[Pcgen-trackers] [ pcgen-Bugs-1185315 ] Martial/Exotic weapons and CHANGEPROF issue

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Bugs item #1185315, was opened at 2005-04-19 05:12
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Category: Feat Support
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 8
Submitted By: Eddy Anthony (eddyanthony)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Martial/Exotic weapons and CHANGEPROF issue

Initial Comment:
If you add the Exotic Weapon Proficiency to a class that doesn't
already have martial weapon proficiency in the weapon (I tested 
clericand wizard) then pcgen automatically add the martial weapon
proficiency as well (which is correct, we discussed that 3-4 months 
ago).

But... (and here's where the RC6 bug comes in).

When it adds the Martial weapon prof it initially adds it as if you
had taken the feat (by using a selection). You can then remove the
Martial weapon prof and increase your feats remaining by one. 
Then the Martial weapon prof shows as an automatically gained feat 
and you can't remove it for another feat available.

Now you ask, why do we care if lst code that isn't in the distribution
files do this? Because the CHANGEPROF tag on dwarfs causes the 
same thing to happen when you take Martial weapon proficiency in 
Waraxe (Dwarven/Exotic). It gives you MWP and EWP both (as it's 
supposed to) but allows the one you get automatically to be 
removed to increase your feat total.

To reproduce:

load rsrd
Create a new character
give alignement
select dwarf as race
add one level in cleric
go to feat tab under General 
add Martial Weapon prof for Waraxe (Dwarven/Exotic)

[BTW a second, minor bug here, because the MWP and EWP lists 
are read from the weaponprof files, a weapon with multi profs (which 
is possible with Unearthed arcana OGL) show multiple  times on this 
list rather than just once  ref. Waraxe (Dwarven/Martial.]

you will now have two proficiency feat for the Waraxe, one MWP one 
EWP. remove EWP and get and extra feat remaining but still have 
MWP in Waraxe.

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Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2005-08-31 05:07

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£$%$, this is related to the two other bugs in this area
1001537 and 1080188, I bet I'll find more as well. - K

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Comment By: Michael Gray (mhgj)
Date: 2005-04-19 05:51

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I did fail to point out two things:

1. It only happens with the Martial in 2 hand/Exotic in 1
hand weapons (dwarven waraxe. bastard sword). Other Exotic
weapons don't cause it.

2. Although I wrote the example for a dwarf with CHANGEPROF,
I'm not sure CHANGEPROF is causing it. Any race which takes
exotic WP with a Waraxe seems to do it. The culprit seems to
be the code included to add the MWP and EWP both for these
types pf weapons.


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