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Goblins Stompers in 5e

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« on: <01-08-14/2127:33> »
Just a quick question...  I haven't done a lot of conversion between 4th and 5th editions, so I just wanna ask quick about if this sounds reasonable.

The original combat stats for the goblin stompers in Attitude were 2P(f) with AP of -half.

Would something like 5P(f) with -6 AP make sense for 5th edition?

And while I'm here...  They're an exotic weapon, and thus use their own skill (weird but whatever) so I could feasibly get a skillsoft for them, yeah?  Fuckin' weird but whatever.
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« Reply #1 on: <01-09-14/0032:02> »
I would rule that using them as a weapon would use Unarmed Combat for anything other than simply stomping.  But otherwise, I like the conversion.  These things are meant to maim and hurt, but not necessarily to kill.  The only thing I'd change is lowering the AP to -5.  This would put it in-line with the electrical items that also previously had an AP of -half.
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« Reply #2 on: <01-09-14/0217:45> »
I went with -6 because I think the book says something like "all flame weapons have AP -6" but making them similar to the shock gloves makes sense.  And I suppose, along those lines, since they're not any stronger than the much more acceptable and less illegal shock gloves, having them used with Unarmed Combat isn't like some crazy OP decision.
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« Reply #3 on: <01-09-14/0259:15> »
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