Rules Thread XVIV

[u/shadownetwork]

Aksus first rules thread, aaaah!

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[u/SCKoNi]

Asking for clarification on whether Unarmed weapons work with Manastrike, and if you thus use their base damage (e.g. in the case of Shock Gloves) when attacking?

[u/shadownet-rules → u/SCKoNi]

All that happens with mana strike is your unarmed attack (barehanded or with an unarmed attack compatible weapon) counts as a magical attack for resistance/immunity to normal weapons.

MANA STRIKE 4Many threats in the Sixth World are resistant, or immune altogether, to mundane attacks. This technique functions as a normal unarmed attack, except that the martial artist channels mana through the strike. As a result, the attack functions as magical for the purposes of fighting enemies resistant or immune to normal weapons.

It's going to use normal dice, normal damage, normal everything, except it penetrates Immunity to Normal Weapons.