Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Problem is, GURPS tries to balance out low tech damage types, as opposed to the realistic 'well, impaling really is just better'.

Martial Arts wounding rules and Low Tech armor rules do a bit to drag things back that way, but the legacy of sw cut versus thr imp is a thorny issue.

...On the other hand it bears noting that the reasons for all those spears and arrows have a lot to do with economics and battlefield formation fighting. I believe people who could afford other weapons and weren't going to be standing in a block of other spear-carriers quite often chose something other than a spear.

Adventurers' opposition is not generally an unbiased sample of the fighting people of their setting, and their engagements are very seldom representative of contemporary battlefields.