Increasing stats and hunting capabilities

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bajuba
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Increasing stats and hunting capabilities

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My friend and I use leather armor shields and stone axes to hunt level 1 beasts for meat, we don't seem to be getting any FEP's. I think we may need to fight stronger animals.

The only way to improve melee fighting is to increase strength and melee fighting skill right?

We have around 30 melee skill each and can not find a way to raise our strength. Any suggestions?

Also can anyone explain the combat system because I see a scale with numbers and little initiative tokens but all we ever do is chop. Any Advice?
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Re: Increasing stats and hunting capabilities

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You don't NEED higher strength to kill higher level animals. It just makes it easier. You can take down a level 4 bear with a basic 3 damage punch.
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Re: Increasing stats and hunting capabilities

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but how do you survive it?
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Re: Increasing stats and hunting capabilities

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Extremely high melee/unarmed skill levels.
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Re: Increasing stats and hunting capabilities

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and that will prevent me from taking damage?
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Re: Increasing stats and hunting capabilities

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It'll keep you from getting hit.
You see a masterful engraving by Blaze. On it is Blaze, bears, boars, and foxes. Blaze is striking down the bears. The boars are screaming. The foxes are in a fetal position. The image relates to the return of Blaze in the late winter of 2009.
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Re: Increasing stats and hunting capabilities

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I didn't realize it was a defensive and offensive skill, thanks!
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Re: Increasing stats and hunting capabilities

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Unarmed skill helps the defensive maneuver "Dodge"
Melee skill helps the defensive maneuver "Shield"

Whether the two work in concert is unknown to me.

Also, most other maneuvers also use unarmed as far as I know.
You see a masterful engraving by Blaze. On it is Blaze, bears, boars, and foxes. Blaze is striking down the bears. The boars are screaming. The foxes are in a fetal position. The image relates to the return of Blaze in the late winter of 2009.

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