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Originally Posted by sir_pudding
Isn't the knight better off doing what anybody fighting a housecat should do? Either stamp kick, or grapple and pin.
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Even if we assume the knight has Brawling and/or Wrestling at the same level as Broadsword, you're looking at an attack of 12 (or maybe 9, considering the cat is SM-3) vs a defense of 16 (from Brawling 27), which means the knight is less likely to connect with such than with a sword swing. I can't recall exactly what the bonus from higher SM is to grappling, but if we assume it grants the knight a net +3, that would be 15 vs 16, which is better, but still something will take
quite some time for the knight to connect (although once he does, his ST advantage should make a pin rather easy to accomplish). Meanwhile, he needs a posture low enough to reach the cat, which puts his face (and eyes) in ready clawing distance. I think relying on the sword may be a better bet, given it gives the cat a -3 to defend and, with Reach 1, should be usable from a standing posture.