TheHirumaChico
Explorer
I'm working on homebrewing some other weapon stats for my ongoing NOW campaign, such as deer horn knives. I'm looking at Jutte/Sai and Butterfly Sword for comparison. The Jutte/Sai have the Shield trait, which means wielding one counts as also wielding a shield of the same size, in this case small, and a small shield provides a +1 bonus to DEFENSE. The Butterfly Sword provides a flat +1 to MELEE DEFENSE. Does the user get +2 MELEE DEFENSE for dual-wielding two Butterfly Swords? And is it correct to infer that a shield, or a weapon with the shield trait, benefits all 3 physical defenses -- MELEE, RANGED, and VITAL -- since it says +X DEFENSE?