Hullo, Clovis,
Clovis a écrit :
As for me, I'd stick with 0 Damage, no matter the level in the Discipline. After all, it stands to reason that you're always going to do more damage with one foot of coldly efficient steel than with your meaty fists. Esteren has a realistic world after all, with no Kung-fu masters, so fist-fighting should remain something that is always less efficient than using a weapon... unless you're using a really inefficient weapon, like a broom.
You make a good argument here for this approach, Clovis, so there's something to this. but you make it sound here as if no one ever engages in fisticuffs and the like, which I find hard to believe. A physical weapon (even a broom!) always gives an advantage in a fight (unless one is an expert at unarmed combat), but since there's no indication of there being martial art styles in Tri-Kazel, it's moot talking about their merits.
Clovis a écrit :
However, should you want to give more edge to specialists in unarmed combat, you can implement rules such as the ones Iris and iznurda mentioned. It is your Esteren after all!
Exactly the point, mon ami.
That said, the ones Iris suggested appeal to me simply because as someone gets better with the Unarmed Combat Discipline, the damage should go up a bit. I'm not sure I'll use them, but they're certainly an option. As are Iz's of course.