Combining GURPS and Hackmaster combat system?

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Originally Posted by tbone

That said, I can see that in play, things won't be as silly as they sound above.

Remember that Hackmaster is primarily a parody of roleplaying games. The purported designer, Gary Jackson, is a fictional amalgam of Gary Gygax and Steve Jackson, and it's origin is as the game they play in Knights of the Dinner Table. It is supposed to be silly (in a weirdly detail obsessed way).