Unarmed combat

By Octavian84, in Game Mechanics

Looked through the forums and didnt see any other topics discussing this. On page 211 the rules state that one can choose to deal either wound damage or strain damage when using unarmed combat. This would seem to negate the function of certain talents such as Stunning Blow which states that a character can choose to deal strain damage instead of wound damage. Both of those can not be correct.

Stunning Blow applies to all melee attacks, not just unarmed attacks.

So with that talent, you could opt to deal Strain damage when attacking with a vibro-ax. In fact, in the EotE core rulebook, the talent now specifically cites "when making a Melee attack" that you can opt to deal Strain damage.