Re: The open mouth, Insert Foot

From: crip@eebbs.isis.org (Garth Werner)

Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1992 17:23:09 +0000

ccmdenis@fella.ucdavis.edu (Donald Trump) writes:

> I have never seen anyone other than an Aimed Blow attack with his
> legs, which makes sense.  There are several crits I have seen, from
> a flying kick, to a howling kick.  AB's can lunge and slash with
> their feet, which makes them a more formidable weapon than the
> hands, which can essentially only punch (I think I saw a forearm
> bash one time, but I'm not sure).

Now that you mention it, yes, I saw a forearm bash by some Bonker a
few years back

>
> As for damage, I know from personal experience that legs can do
> a lot more damage than fists...but a greatsword?  Hardly.  I've never
> seen anyone do critical damage with their hands or feet, so I'd put
> the legs more on par with a dagger or shortsword.  Slightly better,
> but not much so.

This is where it gets interesting.  I have in fact seen many of my
warriors suffer massive blows (Eg the one I mentioned earlier, massive head
wound) at the hands(?) of someone elses feet.  Someone reading this amessage
area sent me an e-note explaining how to him it would make sense for foot to
be similar in damage to a sword (Though even I agree GS seems extreme) if
you consider the attacker.

Are not ABs going barehanded always stereotyped as the Bruce Lee of
the Arena.  Well, martial arts experts, as my anonymous source mentioned,
could disable the opponent with a single kick to the knee, or head, or
chest... etc.  Now I'm not saying joe blow on the street could, but remember
that as we seem to agree, only the AB uses his feet, and that style is
considered as a martial arts style when barehanded.

>
> As for damage-taking, apparently the better your AB's attack rating,
> the less likely he is to take damage from a parried blow.  Shadow-
> master and Vlad both run several AB's, and they've noticed this
> trend or and over again.

So therefore If I extend this theory, any style should take less
damage if their attack rating is higher?  That I don't necessarily agree
with

Still, it may be applicable for the AB, for the fists are his
weapon, and as he learns to use them, the better he becomes.

Garth

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Re: The open mouth, Insert Foot
ccmdenis@fella.ucdavis.edu (Donald Trump)
Sun, 07 Jun 1992 20:56:09 +0000