The first few questions, your guess was as good as mine. With these, though, I feel more qualified to answer.
kilgs wrote:4. The book indicates that anyone can use the basic combat maneuvers for each style.
"Each fighting style has requirements listed in the lower left hand corner. If you do not meet the
fighting style’s requirements, you cannot fight in that style. If, possibly through injury or fatigue, you do not meet the requirements of any styles that you know, you can only use the basic combat maneuvers. The basic combat maneuvers are listed in the lower right of every style sheet, and anyone can use them."
Obviously, this requires them to meet the basic requirements of the style. But does it also include the basic attack/defense of Grand Styles?
The basic maneuvers (Strike, Defend, Grab, Throw/Shoot, and Trick/Misc) require nothing, they're not part of the style. They're simply listed on the sheets for convenience. They all *should* be the same, regardless of style. If not, it's a typo ;)
The situation where this comes up in is, say your only fighting style is Free Sword, which requires STR 6 QCK 5. You have a STR of 8, but you get Bear Hugged (Savage combat style) three times, lowering your STR to 5. You no longer qualify for Free Sword, and have no other combat styles. Thus, your only options are the basic maneuvers: Strike, Defend, Grab, Throw/Shoot, and Trick/Misc
kilgs wrote:5. Can you use any weapon with styles that are not specific (ie. Matchlock pistol and Swashbuckling). The Swashbuckling style has a Shoot/Throw mechanic of Attack=Qck and simply says you have to have a "weapon"...
It pretty much requires common sense and/or GM ruling. I'd argue a non-melee weapon using the Swashbuckling style would be silly, unless the player made a good case for it. How does one buckle his swash without some sort of melee weapon?
If you've played the game Munchkin, it's similar to how there are a number of things in there that aren't explicitly defined on each card but are brought up in card text. For example, a card might say "lose your footwear" with you having to make the judgement call of what items count as footwear, as each card isn't explicitly labelled with such a tag.
