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Rasputin · 08-07-2015, 06:57 PM

Would this show as a conditional bonus? And how do I handle the fencing parry?

What I'm looking to do is to enforce the book penalties from encumbrance to the skills that take these penalties RAW—Climbing, Judo, Karate, Main-Gauche, Rapier, Saber, Smallsword, Stealth—as well as a few other ones as a house rule, like Acrobatics and Swimming. I might even steal something from D&D 3.5 and have double encumbrance for Swimming. (As most of this is RAW, I'm surprised GCA doesn't handle this out of the virtual box.) In the weapon section, encumbrance modifies the striking skill number for Main-Gauche, Rapier, Saber, and Smallsword, as well as derived Parry from the base skill score. Say, if my group's swashbuckler with Rapier-18 and Parry (Rapier)-14F (Combat Reflexes and Enhanced Parry boosting that from 12F) has moderate encumbrance, in the skills section, there will be a note for the conditional modifier of -2, and in the weapons section, the Skill will be 16 and the Parry will be 12F. Will the above fix handle this?

08-07-2015, 06:57 PM	#3
Rasputin Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA	Re: Encumbrance and skills Would this show as a conditional bonus? And how do I handle the fencing parry? What I'm looking to do is to enforce the book penalties from encumbrance to the skills that take these penalties RAW—Climbing, Judo, Karate, Main-Gauche, Rapier, Saber, Smallsword, Stealth—as well as a few other ones as a house rule, like Acrobatics and Swimming. I might even steal something from D&D 3.5 and have double encumbrance for Swimming. (As most of this is RAW, I'm surprised GCA doesn't handle this out of the virtual box.) In the weapon section, encumbrance modifies the striking skill number for Main-Gauche, Rapier, Saber, and Smallsword, as well as derived Parry from the base skill score. Say, if my group's swashbuckler with Rapier-18 and Parry (Rapier)-14F (Combat Reflexes and Enhanced Parry boosting that from 12F) has moderate encumbrance, in the skills section, there will be a note for the conditional modifier of -2, and in the weapons section, the Skill will be 16 and the Parry will be 12F. Will the above fix handle this? __________________ Cura isto securi, Eugene. My GURPS blog.