Questions about Fight and Recovery

Burning Wheel Subsystem Advice and Guidance
1

So my group had our first fight recently and a few questions came up.

After positioning with a spell does taking an action which is not casting (like an avoid) before starting to cast the spell cede the advantage?

Does casting a different spell than the one you positioned with count as changing a weapon?

Does a Player cede advantage when a spell is released?

Once a Player releases a spell do they revert their advantage/disadvantage to hands (or whatever they happen to be holding)?

Lastly in the Staunching the Flow Chart the Surgery Column reads Midi 2 Severe 3 Traumatic 3 Mortal 5, is that a misprint (basically should the Traumatic Ob be 4?)

Many thanks.

2
  1. No
  2. Yes
  3. Yes
  4. Yes
  5. Use what’s in the book.

Hope that helps!

3

Thanks for the answers. I actually have a few more questions I forgot to ask:

When adding shield dice to a test (like block or counterstrike) do the shield dice take on the shade of the weapon skill?

When opening a weapon skill does the increase to Agility Ob from Armor Clumsy weight get added in?

again many thanks.

4
  1. They should, yes.
  2. You’re testing Spear using Beginner’s Luck. Calculate Ob penalties as for the Spear skill.
5

Devin, how does the Dwarven shield work then? We’ve always played with independently shaded shields.

6

Hm. Balance dice from weapons take the shade of the skill, no? But I suppose that’s advantage. I stand corrected.