07-10-2019, 02:38 AM | #1 |
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"Handless Arm" parrying
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Monster Parries: Natural beings without hands (like most animals) can’t parry Adventurers 64 You may make unarmed parries with a handless arm. Would this mean if you are born without a hand you can't do UPWAHA but if your hand it cut off you can do UPWAHA? |
07-10-2019, 03:44 AM | #2 |
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07-10-2019, 05:51 AM | #3 |
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Re: "Handless Arm" parrying
The idea is that species accustomed to grasping tools in hands and using these to deal and ward off blows, and whose unarmed fighting consists of a lot of grabbing and intercepting grabs with hands, has arms and hands structured for such fighting. If they lose the hand, they can still use the arm that way. A species that lacks suitable extremities, usually because it uses its limbs to run and support its weight, has arms and paws/hoofs/whatever unsuited for parrying. There are exceptions, always noted, but this is generally the case.
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07-10-2019, 10:20 PM | #4 |
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07-11-2019, 08:08 AM | #6 |
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07-11-2019, 10:15 AM | #7 |
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Re: "Handless Arm" parrying
Would a striker take the place of a hand for defense?
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07-16-2019, 01:46 PM | #9 |
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A striker is used as a weapon - it can parry as a weapon, which means it doesn't risk being injured, unlike an unarmed attack. It's much better than a hand for this reason.
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07-16-2019, 03:55 PM | #10 |
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Re: "Handless Arm" parrying
There aren't a lot of species that are described as having arms but no hands, and not having arms certainly should prevent parrying, though GURPS doesn't actually clearly distinguish not having hands from not having arms (it's plausible to have a race with no fine manipulators while still having arms that serve some purpose, but quadrupeds do not get any extra points back for not having arms, just NFM).
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