Can you dodge your own attack in GURPS?

[ArchonShiva]

Drop a grenade in your hex, the attacks isn't really coming from you so much as coming from the grenade - Dodging should work normally.

Also, don't drop a grenade in your hex.

Some games have explicit rules against it to avoid really weird cheese (d20: Self-fireball with Evasion), but GURPS doesn't really work in combos like that, so I'm not aware of any special case.

[panton41]

Originally Posted by malloyd

I'd say yes for that one too, even though it seems odd. You could for example you spin yourself aside so hard the centrifugal effect throws your arms out, causing a miss.

Then do a few flips while it's trying to choke you, put it in the microwave and slam the door a few times then finally ram a hunting knife through it into the floor and cut the evil hand off with a chainsaw while laughing, "Who's laughing now, huh? Who's laughing now!"

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by ArchonShiva

Drop a grenade in your hex, the attacks isn't really coming from you so much as coming from the grenade - Dodging should work normally.

I can confirm (with second hand knowledge) that you can indeed dodge a grenade you threw (or at least dropped) at your own feet. However, in that case you are actually attacking the ground with a thrown object, and then (after a couple seconds delay) the grenade makes a AoE attack on itself (which it, incidentally, cannot dodge).

However, I Dodge (accidental) attacks on myself all the time. Somewhat butterfingered, and have finally trained myself not to make catching parries of dropped knives.

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by RyanW

I can confirm (with second hand knowledge) that you can indeed dodge a grenade you threw (or at least dropped) at your own feet.

Unfortunately sometimes you need to make a Per roll to realize that's where the grenade ended up. And sometimes people are Mentally Stunned after finding out that's where the grenade ended up.

I saw a video a few months ago of a soldier clearly getting his first training with live grenades, he managed to bounce it right back to his feet. He was still processing this fact when the trainer body-slammed him into the trench behind where he was standing (clearly provided for just such an occasion).