Sais Me Up

[GhostDancer]

You are attacking the infamous assassin, Electra, who is trying to block your assault with two sais, one in each of her hands. A sai has +2 Block- what about the pair in use here? What if she has no Ambidexterity or Two Weapon Combat?

[Steve Long]

Re: Sais Me Up

 

Q: Some weapons provide bonuses to Maneuvers other than Strike — for example, the sai provides +2 OCV to Block, Bind, and Disarm attempts. If a character wields two such weapons, one in each hand, does he get to apply this bonus twice?

 

A: Typically no, he does not — no more than a character wielding two weapons that both provide +1 OCV gets to add +2 OCV to all of his attacks. However, the GM is certainly free to make exceptions if he feels that’s appropriate (as it might be in the case of Block, since that’s a defensive Maneuver rather than an attack, and the rules tend to be more forgiving when characters protect themselves from harm ).