When this skill is purchased the character gains a Damage Bonus to their attacks given in the table below.
Weapon Type
Damage Bonus
Small, Thrown, One-Handed, Bastard, Staffs, and Crossbows
+1
Two-Handed, Polearm, Bows
+1.5*
This skill must be purchased for a specific weapon category and cannot be used with other weapons. Additionally, this skill is hand specific and the character must choose whether to apply the Damage Bonus to either their right or left hand when they purchase this skill.
This skill is stackable with itself and all Weapon Proficiencies learned within a specific weapon category are cumulative. So a Weapon Proficiency +4 with Polearm skill would allow the character to cause 10 points of damage with their polearm. Weapon Proficiencies with other weapon categories do not stack with each other.
For example, Jaygo purchases the Weapon Proficiency +1 skill with his One-Handed Edge skill with his right hand. He would then cause 3 points of damage with his long sword. Later, Jaygo learns the Weapon Proficiency +2 skill with his One-Handed Edge skill with his right hand and a Weapon Proficiency +1 with Small Weapon skill with his left hand. Now, with his Florentine skill, he causes 4 points of damage with his long sword and 2 points of damage with his dagger, so long as he uses his weapons in the correct hand.
Proficiencies purchased for bastard weapons are also hand specific. The character gains the Damage Bonus when they use the bastard weapon in two hands and with only one hand so long as it is in the hand they specified at the time the skill was learned.
Proficiencies learned with weapon categories do not transfer to free weapons gained. For example, a character that learns the OneHanded Edge skill and Two-Handed Edge skill can also use Bastard Edged Weapons, but their One-Handed or Two-Handed Edge Weapon Proficiencies cannot be used with a bastard weapon. This is also true for bastard weapon skills.
*The damage bonus rounds down, so one purchase is +1 damage, and two purchases is +3 damage.
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