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dripton · 12-28-2016, 11:39 AM

I think you're right. Sumo is basically knockback / knockdown as a sport; its experts should be better at resisting knockdown after knockback than anyone.

I think the reason this happened is that Sumo Wrestling is a relatively recent addition to GURPS (first appeared in Martial Arts for 3E, first added to Basic in 4E), so not all of the rules have taken it fully into account.

This is now in my mental list of too-obvious-to-need-to-be-in-the-books house rules.

12-28-2016, 11:39 AM	#2
dripton Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern Virginia, USA	Re: Sumo Wrestling skill and Knockback –> falling down I think you're right. Sumo is basically knockback / knockdown as a sport; its experts should be better at resisting knockdown after knockback than anyone. I think the reason this happened is that Sumo Wrestling is a relatively recent addition to GURPS (first appeared in Martial Arts for 3E, first added to Basic in 4E), so not all of the rules have taken it fully into account. This is now in my mental list of too-obvious-to-need-to-be-in-the-books house rules.