Mailanka's Musings -- GURPS Content Post

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

In real life rifles with bayonets turn out to be much more effective at prisoner control than just rifles; there's something about stabbing that makes people want to avoid it more than being shot.

TV has given people a lot of weird ideas about the danger and survivability of gunshots. But almost everyone has cut themselves badly enough to make them careful about that.

[Snapshot]

Mailanka,

I just wanted to applaud you for your Psi-Wars series on your blog. I think it should be required reading for anyone wanting a worked example of hammering the GURPS toolkit into a campaign.

Huzzah!

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by johndallman

TV has given people a lot of weird ideas about the danger and survivability of gunshots. But almost everyone has cut themselves badly enough to make them careful about that.

It works on people who probably have seen more people get shot then they have TV, so I don't think that's it. I think there's an immediacy to the threat that blades have that barrels lack.

[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

Out of curiosity (and I may have just missed it) have you looked at the simplified automatic weapons rules from AtE?

They're the same as the simplified automatic rules from Action 2, which is very much canon for Psi-Wars.

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

It works on people who probably have seen more people get shot then they have TV, so I don't think that's it. I think there's an immediacy to the threat that blades have that barrels lack.

I think so too. People intuitively understand that "pointy things bad." It's a primal reaction. We logically know that guns are bad too, but I don't think it hits our lizard brains with as much impact.

Right! So, Happy GURPS day! Rounding out our armed martial arts, I have a discussion of Neurolash weaponry, including alternate items, their role in the setting, new techniques, and possible styles that might apply.

[Kalzazz]

Man, if blades are what encourage offenders to be cooperative I wish I could have traded my baton for an arming sword

COs observing offender work squads outside the walls are one of the few places where the ancient equipment of a horse and a pistol are still a thing . . . I would be totally okay with issuing swords as well

Does PsiWars have like biometrics or something? I know a big concern with weapons is that criminals might take the weapon from the officer and use it on them

I have also wondered why you can only have crushing neurolash weapons

Is there any reason you can't have say a neuro sword?

[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

I have also wondered why you can only have crushing neurolash weapons

Is there any reason you can't have say a neuro sword?

I see no reason why you couldn't have a neurolash sword, except that the purpose of a neurolash weapon is to be "non-lethal" and slicing someone with a sharp blade is, traditionally, not non-lethal. Thus, I've chosen for crushing weapons, as does Ultra-tech (neurolash gloves, neurolash batons, neurolash whips), but for $500 on top of your sword, sure, why not a neurolash blade?

[Kalzazz]

Well, a sword that inflicts agony is surely much cooler for making people stop fighting than a sword which doesn't inflict agony, plus I'm sure all the blood boiling and steaming and flaring up as it is spilled on a neurolash field is very cool looking and cinematic

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[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

Well, a sword that inflicts agony is surely much cooler for making people stop fighting than a sword which doesn't inflict agony, plus I'm sure all the blood boiling and steaming and flaring up as it is spilled on a neurolash field is very cool looking and cinematic

Also, I've added the Neurolash Field Parry and the Neurolash Field Push, both of which are tricks that might be handy to have with a blade. If you really need to fight a guy with a force sword and you can't have a force sword yourself, a vibro-neuro-sword might not actually be that bad, all crackling with dangerous energy that can actually hold the destructive field of the force sword at bay.

[Kalzazz]

Veuro-sword?

Of course this super awesome sword now probably retails for as much as a force sword!

If someone is really feeling the need for non lethal they can probably still smack someone with the flat of the sword with the neuro turned on