (which implies having answers for the questions), or a discussion page? Perhaps we should move it to Discussions/PowerCombat instead. --[[MF]] again
+Oh, and is this really going to be a FAQ (which implies having answers for the questions), or a discussion page? Perhaps we should move it to Discussions[[/PowerCombat]] instead. --[[MF]] again
-On VBoSF-- yes, it is less useful than it was before.  Its main area of use is between Essence 1 and Essence 5.  I don't see a problem with this- the whole style is a wee bit overpowered (I don't object to that too much; it's the martial arts style for the martial arts specialists of the martial arts specialists) and I can easily see this as a limited bennie. -- IsawaBrian
+On [[VBoSF]]-- yes, it is less useful than it was before.  Its main area of use is between Essence 1 and Essence 5.  I don't see a problem with this- the whole style is a wee bit overpowered (I don't object to that too much; it's the martial arts style for the martial arts specialists of the martial arts specialists) and I can easily see this as a limited bennie. -- [[IsawaBrian]]
 I think it was also made with that concept in mind. She knew there was going to be Ess ping later, but added it as a benifit anyway. - [[haren]]
-<i>Another thought on VBoSForm that I've had is that it's <b>great</b> for fighting spirits and demons and such. The Virtue-eating (which is, in my opinion, the primary effect of the Charm) corrodes their ability to fight back at full force, and the increased ping could be viewed as a sort of field-leveling effect. Regarding BotBM, that Charm <b>never</b> allowed you to split your dice pool more times than you could without it. Charm dice are added after multiple action penalties.</i> - [[David.]]
+<i>Another thought on [[VBoSForm]] that I've had is that it's <b>great</b> for fighting spirits and demons and such. The Virtue-eating (which is, in my opinion, the primary effect of the Charm) corrodes their ability to fight back at full force, and the increased ping could be viewed as a sort of field-leveling effect. Regarding [[BotBM]], that Charm <b>never</b> allowed you to split your dice pool more times than you could without it. Charm dice are added after multiple action penalties.</i> - [[David.]]