Is a character allowed to practice, outside of combat, using weapons for which he does not have the skill?
i.e. If an archer offered to let me shoot his bow at a target, would my character be able to accept?
#notaref but training weapons definitely exist in the Empire and can be used by unskilled individuals, thereâs a load of them in the academy.
The Academy, sometimes, is using the Apprentice abilityâŚ
But I suspect the answer is yes. As long as you arenât doing anything too mechanically effective (ie, causing damage), I canât see anything wrong with some practice, especially if the person teaching you DOES have the calls.
Outside of combat, youâre basically roleplaying the learning of the skill
I was talking to a veteran player and they told me that they have used a bow in the past for a bit of fun but didnât actually have the skill for it. If you do well then you may just have to go âbeginners luckâ and then make sure people donât think you can actually do it otherwise you may have a situation where someone wants you to use a weapon you canât, this player told me of such as situation.
I have an archery instructors qualification in Real life, and am happy to teach basic archery, usually aiming at a propped up shield or the back of a tent wall. My character doesnât go to battle, and doesnât have the marksman skill, but I maintain I teach kids at my chapter house in my backstory.
Can do it IC if there is time, otherwise Friday morning is a good slot, before time in. Iâm in Highguard.
Once you have had a go at a weapon set, then taking that weapon set monstering is a good way to get a feel for how it goes during actual battle, which is quite a bit different to static practice, or one on one sparring.
NB archers will lose arrows despite everyone taking care so do be aware of expenses beforehand.
Yeah, I got a lot of archery and 1-handed spear practice in when I used to monster.
I can imagine many people are good at shooting a bow at static targets, but might not have the skill to track a moving target or could even be unable to shoot at anything human shaped with a lethal weapon.
Even in the real world, friends with military experience have said that there is a massive difference between shooting a gun at targets and shooting at a human being.
Yeah., Iâm teaching technique so that the kids have the basics down before they go for military service (common in Highguard), works the same way for general people/characters too, learn how to do it, what not to do, and how to be safe. You can practice to be accurate and fast yourself!
I was watching a lindybeige video on youtube recently where he said that most people in an actual combat situation will shoot to miss because they donât really want to kill anyone, but they have to do something so they just shoot near the enemy.
Is this why in Star Wars the rebels are capable of hitting the dehumanised figures of the stormtroopers, it is commented the stormtroopers are incredibly precise (against vehicles), and yet stormtroopers cannot hit the rebels in their open-faced helmets?
It is the perfect ad hoc answer to that question
In short, yes. The Marksman skill allows you to use a bow in combat. If you are roleplaying some archery training with a friend, this is entirely acceptable, and indeed encouraged if you were to pick up the Marksman skill in game.
If you were to accidentally hit someone instead of the target, you can claim youâre using âtraining arrowsâ that have, say, soft padded ends so you donât do any damage.
Exactly. Because kids are all little monsters, If ever they hit you itâs always a Wooden Training Weapon. You are then free to tell everyone that you did not get beaten by a child, it was training. Honestly Guv, there were like 9 of them. Of course I can beat them I just choose not to.
Side, unrelated note - The academy combat faculty trains them really well.
Edit:
Did I say 9? I mean to say 12. and 4 of them were mages.
Yeah, watch out for the Academy. They are the most ruthless, drilled, tricksy and efficient small-group (very small group) combat team on the field. And have a tendancy to leave monsters bleeding on the floor (OOC) while they stand there looking innocent saying âoopsâŚâ
Okay, not that bad