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Gollum · 01-13-2018, 04:56 AM

We learn a lot of what GURPS names Deceptive Attacks, indeed. And, untill now, I also used the Deceptive Attack rules to handle my karate and kobudo feints ... But what I am talking about is still true feints: there are two different attacks, a fake one, immediately followed by a true one. The only difference with Basic Set GURPS feint is that they are very quick and that the adversary doesn't have time to attack between the two - if he tries to defend against the fake attack.

So, the best way to handle that very specific kind of techniques is really AoA (Feint+Attack). By the way, doing them takes time and so, when I do them, I don't really have time to defend myself. Thus, it really corresponds to an AoA.

01-13-2018, 04:56 AM	#6
Gollum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: France	Re: [Basic/Martial Arts] Feint applies to all attacks or just one? We learn a lot of what GURPS names Deceptive Attacks, indeed. And, untill now, I also used the Deceptive Attack rules to handle my karate and kobudo feints ... But what I am talking about is still true feints: there are two different attacks, a fake one, immediately followed by a true one. The only difference with Basic Set GURPS feint is that they are very quick and that the adversary doesn't have time to attack between the two - if he tries to defend against the fake attack. So, the best way to handle that very specific kind of techniques is really AoA (Feint+Attack). By the way, doing them takes time and so, when I do them, I don't really have time to defend myself. Thus, it really corresponds to an AoA.