07-21-2006, 02:09 AM | #1 |
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Clarifications on the Main-Gauche Skill?
Greetings, all!
I'm having a slight trouble with the 4e Main-Gauche skill. It states that it gives +1 to parry compared to the Knife skill, but must be used in the off-hand, while Knife should be used with the primary weapon. So the question arises, do I need both Knife and Main-Gauche to weild a pair of knives*? If yes, why do I have a higher Parry with my off-hand than with my primary hand? If not, why does it say that I need the Knife skill? __________________ *==I'm deliberately avoiding Ambidexterity, OHWT and DWA, as I'm only putting one or two points into the skill/combo. |
07-21-2006, 02:31 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Re: Clarifications on the Main-Gauche Skill?
When we put main-gauche into play in our game, we took it to mean
Main-Gauche skill is only "the skill of parrying with an off-hand dagger", therefore to attack with a knife you need Knife skill, and you get + to parry because that's all it does, the skill is dedicated to defending not a normal weapon used for either attack or defence. But we could very easily be wrong :) |
07-21-2006, 02:47 AM | #3 | |
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Re: Clarifications on the Main-Gauche Skill?
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Main-Gauche is basically "knife plus" - it's a better version of knife. If you have it, you don't also need Knife. It does everything Knife does plus a bit more; however it is more difficult and is a Fencing weapon (which has its own ups and downs) so if you don't need the "extras" you are better off with Knife. The line about using a Knife as a primary weapon is confusing, but I am 100% certain you can use a knife as a weapon - to attack, to defend, and in either hand - using Main-Gauche - thanks to discussions with Sean concerning GURPS Martial Arts.
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07-21-2006, 04:41 AM | #4 |
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Re: Clarifications on the Main-Gauche Skill?
Avel's misguided (and I'm his GM although much less experienced in GUPRS than he). One of our players spent points on Main Gauche _and_ knife until I pointed out that surely they were the same skill, but one gave you a bit more and was consequently harder to learn.
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07-21-2006, 05:05 AM | #5 |
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Re: Clarifications on the Main-Gauche Skill?
OK good! I was right though, that when we first had main-gauche we had both skills being bought :) I'm not the character in question so I didn't notice that Steelie wisely refunded his knife already :p
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07-21-2006, 06:36 AM | #6 |
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Re: Clarifications on the Main-Gauche Skill?
I've always played with both skills - to me it seems that Main-Gauche *only* includes training for the off-hand (which is why we call the skill "Left Knife" in our games).
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07-21-2006, 07:10 AM | #7 | |
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So the wording in basic is unclear |
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07-21-2006, 07:16 AM | #8 | |
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07-21-2006, 07:19 AM | #9 | |
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07-21-2006, 07:44 AM | #10 | |
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