“Escrima uses smallsword.” It’s interesting. This active and civil thread on the SJG GURPS forums started with a few questions about grappling, but since has narrowed its focus – the bulk of the questions being answered – to the difference between Smallsword and Shortsword. The basic set is pretty clear – Smallsword is for light,…
A comment that was recently made struck an idea in my head, and that was that what makes characters different is what makes the game fun. The differences in their capabilities. That struck me funny, and it took me a moment to realize why. GURPS allows two different characters that have completely identical capabilities to play…
Over on the SJG Forums, I had a very productive interchange with Gef, a poster who wanted to know more about how grappling works using Technical Grappling, and asked for an introductory paragraph something like this: Grappling generally consists of an attack to establish a hold (which need not be an actual grasp), with a…