Born Biters (Martial Arts) and Cats, Dogs, and Bears

Vaevictis Asmadi · 06-25-2013, 09:12 PM

So Born Biter isn't about grappling and holding on for X rounds, but being able to fix Y in your mouth to start with?

There seem to be several variables in how an animal bites:

* Speed of bite (handled by Basic Speed, DX, Combat Reflexes, etc.)
* Venom (handled by Innate Attack, etc.)
* Type of mechanical damage (handled by Teeth)
* Dice of damage (such as from bite force), relative to thrust (only handled by Weak Bite, as far as I know, although increases can be approximated via damage type multipliers, via Teeth)
* How large a chunk of meat you can bite (fit in your mouth) at once (this seems to be what Born Biter is?)
* Ability to hold a bite, grapple or choke hold, vs. attempts to escape the bite grapple (this is affected by bite force, by jaw flexibility (as with snakes), by tooth shape, and by the fragility or strength of the jaw (the jaws of thylacines appear to have been pretty weak for this thing, so that a struggling prey animal had a better chance to break the jaw and thus the hold) (is this what your Gripper advantage does?)

06-25-2013, 09:12 PM	#17
Vaevictis Asmadi Join Date: May 2007 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota, U.S.A.	Re: Born Biters (Martial Arts) and Cats, Dogs, and Bears So Born Biter isn't about grappling and holding on for X rounds, but being able to fix Y in your mouth to start with? There seem to be several variables in how an animal bites: * Speed of bite (handled by Basic Speed, DX, Combat Reflexes, etc.) * Venom (handled by Innate Attack, etc.) * Type of mechanical damage (handled by Teeth) * Dice of damage (such as from bite force), relative to thrust (only handled by Weak Bite, as far as I know, although increases can be approximated via damage type multipliers, via Teeth) * How large a chunk of meat you can bite (fit in your mouth) at once (this seems to be what Born Biter is?) * Ability to hold a bite, grapple or choke hold, vs. attempts to escape the bite grapple (this is affected by bite force, by jaw flexibility (as with snakes), by tooth shape, and by the fragility or strength of the jaw (the jaws of thylacines appear to have been pretty weak for this thing, so that a struggling prey animal had a better chance to break the jaw and thus the hold) (is this what your Gripper advantage does?) __________________ I have Confused and Clueless. Sometimes I miss sarcasm and humor, or critically fail my Savoir-Faire roll. None of it is intentional. Published GURPS Settings (as of 4/2013 -- I hope to update it someday...) Last edited by Vaevictis Asmadi; 06-25-2013 at 09:19 PM.