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Old 10-15-2019, 02:24 PM   #1
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Default Some points of clarification on Brawling skill

I've got a few questions about Brawling.

What attacks benefit from the Brawling damage bonus? My current assumption is: all normal unarmed attacks, Strikers (plus Claws, Teeth, etc), and Natural Weapons, but not Innate Attacks with the Melee Attack limitation.
Do power talents give a bonus to Brawling skill when using Innate Attacks with Melee Attack?
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Old 10-15-2019, 02:29 PM   #2
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The brawling bonus only applies to your thrust damage, so it only applies to innate attack if the innate attack is ST-based, and even then only to the thrust component of the damage. However, I believe it does apply in that case.
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Old 10-15-2019, 02:38 PM   #3
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The brawling bonus only applies to your thrust damage, so it only applies to innate attack if the innate attack is ST-based, and even then only to the thrust component of the damage. However, I believe it does apply in that case.
Does that mean it doesn't apply to Natural Weapons with Swing-Capable?
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Old 10-15-2019, 02:40 PM   #4
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Does that mean it doesn't apply to Natural Weapons with Swing-Capable?
Not as written in Basic, though something else might have changed that (there aren't any Swing-based unarmed combat attacks in Basic).
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Old 10-15-2019, 02:41 PM   #5
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Not as written in Basic, though something else might have changed that.
As far as I'm aware, Natural Weapon only ever appeared in the one Pyramid article, and this topic wasn't addressed.
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Old 10-15-2019, 03:58 PM   #6
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I've got a few questions about Brawling.

What attacks benefit from the Brawling damage bonus? My current assumption is: all normal unarmed attacks, Strikers (plus Claws, Teeth, etc), and Natural Weapons, but not Innate Attacks with the Melee Attack limitation.
Basic page 182.

"Roll against
Brawling to hit with a punch, or
Brawling-2 to hit with a kick.
Brawling can also replace DX when
you attack with teeth, claws, horns, or
other "natural weapons."
"

Bold is basically strikers.

Low Tech page 71.

"[5] Attack receives damage bonuses for whichever of
Boxing (p. B182), Brawling (p. B182), or Karate (p. B203)
is used to deliver it – exactly as if it were an unarmed
strike. Claws don’t improve damage with such weaponassisted
blows."

This is a note for the weapon Bladed hand, which does swing damage.

I would say yes to that pyramid article falling under what I put in bold. After all if you are using that article then you are not using the normal "strikers" from basic. Either way it would be fine for me as a GM.

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Do power talents give a bonus to Brawling skill when using Innate Attacks with Melee Attack?
They do, talent assists in any rolls needed for the abilities with the PM, that includes attack rolls to use. A few examples of this can be found in GURPS powers and psionic powers I think.
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Old 10-15-2019, 05:15 PM   #7
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Basic page 182.

"Roll against
Brawling to hit with a punch, or
Brawling-2 to hit with a kick.
Brawling can also replace DX when
you attack with teeth, claws, horns, or
other "natural weapons."
"

Bold is basically strikers.

Low Tech page 71.

"[5] Attack receives damage bonuses for whichever of
Boxing (p. B182), Brawling (p. B182), or Karate (p. B203)
is used to deliver it – exactly as if it were an unarmed
strike. Claws don’t improve damage with such weaponassisted
blows."

This is a note for the weapon Bladed hand, which does swing damage.

I would say yes to that pyramid article falling under what I put in bold. After all if you are using that article then you are not using the normal "strikers" from basic. Either way it would be fine for me as a GM.



They do, talent assists in any rolls needed for the abilities with the PM, that includes attack rolls to use. A few examples of this can be found in GURPS powers and psionic powers I think.
Thanks for all the citations.
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