Channel Chatter

[Grimathor]

Heh indeed, but can anyone fight? lol

[Trogdor]

We're lovers, not fighters.

Seriously, how much of a factor do you expect combat to be? I made a character with combat skills. But I in no way made what could be considered a "combat character." I think none of us have. (At least as far as physical combat goes - space combat we have covered.)

If personal combat is going to be a major focus of the game, we all need to rethink character concepts.

[Brennor]

Ted is a decent knife fighter/brawler. He's built to be the engineer and pseudo security dude (though no real knowledge of the way the law works, he does know the ships security systems inside and out).

[Trogdor]

Oh, and I just noticed - we have another cook!

I guess Eric won't be the only one cooking meals for the ship.

[Lisa_West]

I think she does well at fighting.

Brawling DX/E - DX+1 15 [2]
Disarming (Brawling) Tech/H - def+0 15 [0]
Disarming (Knife) Tech/H - def+0 15 [0]
Dual-Weapon Attack (Knife) Tech/H - def+0 11 [0]
Elbow Strike (Brawling) Tech/A - def+1 14 [1]
Fast-Draw (Knife) DX/E - DX+0 14 [1]
Feint (Brawling) Tech/H - def+0 15 [0]
Feint (Knife) Tech/H - def+0 15 [0]
Ground Fighting (Brawling) Tech/H - def+0 11 [0]
Ground Fighting (Knife) Tech/H - def+0 11 [0]
Guns/TL10 (Pistol) DX/E - DX+1 15 [2]
Guns/TL10 (Shotgun) DX/E - DX+0 14 [1]
Kicking (Brawling) Tech/H - def+2 15 [3]
Knee Strike (Brawling) Tech/A - def+1 15 [1]
Knife DX/E - DX+1 15 [2]
Off-Hand Weapon Training (Knife) Tech/H - def+0 11 [0]
Retain Weapon (Knife) Tech/H - def+0 15 [0]

Of course, if you want me to make a sneaky, death from the shadows solder, I think I could manage that.

[Trogdor]

At this point you're the best combat character we have. All I have is:

Beam Weapons/TL11 15
Brawling 15
Gunner/TL11 (Beams) 19
Gunner/TL11 (Missiles) 19
Gunner/TL11 (Sandcasters) 19
Guns/TL11 (Pistol) 15
Karate 13
Saber 14
Strategy (Space) 11
Tactics 11

[Lisa_West]

Pick up some techniques for your combat skills -- that'll help you a lot.

[Trogdor]

My problem is that it's been ages since I've played GURPS so I can't remember what maneuvers are worth specializing it.

[Lisa_West]

The Techniques summary on p. 304 makes it a little easier. For example, you could have --

Back Kick - 9
Elbow Strike - 11
Jump Kick - 9
Kicking - 11
Knee Strike - 12

All for 0 points. Those are all default values.

[Grimathor]

Well regardless, welcome to the game LW. Random crew member goes "live". You may begin posting at your leisure, perhaps one of you might want to call her into the bar from the ship for whatever reason or you have something you wanted to tell them.