| From: | Gossamer <kajohnson@*******.TEC.WI.US> |
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| Subject: | Re: the uac dilemma |
| Date: | Thu, 24 Jul 1997 12:04:40 -0500 |
>> couple of fights up to now...
When you're in hth combat, death is on the line, and the combatants are a
disparate levels, a fight usually lasts 2, maybe 3 blows...
When death is not on the line, but you really want to hurt someone (most of my
fights are in this category), again, they last 2 or 3 blows... The martial art
that I studied (Koppo) focuses on accupressure, nerve strikes, joint locks, and
bone breaking techniques. I've been in 5 fights in this category, and they
were not pretty. They were very fast. Again, combatants are of disparate
levels. My usual targets are elbows and eyes. (In case anyone's curious, I
was in the US Marine infantry for 4 years, and that is a wierd realm... I'm
much healthier now)
When you're not seek to damage someone permanently, it gets a lot tougher.
When I am faced with this type of fight, I utilize Rabbit style Kung Fu (turn
and run, really fast).
>Boxing is a bad example. I dunno about judo. But I fence, and a touch,
>even in foil or saber, where a touch is considered to be a lethal or
>debilitating strike, the first touch will often occur within a few seconds.
>(The touch might be disallowed because of right-of-way, which is the judges
>way of saying you're *both* dead, but I digress.) Or Japanese-style sword
>dueling. Basically, the opponents stare at each other until they think they
>see an opening, and strike. Since striking creates an opening, the other
>strikes as well. The faster hits, the slower *dies.*
I agree with all this, now I'd like to add my own gift to the discussion:
Perspective.
Please keep in mind that in SR, if you have a 6 in a skill, that means you're
an expert. If you have an 8 you're Awesome!!!! And above that level of skill,
the game mechanic goes a bit wierd.
If you've got a 4, you're decent and something, and with a 3, you could make a
living at it...
If a Grand Master of OOlong-Poo (skill 8) who has been perfecting his art for
over a decade fights with Joe Commando who knows how to fight (skill 5). Joe
should get his ass handed to him...
I think that if you keep in mind the *intended meaning* of the numbers
involved, the outcomes of these hth combats is perfectly reasonably, IMNSHO.
When fighters of disparate skill levels are fighting in a desparate situation,
the fights will be over very quickly with the more highly skilled fighter
prevailing...
I think that that's horribly realistic.
Gossamer
