Weapon Adaptation

Weapon Adaptation†

1 point

You’ve adapted the moves used with one group of melee
weapons to another class of weapons. This lets you wield the
weapons covered by one weapon skill using a different skill
and its techniques, with all of the benefits and drawbacks of
that skill, provided the replacement skill defaults to the
usual one at no worse than -4 and uses the same number of
hands. Each adaptation is a separate perk; e.g., Weapon
Adaptation (Shortsword to Smallsword) lets you use the
Smallsword skill to fight when equipped with a Shortsword
weapon – complete with fencing parries, superior retreats,
and encumbrance penalties. The GM may permit silly adap-
tations, such as Knife to Halberd, as cinematic perks.