bare-fingered digging and damage to hands?

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Originally Posted by Varyon

"Hurting Yourself" is for punching with a properly-formed fist, not striking with your fingertips (which is more-or-less what you do when digging barehanded).

It's for both, Finger Poke in GURPS Martial Arts just says the difference is it takes effect against DR1+ instead of 3+

Originally Posted by Varyon

Realistically, I think things like Lethal Strike (which is a strike with the fingertips) should suffer more injury when striking a hard surface, rather than just reducing the DR limit

Same.

Originally Posted by Varyon

Dogs are pretty incredible diggers - both their claws and the way their body structure is layed out allows them to dig really well. I wouldn't oppose giving some of them the Burrower Perk, honestly.

Or maybe it's because they have Blunt Claws? I don't think that gives hand DR the way Hooves gives foot DR but it does increase damage.