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Old 07-11-2016, 02:12 PM   #35
Varyon
 
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Default Re: Realism; Strength is not important for swordsmanship(?)

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Originally Posted by Drop Bear View Post
conciser this you are likely impacting the target a lot more than the dice would indicate, it's just your blows are glancing off or striking protection at an angle that is absorbed by the protection.
Nah, GURPS combat rules don't work like that. A miss really is an outright miss (although there can be room for interpreting it as a "hesitation"). Otherwise you'd get an attack bonus against foes with insufficient armor for such a glance to occur (or a penalty against foes with such armor).
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