06-15-2009, 07:21 AM | #1 |
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Location: Pennsylvania
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stacking
Certain unarmed fighting skills (such as boxing) give a bonus to your damage if you are trained to a certain level in that skills.
If I am trained in two skills which provide such a bonus, do I get the bonus damage from both?* Likewise, if I were trained in wrestling and sumo wrestling, do I get the grapple bonuses from both skills? (I've asked this one before, but I'm asking again to help provide some context for the damage question.) *If yes, I can't seem to tell if GCA factors it all in. |
06-15-2009, 07:27 AM | #2 |
Never Been Pretty
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: stacking
I don't have my books with me, but I’m fairly certain the answer to both your questions are no.
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06-15-2009, 07:29 AM | #3 |
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Re: stacking
You can only use one skill at a time, therefore your attacks only benefit from one skill's bonuses.
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06-15-2009, 07:32 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Vermont
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Re: stacking
Definitely not. When you punch or grapple someone, you chose which skill you're using, you only get the benefits for that skill.
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06-15-2009, 07:33 AM | #5 | |
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Re: stacking
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I thought perhaps this was the case after seeing how the GCA calculates everything. In a lot of cases I guess it makes sense from a game balance perspective, but in a few cases it seems strange that you wouldn't be able to blend multiple fighting styles together into something better (i.e. the manner in which MMA has evolved via UFC fights.) |
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06-15-2009, 07:37 AM | #6 |
Never Been Pretty
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: stacking
Blending fighting styles has nothing to do with that. Karate, Wrestling, and the other GURPS skills are not fighting styles at all. They are skills that could be part of several fighting styles. And you can still only do one thing at a time.
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06-15-2009, 07:44 AM | #7 | |
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Location: Pennsylvania
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Re: stacking
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I was fairly certain that the answer was no, but I wasn't 100% sure. A few of the skills say something vague along the lines of "...do extra damage with unarmed thrust." I wasn't quite sure if they'd all stack in a similar manner to how things such as Charisma and Good Reputation do stack when interacting with NPCs. What are some other instances in GURPS when bonuses don't stack? |
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06-15-2009, 07:49 AM | #8 | |
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Vermont
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Re: stacking
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Another MMA scenario for which I wrote a house rule is this: a Boxer who trains in another striking art can fold his Boxing skill into his Karate skill. (E.g. Joe the boxer has Boxing at DX +2 (8 points), and he wants to fight in the UFC. He joins a gym and studies Muy Thai, since Joe is already an expert at throwing punches, judging ranges, parrying blows, etc... his learning curve is really quick. Once he has earned 4 points he erases Boxing from his character sheet and replaces it with Karate DX +2 (12), all his boxing techniques now default to Karate. He KEEPS style familiarity and any style perks.)
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06-15-2009, 07:49 AM | #9 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Denmark
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Re: stacking
The answer is no, as you only get those benefits if you use that skill to attack. And since you can't attack using two skills at once, you only get one of them.
[Edit] Whops that'll teach me to refresh a thread before I post. Last edited by Maz; 06-15-2009 at 08:03 AM. |
06-15-2009, 01:19 PM | #10 |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Yukon, OK
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Re: stacking
The reasoning is already well posted here. GURPS 4E specifically says no to the bonuses in the skill writeup for each.
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basic set, bonus stacking, combat, martial arts |
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