06-01-2009, 10:47 PM | #11 |
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
Well, professional boxing mght indicate 'sports boxing' in which stretching things out with brass knuckles and parrying sword attacks seems a lengthy familarity distance distance.
Anyways, I would side with the agressive parry manuever suggested above. Though with some weapons it seems very odd, though its on par with the side step feint, multi-jab combonation attack.
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06-01-2009, 11:08 PM | #12 |
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
I'm no martial artist myself, but when I stumble upon boxing contests on TV, I see that boxers parry blows with the arms. Therefore, the parry has to be relearned for bladed weapons, makeing it a technique based on the boxing parry, giving some DR protecting the hand if the parry was successful.
But I'm afraid that the blade would have a nasty tendency to glide along the brassknuckles, effectively being guided to the hand or arm by the very object that is supposed to protect the limb in the first place. So it might make sense as a secret technique for cinematic games, but would not make sense in a realistic game. If it would be (relatively) easy, or possible at all, it would be a common technique in one of the most prominent Western martial arts, i.e. boxing, for a long time. |
06-01-2009, 11:15 PM | #13 |
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
There area number of ways to "parry" when boxing. Sometimes you use a light "slap" or tap to knock their hand away. I use this most often with my left hand. There's also the "catch", where you parry the blow with the palm of your hand. I tend to prefer a counter-punch with a strong straight rather than parry a jab, but that's me.
As far as parrying with brass knuckles: NO. Even Cesti(big nasty gloves with spikes and blades on them) don't allow this. So no. You're unarmed.
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06-02-2009, 06:23 AM | #14 | |||
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
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The RAW benefit (beyond damage bonus) which applies to punching with anything other than a bare hand, is the reduction of injury risk when punching someone in hard armour. In connection with this topic, there was also an optional rule which TKD called "Harsh Realism for Armed Fighters". It was in a 2008 article of the old Pyramid, so you may not have access to that. Basically, one of the suggestions was that when an armed parry hits an unarmed attack, that the weapon do only half, rather than full damage. The logic behind this was that the weapon-wielder is only reacting in defence and doesn't get a full-power swing, I think. Personally I like the logic of that optional rule. It may also help to mollify your player a little, provided that the rule make sense to you as well, of course ;) |
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06-02-2009, 07:04 AM | #15 |
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
If you allow a player to parry with brass knuckles, there is a 3 in 6 chance of it breaking when parrying a large knife. parrying any weapon 2 lb or over automaticly breaks the brass knuckles and the parry doesn't even count.(Parrying Heavy Weapons on page b376)
edit: And just because it is listed on the on the Melee Weapon Table doesn't automaticly make it able to "parry edged weapons and does not suffer the failed unarmed parry penalties". Punches and kicks are also listed and they do suffer unarmed penalties. Last edited by sardook; 06-02-2009 at 07:14 AM. |
06-02-2009, 06:12 PM | #16 |
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
Thanks to all that replied. I now have some serious ammunition to take to our next session.
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06-02-2009, 06:17 PM | #17 |
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
why don't you try it in real life and see what happens?
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01-18-2010, 02:29 AM | #18 |
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
I'd stand by the answer "only in a cinematic campaign". If you have trouble convincing the player tell them that if they can show you a martial arts manual or a real world account (not a movie, since cinema is by it's nature cinematic) that shows people doing this then you'll let them do it in future but for the time being the answer is no. I ussally find challenging a player to proove their claims stops a good degree of sillyness.
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
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01-18-2010, 08:36 PM | #20 |
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Re: Melee combat: Can boxing use brass knuckles to parry edged weapons?
Oddly enough it was on the first page of the forum when I logged on the other day.
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