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Originally Posted by Captain Joy
The Battlesuit-Blade martial arts style on p. 28 of Pyramid #3/9 lists Battlesuit and Main-Gauche as its only two skills. Based on the description of what this style is represents: "Stylists typically fight with two knives, using the primary hand to attack and the off-hand to defend.", I'm thinking the Knife skill was overlooked. Or, am I missing something?
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There is considerable disagreement about the interaction between Knife and Main Gauche skills. Largely I think because it seems weird for a weapon skill to *never* allow you to attack at full skill - what with explicitly not neutralizing the off hand penalty for attacks for the hand you'd normally hold the Main Gauche in, and a -3 (for the default to Knife), if you switch hands. Probably the author subscribes to a different interpretation than you do.
I've felt since Martial Arts came out that the Main Gauche skill should have been thrown out and the ignore the off hand parry penalty offered as a skill adaptation perk added to Knife.