[Engurrand]

Most people make some distinction between weapons suitable for warfare and weapons suitable to be carried in polite company. Not everyone, obviously, but most people, and it is a useful distinction to emphasize in a GURPS game since it allows cool skills like Karate, Knife, and Brawling to get some daylight when they would otherwise be eclipsed by the more warlike tools, like Two-Handed Sword and Glaive.


But what if you only have Brawling? Perhaps there isn't time to learn another skill. Perhaps you don't want to. In any case, what would be the best GURPS choice for the brawler when the going gets heavy--in the press of battle or in tactical skirmishes against armed and coordinated opponents? I'll allow the improvised weapons perk.


It feels like almost a given that you'd want a shield in the off hand.