[MA] Weapon Question: Rope Kusari?

[DanHoward]

Originally Posted by ectropy

Ah... I will politely point out that the weighted rope I wrote up weighs far less per yard than the book's kusari chain - about 1/7th the weight when you discount the end-weights of both.

And I fully agree that a rope with the same weight per yard as a chain would have more drag, even though I am not yet convinced that it would be enough for a -1 to skill in GURPS.

Try it and see.

[DemiBenson]

Originally Posted by DanHoward

Try it and see.

While I haven't done so with the exact weights we're talking about, I have tried with both practice poi and fire-spinning poi (chain instead of string). I found the ones with chains to be more awkward.