02-07-2010, 01:42 AM | #11 |
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Re: Unarmed Parrying - Brawling Weapons?
Frankly, I'm not sure anything that distinguishes between parry and block can be both useful and reliable. There is a "shields are for parrying" school of thought :J
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02-07-2010, 07:02 AM | #12 |
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Re: Unarmed Parrying - Brawling Weapons?
I guess that's what I'm coming around to, but I hesitate because I wonder if I'm missing something about the designers' thinking about block/parry distinctions. Or maybe clearer distinctions need to be made ... e.g. a "Block" is something done with the off-hand, using an object that has not been used as a weapon that round. (I don't know, I'm just spit-balling here.)
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02-07-2010, 11:38 AM | #13 |
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Re: Unarmed Parrying - Brawling Weapons?
In GURPS, its something like "an active defense with a Shield or Buckler is a Block, and an active defense with any other weapon or body part is a Parry", if I recall Martial Arts correctly. It has a pretty good explanation of how the GURPS terms of art are different from their use in other contexts.
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Re: Unarmed Parrying - Brawling Weapons?
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You run into the main-gauche there. From MA122: "In GURPS, these terms have different meanings. “Parry” refers to either kind of defense made with a weapon or a limb. “Block” describes either type of defense executed with a shield." There's further discussion there, too.
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