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Originally Posted by Tallor
Giraffes are such lanky creatures that I'd consider them SM+2 instead of SM+3 for melee and ranged purposes. I would think that since about 6.5'+ of their body is neck, they'd only have -1-to-hit necks, i.e. Size 1!
What do you think?
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In general, for anything that is particularly long and skinny, a tentacle/rope/snake/etc. I use the width SM+3 for thrusting/bullet/beam weapon/etc. attacks, I use the length SM for swinging attacks.
I get the SM+3 for width because you'd get a +2 for hitting a sphere with a diameter of the same width, and the convention of still hitting when you miss by one on things that are connected to other things (e.g. face) would seem to apply here.
I believe the above is a house rule. If there are official GURPS rules for these kinds of edge cases, I'd be curious to know what they are.