Question about new Concealed Weapon

[Geemarcus]

The new concealed weapon says that the weapon equipped cannot "inflict
... more than 3 damage"

When a weapon adds to strength damage, what is the actual damage of
the weapon considered to be, the total inflicted, or only what the
weapon adds? In other words, while most minions could use concealed
weapon to equip Bang Nakh, because they would inflict 3 damage per
strike, could Miller, since he would inflict 4 total, but only two is
actually added by the weapon?

[LSJ]

Geemarcus wrote:
>
> The new concealed weapon says that the weapon equipped cannot "inflict
> ... more than 3 damage"

The part you skipped over sheds some illumination on the subject:
"inflict (with a regular strike) ... more than 3 damage."

> When a weapon adds to strength damage, what is the actual damage of
> the weapon considered to be, the total inflicted, or only what the
> weapon adds? In other words, while most minions could use concealed
> weapon to equip Bang Nakh, because they would inflict 3 damage per
> strike, could Miller, since he would inflict 4 total, but only two is
> actually added by the weapon?

A "regular strike" is unmodified, so would use the default strength
value (of 1) for determining how much damage is done.

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[Halcyan 2]

>When a weapon adds to strength damage, what is the actual damage of
>the weapon considered to be, the total inflicted, or only what the
>weapon adds? In other words, while most minions could use concealed
>weapon to equip Bang Nakh, because they would inflict 3 damage per
>strike, could Miller, since he would inflict 4 total, but only two is
>actually added by the weapon?

With the old version, Miller could not conceal a Bang Nakh (since as you
pointed out, he would do 4 damage with it). But the new Camarilla Edition uses
the term "regular strike" which would allow Miller to conceal it now (since it
only does 3 damage with a normal strike when used with a default 1 strength).
Note that Illegal Search and Seizure has also been modified to use the "regular
strike" terminology, leaving Machine Blitz the only card left with the old
strike usage.

Halcyan 2