09-01-2012, 05:35 PM | #1 |
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Damage to punching hand blocked by a shield
Where is this adressed, if anywhere?
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09-01-2012, 05:38 PM | #2 |
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09-01-2012, 09:58 PM | #3 |
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Re: Damage to punching hand blocked by a shield
Ah, thanks!
According to that, striking DR with DR 3+ may injure you. An exception is if the target's DR has the Tough Skin limitation. Any ideas on why an exception is made for Tough Skin, but not flexible DR in general?
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09-01-2012, 10:59 PM | #4 |
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Re: Damage to punching hand blocked by a shield
Because punching a tough guy shouldn't break your hand but punching mail should?
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09-02-2012, 01:14 AM | #5 | |
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Re: Damage to punching hand blocked by a shield
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Having said that, GURPS has got some critical failures which gives such a result. |
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09-02-2012, 01:15 AM | #6 |
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Re: Damage to punching hand blocked by a shield
Martial Arts has a Harsh Realism rule for this, and really it is a Harsh Realism sort of thing, fictional fighters rarely hurt themselves punching people.
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09-02-2012, 01:27 AM | #7 | |
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Furthermore, in fictions, the toughness of tough people is often due to their amazing musculature… Shark, in the James Bond movies or the big bald guy in Indiana Jones, Raiders of the lost ark are some examples of that. |
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09-02-2012, 03:25 AM | #8 | |
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Looking at the armour table from Low-tech, however, the only DR3* (vs crushing) armour I can find is Heavy Mail which didn't exist in Basic. Even Layered Cloth is rigid but, before reading this Thread, I wouldn't have applied the Hurting Yourself rule for hitting a quilt.
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