06-11-2019, 09:47 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Saint Paul, MN
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[DF] Grappling Crab
This question didn't generate any responses on the DFRPG forum. Since it's a GURPS DF adventure, I though I'd try here.
Despite playing GURPS since the mid-1990s, I'm inexperienced with the basic grappling rules. They came up in an encounter from David Pulver's "Grave of the Pirate Queen" (Pyramid 3/98) with a giant crab. Here's the pertinent text from its description: "It enjoys grabbing prey and pulling them apart. . . . Any hit counts as a grapple, regardless of whether it penetrates DR." Some questions I've been thinking about:
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06-12-2019, 01:12 AM | #2 | ||
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Re: [DF] Grappling Crab
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Depends how it's implemented. It could easily be done like worrying (normally done with a bite), which allows continuing bites with no defense roll. |
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06-12-2019, 07:33 AM | #3 | ||
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Thank you! |
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06-12-2019, 11:41 AM | #4 | ||
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06-12-2019, 07:33 PM | #5 | ||||||
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You might be thinking of B391 where I think when they talk about C-range weapons the assumption is "to hit the person engaging you in close combat". If you have a 3-yard spear and some dog grabs your leg I don't think that would stop you from stabbing OTHER attackers who are 3 yards away, but you'd have trouble hitting the dog with that spear. Basic set didn't have rules to use melee weapons at lower range, Martial Arts has the -4 to hit per yard shorter you need to target. Quote:
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If the best you have is a reach 1 sword and you want to target the claw, you can just eat the -4 penalty for working at reduced range. Better to try and change grip to reduce it to reach C. Reverse Grip can do that. |
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06-12-2019, 09:41 PM | #6 | |
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Saint Paul, MN
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On B371, in the Actions After Being Grappled sidebar: "You’re limited to unarmed attacks (striking or grappling) or attacks using weapons with reach C. You can stab with a dagger, but not swing a sword!" A similar rule is in DFRPG Exploits, p. 41: "Attacks must be unarmed or use reach 'C' weapons." |
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06-14-2019, 10:34 PM | #7 |
Join Date: Aug 2018
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Re: [DF] Grappling Crab
I see what you mean, couldn't concentrate on a spell or fire a gun even if all that was grappling you was a kitten, pretty brutal. Glad of how TG23 dealt with the "Banned Maneuvers" problem.
Though strangely enough, it might have overlooked addressing this problem? That or maybe I'm looking in the wrong spot. "unless you have pinned your foe" is mentioned and I can't remember where Basic Set mentioned that pinning a foe who was grappling you suddenly makes you able to do those maneuvers... |
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