That's good. Thanks for clarifying.
One thing on this same topic. Page 48 of the CRB shows a table listing brawling as a combat proficiency and applying that to the brawling weapons. Whilst the table defines brawling as a combat proficiency, officially there are only 4 combat proficiencies in the game (as highlighted on page 65).
It would be good to know: if the mithril sword can make brawling attacks at any time, do we reduce the load of the sword by 1 or by the brawling rank? I'd go with the former and reduce it by 1 (as brawling is not a proficiency despite the table categorisation) but would be good to get your input if possible.
Brawling does not have "ranks", since it's not a Combat Proficiency (as shown on page 65, there are only 4: Axes, Bows, Spears and Swords): in fact, there are only Brawling
attacks, not ranks. Some weapons on page 48 are listed with "Brawling" under Combat Proficiency only as a reminder that they don't have a corresponding Combat Proficiency, and can only be used to make Brawling attacks.
So, you always reduce the Load of the Mithril weapon by its corresponding, "real" Combat Proficiency.
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