Wemic Weapons

[crazedgoblin]

on the wemic race page it sais they carry a spear and shortbow does that mean they HAVE to use a shortbow or can they branch out into the longbow?

[Force_of_Will_]

Freedom of choice id assume. Unless the Long Bow was impossible to use due to their shape.

[lonnarin]

well, they're size large, so I'd think they would prefer longbows to shortbows. Of course, the humanoid portion of their body is about medium sized, so either could be used by them, I would think. The way that paragraph was worded, I believe it meant that those were the weapons they use most in their homeland, and not to say that one after leaving home and becoming an adventurer would spontaneously combust into kitty goo should he ever try to train in new weapons. Keep in mind that weapons other than spears and bows are still alien to them at 1st, so they would have the same trepedation learning them at 1st as say, a dwarf who found a laser pistol from another dimension and picked it up. His mind would be boggled at 1st, but after some practice and character development, proficiency would be possible.

The only real gear *restriction* that I know of in place for them is that you can't buy heavy armor proficiency at 1st level, which makes sense since their culture simply doesn't make them, thus they wouldn't have aan opportunity to be exposed to them. Through later training and HEAVY customization via armorcraft, it might be possible to have one wear it at later levels, but even then I'd imagine it to function more like horses' barding with thickness and flexibility akin to scalemale.

[crazedgoblin]

im wearing leather armour at the moment, and while i remeber they have an ability called "scent" which allows them to smell out the creatures of the area but i cannot find out how to activate it, any ideas?

[lonnarin]

I think it is reflected in the +2 to listen spot and search checks that they get, which helps them notice enemies via the Bioware engine. I could be wrong though. And a quick correction to the post I made earlier, it does appear that they will always refuse to wear metal armors, so it's good that you're using leathers.

[Harloff]

I think the scent abilety is the same feat as the bear warrior gets, and it is activated much like other feats you activate. You can find it by right clicking at nine o'clock you find your characters feats and you will probably see it listet here (or in a submenu in this section). That is the way it works for a bear warrior anyhow. The easist thing is to assign it to a function buttom like you do with knockdown, taunt, etc. The function can be used as often as you like and shows you all enemies in the area, isted with the tag they have. e.g. "high mountain clan ogre mage"...

[EdTheKet]

The way that paragraph was worded, I believe it meant that those were the weapons they use most in their homeland,

It is worded like this:

Wemics are always seen carrying a few spears and a short bow. These are the weapons of the hunt, and these are the only weapons, apart from your claws, to kill prey with.

and it says always

And here's why: They live for the hunt, they die for the hunt, so they use those weapons. Also, longbows are really really unhandy if you're a wemic. Compare them to the horse archers of old, they had short bows, because you just can't use a longbow when galloping around on a horse. A wemic (like a centaur) can very much be compared to somebody shooting arrows from a horse, after all their torso is human, so hence shortbows. Longbows make you have to stand still and aim, shortbows allow you to shoot and run around your prey in circles. That's why.

[crazedgoblin]

ok thanks for info