A Challenger Appears! Green versus Red

[Plane]

Originally Posted by ericthered

No, such a system would be about controlling the hex, not about getting bonuses to attack.

Feints/Beats great penalties to active defenses of those you target OR penalties to hit you (defensive variant) but can't give a bonus to hit.

The closest to that is you can more freely use Telegraphic for a +4 to hit since you're less worried about that +2 to defend.

Originally Posted by ericthered

You could make a system where swordplay is treated as a grapple, with "weapon control points" being added up and spent to try and hit, but that's a different kettle of fish and a rather ambitious project.

I could've sworn I came across someone doing that in a GURPS blog already but I forget where. The grappling aspect of weapon combat seems really valuable in expanding how parrying/blocking works though, what with the locking swords / presses being a pretty interesting part of many cinematic sword fights.

Originally Posted by ericthered

He has his defense bonus to keep him happy. And a defensive slam is a particularly weird attack.

I figure it's just like a half-committed sort of thing when you keep most of your focus on defending.

I'm talking about rolls to hit nearby targets in general, not specifically slams.

Originally Posted by ericthered

I think there is a little of both "you don't get bonuses to hit the immobile guy" and "they get a dodge".

Er, in the 1st did you mean you don't get penalties to hit immobile guy?