Re: Unarmed combat

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'Nother newbie question, or set of questions, regarding unarmed combat.

Background: I'm playing a Elf Druid (might as well be Taur (who is a
leathercrafter. She wants lots of leather, for medium armor kits, so
she goes to Moonglade, starts massacring rabbits and deer, and
harvesting the hides.

I know, I know, I'm a terrible person. Or rather ~she~ is.

It occurred to me that using my staff was overkill, because those tender
creatures are very frail: they die of fright if you merely give them a
dirty look. So I put my staff away and just started punching them.

My, that is her girlish fists delivered three big points of damage with
that first blow, but it was sufficent.

Suddenly my UNARMED COMBAT rating (which had been zero) began to quickly
rise. One tick with every punch, until level (I think) 40, when it
began to take two punches to gain a level. By the time I had collected
enough skins to make four medium leather armor kits, my unarmed combat
skill was at 67! It took about a half-hour.

It took me til level 14 I think to get that high with my staff skill. I
rarely use my staff, frankly, especially since I got bear form skill.

I began to wonder if any of you specialize in unarmed combat? How
useful is it, really? I know if your weapon breaks in battle, that you
are forced to use your fists - does that sort of thing often happen?

How many of you would be interested in fists-only duels?

Some mobs is able to disarm you, and then you have to rely on your
fists. The Fist weapon skills is the Unarmed combat as well, so if you
plan on using some of the nice fist Weapons
<http://thottbot.com/?iclass=2.13#A::A> you might as well keep this up.

When you reach level 20 and get the Cat form, you will most likely never
need fighting unarmed again.
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