Spike's combo kick

[Xilodel]

Originally Posted by Ragitsu

One more movie-to-GURPS Martial Arts related question for now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDv15w0N6Pc&fmt=18

The chop that Danny deliver's to the man's throat, is it a regular "punch" to the Neck? If not, are there any rules for damaging the windpipe/stunning someone by hitting them there beyond ordinary HP damage and shock?

I'd call it an Exotic Hand Strike, since he's hitting him in the throat with the ridge of his hand (we called in a Knifehand in Tae-kwon-do, not sure if other styles have different names for it) rather than a straight-on closed-fist punch. IDHMBWM but as far as I can recall, there are no special rules for throat damage beyond cutting attacks gaining a damage multiplier of x2 and potential decapitation. I find that surprising, since you can crush somebody's windpipe with blunt force and put them in serious trouble.

If I had to guess, I'd say roll vs. HT to resist physical stun. If you take crushing damage equal to your neck equal to your HP, roll vs. HT to resist stunning, suffocation, and the loss of ability to make any noise beyond faint wheezing. A First Aid roll MIGHT be able to save somebody whose had their windpipe crushed (or at least get them stable enough to get medical attention elsewhere), but maybe not. I'm not exactly sure how lethal such attacks are.

[Ragitsu]

Originally Posted by Xilodel

IDHMBWM but as far as I can recall, there are no special rules for throat damage beyond cutting attacks gaining a damage multiplier of x2 and potential decapitation.

Actually, the wounding modifier of both corrosion and crushing to the Neck is 1.5x. This may in fact factor in.

[Phoenix_Dragon]

Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

TBAM covers every melee weapon skill as well, actually. But no, nothing about it stacks with Weapon Master, which is why most people buy one or the other.

Well, the reduction in parry penalties does explicitly stack (B376). But I would agree that they do not appear to stack for Rapid Strike penalties (And several of the rules examples rather implicitly rule out the possibility).

[Kelly Pedersen]

Originally Posted by Phoenix_Dragon

Well, the reduction in parry penalties does explicitly stack (B376).

I think you're misreading that. When it says to reduce the penalties to -1 "if both conditions are true", it's not referring to having Weapon Master vs Trained By A Master, it's referring to having a fencing weapon and one of the advantages in question.

[robkelk]

Originally Posted by chris1982

Then why aruge at all. Its anime so just build a 5d6 innate attack :-/

Because some anime creators don't think it's appropriate to ignore realism... and that includes the creators of this particular anime.

(How many times does it have to be said? Anime is a medium, not a genre.)

[Ragitsu]

Originally Posted by Kelly Pedersen

I think you're misreading that. When it says to reduce the penalties to -1 "if both conditions are true", it's not referring to having Weapon Master vs Trained By A Master, it's referring to having a fencing weapon and one of the advantages in question.

Unfortunately, Trained by a Master doesn't include the damage boost that Weapon Master grants.

[Diomedes]

Originally Posted by Ragitsu

Unfortunately, Trained by a Master doesn't include the damage boost that Weapon Master grants.

That's because the skills it normally affects already have the damage bonus built in.