Martial Arts, Kusari and Rope Dart conundrum

[Tomsdad]

OK here we go

I PM'd Kromm the following:

Hi got a poster who's started a thread here:

(thread link)

They're asking about either adding in Kusari skill into some preexisting Martial Arts Styles or swapping out Whip for it.

Now they're thinking in terms of official errata, but do you fancy giving the thread a looksee and giving your opinion on it?

and he responded:

Originally Posted by Kromm

The thing is that LOTS of styles, especially Chinese ones, adopt these sorts of weapons at individual schools. We found no strong evidence that it was common, though, outside of bad movies. So this isn't errata . . . As the book says, you can add just about anything at any individual school.

and

Perhaps the most salient point is that since most schools that use these things are teaching Combat Art skills, the weapon is almost secondary . . . Whip Art, Kusari Art, Whatever Art: It's all waving around something whipping in a way that looks good.

Sorry there's probably some cunning way to link directly to PM's but I've got no clue!

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Tomsdad

Sorry there's probably some cunning way to link directly to PM's but I've got no clue!

Nope. PMs are Private messages for a reason.

However you could wrap Kromm's text in Quote tags to offset it visually from yours a little more distinctly.

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Nope. PMs are Private messages for a reason.

However you could wrap Kromm's text in Quote tags to offset it visually from yours a little more distinctly.

Good point!

Cheers

TD

[sir_pudding]

Chain whips probably ought to be usable with whip though. The real life things can mostly be used like a whip.

I actually learned a lot of Kusari Sport usable moves from a whip master last year, but that might be Skill Adaptation or something in GURPS terms.

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Chain whips probably ought to be usable with whip though. The real life things can mostly be used like a whip.

I actually learned a lot Kusari Sport usable moves from a whip master last year, but that might be Skill Adaptation or something in GURPS terms.

Yeah I think Weapon Adaption between Whip and Kusari (and vice versa) is very appropriate for a few of these weapons

[Jareth Valar]

Fair enough.

Thanks for the discussion everyone.