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02-25-2022, 07:43 AM | #1 |
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One-Handed Staff Parry Questions
The 7† ST stat for a Quarterstaff (B273) means a Quarterstaff can be used one-handed with no readiness penalty if the wielder has a ST of 14 (B270).
Question #1: Would a Quarterstaff wielded in this way get the +2 Parry bonus? I.e. when you wield a Quarterstaff one-handed, are you still using the Staff skill to wield it, or does the Staff skill require a two-handed grip? Question #2: Why does the Naginata (B273) not get a +2 Parry bonus when used with the Staff skill?
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02-25-2022, 08:17 AM | #2 | |
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Re: One-Handed Staff Parry Questions
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Because GURPS hates polearms. From what I understand, realistically, polearms can be used every bit as defensively as staves. Personally, I'm inclined to let fairly balanced ones (like the naginata, and possibly some of the dueling polearms) get the +2, while other polearms would get a +1 instead.
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02-25-2022, 12:48 PM | #3 | |
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Re: One-Handed Staff Parry Questions
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I believe there's text in MA to this effect.
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02-25-2022, 10:55 PM | #4 |
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Re: One-Handed Staff Parry Questions
in the case where you have enough ST to wield a 2H weapon one-handed without penalty, I'd let you get bonuses for using 1H w/ 2H if you used a 2nd hand anyway
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02-25-2022, 11:35 PM | #5 | |
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Re: One-Handed Staff Parry Questions
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So, for a Quarterstaff, if you have ST 14, you can: Wield two-handed with Staff, as normal, and get the +2 to Parry for being a Staff weapon and only suffer a -1 per additional Parry or Wield one-handed with an appropriate skill (Staff if the GM allows it, Broadsword or Spear otherwise), be at -1 to damage, Parry at +0, and suffer -4 per additional Parry. Note if using Spear, you probably will lose the option to swing, being restricted to thrust.
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03-03-2022, 05:49 PM | #6 |
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Re: One-Handed Staff Parry Questions
I could not find this in Martial Arts. Anyone else have any luck?
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03-03-2022, 06:01 PM | #7 | |
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(No, but seriously, this took me for freaking ever to find) MA220, in the "Unorthodox Attacks" box. Looks like it's actually canon that two handed weapons used in one hand are at -1 to damage, so that's neat.
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03-03-2022, 06:34 PM | #8 |
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Re: One-Handed Staff Parry Questions
There's a stick fighting technique of holding one stick in the off hand in the center of the stick, rather then at one end, in order to have both the full breadth of the stick as parrying surface while also balancing the weapon relative to what fighting with it in a sword grip is like. I've never seen rules for how to handle this but initially imagined it might be something similar to wielding a smaller staff-one handed. Is there a canon on that?
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At least, that’s my interpretation of the RAW. It still seems wrong to me that a quarterstaff wielded as a broadsword should get a +2 parry bonus.
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Having seen videos of the quarterstaff being swung in arcs and spun, which would utilize the swing damage line, it is again clear that one hand remains steady as the fulcrum about which the staff is swung and the other hand does the rotating, which again means that as per B270, two hands are required regardless of ST. I.E., in both instances the Quarterstaff is more like a bow or pump shotgun than not, the damage arises from the manipulation of the rest of the staff as an object moving about the held fulcrum/rest and that always requires the use of two hands regardless of the ST of the wielder. Quote:
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