11-27-2016, 01:06 AM | #1 |
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Large Weapons in Small Spaces
How do tight spaces effect the use of large weapons? I can't imagine gurps would allow someone to be swinging around a huge axe in a corridor only one hex wide, but I also can't find any rules about it. The question comes from a situation I'm currently in. A SM+1 baddie is in a narrow (1 hex wide) and gentle staircase. Ceiling is two hexes up, a sharp turn in the stairs is one hex behind the baddie, and the baddie is using a tetsubo (gigantic bat, more or less). Are they free to swing to their evil-heart's content? Can they only thrust? Can they do anything at all with such a weapon in such a space? Thanks for any help.
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11-27-2016, 02:24 AM | #2 |
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Re: Large Weapons in Small Spaces
The source you want is GURPS Underground Adventures, p12. In excessively narrow spaces (defined in the text) long weapons can be penalized as if in Close Combat.
...A GM should also consider whether it's possible to carry a long weapon into a really cramped passage at all, of course, but if it's possible to fit the weapon into the space it won't be entirely impossible to use it.
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11-27-2016, 02:35 AM | #3 | |
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In this situation, if the baddie can keep you at reach 2, they should thrust at you: but, of course, with the stairs behind them, they may have limited ability to retreat or otherwise open range. If you close to reach 1 or C, they should kick you or punch to appropriately, because the weapon's not helping. |
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11-27-2016, 02:40 AM | #4 |
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11-27-2016, 02:41 AM | #5 |
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11-27-2016, 02:43 AM | #6 | |
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11-27-2016, 06:43 AM | #7 |
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11-27-2016, 07:20 AM | #8 |
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11-27-2016, 07:39 AM | #9 |
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I was going to make a response pretending he had actually intended to use "effect," but your joke's better.
(And OP, don't feel we're picking on you - affect/effect is an extremely common mistake) More like they were unable to anticipate every single combat situation that could possibly crop up. Note they also didn't have reverse grips, cross parries, damaging Judo throws, and similar, and those are far more common in fiction than armed fights in incredibly close confines. |
11-27-2016, 07:50 AM | #10 | |
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A whole lot of GURPS mechanics has developed like that. GURPS is a larger project than any one mind could create. FWIW, the specific conditions in UA are that a thrust weapon needs clearance equal to its length in the direction of thrust; a swung weapon needs clearance in two different directions. And you know, it seems as if positioning yourself so your foe can't use his longer weapon against you is the sort of thing that a Tactics roll might get you.
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