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Old 07-11-2016, 04:38 PM   #40
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Default Re: Realism; Strength is not important for swordsmanship(?)

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
The claim that strength is unimportant to melee combat skills is generally a claim made by people who want to sell lessons in melee combat skills to people who don't want to do strength work. Strength, at least in specific muscle groups, is not really necessary for accuracy, but it absolutely affects power and speed.
Of course. If it was not true, there weren't so many hours of muscle training in every martial art training! But the problem is precisely these very "specific muscle groups" vs the generic GURPS basic attribute named "Strength".
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