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Anthony · 03-19-2019, 06:17 PM

With a broadsword, a thrust will cause more injury if your ST is 10 and the target has no DR, or your ST is 11 and the target has up to DR 1. Otherwise a swing will cause more injury. In GURPS, thrusting is mostly for weapons that can't be used any other way (this is not particularly realistic).

03-19-2019, 06:17 PM	#8
Anthony Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berkeley, CA	Re: Sword question - swing vs thrust With a broadsword, a thrust will cause more injury if your ST is 10 and the target has no DR, or your ST is 11 and the target has up to DR 1. Otherwise a swing will cause more injury. In GURPS, thrusting is mostly for weapons that can't be used any other way (this is not particularly realistic). __________________ My GURPS site and Blog.