Trained Strength for Striking [TG]

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by aesir23

I agree that some upper limit is definitely appropriate, but disagree about where that limit should lie.

Incidentally, do you have the same objections to the RAW Trained Strength for Grappling as laid out in GURPS Technical Grappling?

And if there is such an objection (sniff, sniff, pout), do we also have objections to Strongbow, which is basically Trained ST for bows.

Designer's Note: Trained ST was me looking at Power Grappling, Strongbow, and the damage bonuses for Wrestling, Sumo, and to some extent Karate and Boxing and saying "yes, GURPS already has this built in, and it matches my experience as a grappler. Let us make it, dare I say, more generic."

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

And if there is such an objection (sniff, sniff, pout), do we also have objections to Strongbow, which is basically Trained ST for bows.

Again not really because I tend run Bow damage via your Deadly spring so your increasing pull rating which isn't really quite as direct for adding damage.

[aesir23]

A lot of people posted while I was adding a more detailed argument to this post, so I'll paraphrase here:

Even if you set the limit on Trained ST at ST +10, you're talking about a fairly small amount of damage.

I agree training shouldn't allow someone to cut through armor, but neither should realistic amounts of ST or Striking ST. That's why we have Edge Protection.

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by aesir23

A lot of people posted while I was adding a more detailed argument to this post, so I'll paraphrase here:

Even if you set the limit on Trained ST at ST +10, you're talking about a fairly small amount of damage.

I agree training shouldn't allow someone to cut through armor, but neither should realistic amounts of ST or Striking ST. That's why we have Edge Protection.

ST+10 is more than triple damage (ST10 avg is 3.5, ST20 avg is 12.5, and will defeat edge protection (which is double DR).