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Old 03-29-2022, 01:19 PM   #49
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Default Re: Spear vs Knights... am I missing something?

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
Part of the reason gamers undervalue ST is that, realistically, there's a big component of ST in things that people think of as DX. That nimble acrobat is almost certainly very strong for their size, though of course if they're 90 pounds they might be only moderately strong in absolute terms. It's worse for weapons, because then what matter is your ST relative to the weapon, not relative to your body.
That doesn't work with the GURPS definition of ST, though, which is absolute rather than relative to body size.
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