Unbalanced Weapon clarification

[templar]

Originally Posted by Peter V. Dell'Orto

What's throwing you off a little here is the idea of a "round." GURPS doesn't have a "round." Each person has a turn, those turns are sequential and overlap. If you attack on your turn with an unbalanced weapon, you cannot parry with it if you're attacked before your next turn.

So if Able has a mace and swings at Baker, and then Baker attacks back, Able can't parry with his mace because he used it to attack this turn. On his next turn, he can attack. If he does not, he can parry when Baker's next turn comes.

Forget the idea that there is a "round" of action that determines when something was used or not. Each person has their own individual turn; you can't both attack and defend with an Unbalanced weapon during the same turn.

Thanks! That clears things up nicely for me. BTW, huge fan of Martial Arts, although somewhat sad that its out of print, I had to pick up a copy for one of my players via Ebay (which means SJG doesn't get any money for it-it's a used copy). Hopefully it will see a reprint soon.

As I absorb MA I may have a couple of additional questions for you ;-)

[Peter V. Dell'Orto]

Originally Posted by templar

Thanks! That clears things up nicely for me. BTW, huge fan of Martial Arts, although somewhat sad that its out of print,

You and me both. I can't even find a copy for one of my players.

My only advice is, buy the PDF and get Lulu or a print shop to print it for you.

Originally Posted by templar

As I absorb MA I may have a couple of additional questions for you ;-)

Fire away! Between Sean Punch and I, nevermind Doug "I expanded Martial Arts a Lot" Cole, we should be able to field most questions. :)