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Old 01-07-2011, 01:20 AM   #1
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Default Re: [MA] Weapon Question: Rope Kusari?

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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.
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Old 01-07-2011, 01:57 PM   #2
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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.
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