GURPS - Compendium 1..

Fire-Siphon (Physical/Average) Defaults to DX-5
This is the skill of using various low-tech devices to spray
burning incendiary mixtures at a target. For high-tech devices,
use Guns (Flamethrower). When these weapons are in use,
experts in their handling are a necessity - but it is a dangerous
profession.
On a critical failure, roll 3 dice. On a 5 or less, the target is
sprayed, but there is no flame unless the sprayer strikes a flame at
the target. No fuel is sprayed on 5-17. An 18 indicates a backfire;
the weapon explodes and does its normal damage to the firer's
hex and all adjacent hexes.
Force Whip/TL (Physical/Average) Defaults to
Whip-3
This is the ability to fight with any kind of whip-like force
weapon, as opposed to "rigid" force weapons such as force
swords.
Garrote (Physical/Easy)
Defaults to DX-5
This is the skill used to strangle a victim with rope or wire. It
can only be used on an unaware or helpless victim. The first
attack is made from behind (a number of Stealth rolls may be
required to reach the intended victim), at -5 for attacking the
throat but +4 since the victim is unaware, giving the attacker a
net -1 to skill. The victim (if he is not stunned) may attempt to
parry at -3. On a success, he manages to put his hand (or any
ready one-handed weapon) between his throat and the garrote.
The hand takes no damage unless a wire garrote (see below) is
being used.
On the turn of the attack, and every turn thereafter, the attacker
does thrust damage to the throat (this damage is multiplied by 1.5
if it is crushing, or by 2 if it is cutting). A rope garrote does
crushing damage, while a thin wire one does cutting damage;
with either, the target also starts to suffocate (see sidebar, p.
B122). The victim can try to break free by winning a Quick
Contest of ST-5 or Judo-3 against the attacker's Garrote skill.
If an improvised Garrote is used (almost any piece of rope
will do), the skill is at -2. A wire garrote must have handles on
both ends, or the attacker will take thrust/cutting damage to each
hand! However, a genuine garrote is an illegal weapon almost
everywhere.
Harpoon (Physical/Hard)
Defaults to
Spear Throwing-2
A harpoon, used for mainly for whaling, is a large, heavy
spear with a line attached to it. Its damage is thrus t+5, minimum
Strength is 11 and weight is six pounds. If used in hand-to-hand
combat, it only inflicts normal spear damage, and takes one turn to
ready between thrusts. Otherwise, treat it as a thrown spear.
Jitte/Sai (Physical/Average) Defaults to DX-5
or Shortsword-3
This skill is a variation on the Shortsword skill. The jitte, or
sai, is hilled like a sword, but the "blade" is lined like a huge
fork. It may be blunt, or have a sharp point, but it has no edge. It
can be used as a baton or stabbing weapon, or to disarm by
twisting an opponent's sword from his hands.
A jitte wielder can initiate the disarm by striking at the opponent's
weapon with the declared intention to disarm (see p.
B111). If he hits, roll a Quick Contest of Weapon Skills; the
Jitte user is at +2. If The jitte wielder wins, the foe drops the
weapon; if he loses, there is no special effect. If the jitte wielder
loses by 5 or more, he loses the jitte.
On any successful parry, by either opponent, the jitte wielder
can immediately try to disarm his opponent by twisting his
weapon from his hand. Roll a Quick Contest of Weapon Skills, as
above.
A weapon held in two hands is at +2 to resist the disarm
attempt. Note that a jitte can only be used to disarm a foe armed
with a rigid weapon; it is ineffective against flexible weapons
such as whips.
Katana (Physical/Average) Defaults to DX-5
or Broadsword-2
This is the skill of using the Japanese longsword, the katana.
This weapon can be used either one-handed or two-handed.
Style and stance are totally different from Western techniques.
Swinging damage is increased by 1 when swinging the sword
two-handed.
Parry when used one-handed is 1/2 skill. Used two-handed,
and carrying no more than Light Encumbrance, Parry is 2/3
skill. Default is Broadsword-2 for one-handed use, or Two-
Handed Sword-2 if used in two hands.
Kusari (Weighted Chain) (Physical/Hard) Defaults
to DX-5 or Flail-2
A kusari is a weighted chain of length equal to about twice
the wielder's height. It is difficult to defend against: -2 to Block, -
4 to Parry. The kusari is used two-handed: the wielder uses one
hand to hold the chain while his other hand whirls it around
over his head until he lets it fly. He can shorten the reach of the
chain to fit the situation; maximum reach is four yards. A kusari
cannot be used if there is no headroom (for instance, inside an
average-sized room) or in an area full of obstacles (for instance, a
bamboo grove). People standing around the wielder count as
obstacles.
A successful kusari attack is like a successful hand-to-hand
grapple (see p. B111). An entangled victim cannot move, attack
or make any active defenses until he frees himself; this requires a
DX-4 roll. A kusari grapple can also be used to grab the foe's
weapon. If a weapon parry against a kus ari succeeds, the kusari
wielder must immediately roll against his skill. Success means
the kusari wrapped around the foe's weapon or weapon arm; a
critical failure means the kusari flew from its user's hand! On
the next turn, roll a Quick Contest of ST. The loser loses his
weapon; the lost weapon falls to the ground. On a lie, the kusari
pulls free. The kusari cannot be readied until it has been freed.
Like a ranged weapon, a kusari miss can hit someone else,
including the wielder (see p. B117). On a critical miss, a roll of 3,
4, 17 or 18 indicates that the wielder has hit himself in the
head.
A kusari is an unbalanced weapon and becomes unready as
soon as it is swung. It takes one turn to ready for each hex of
length, and two turns to wrap up and put away for each hex of
length.
Main-Gauche (Physical/Average) Defaults to DX-5
This is the skill of using a knife in the off-hand, offensively
and defensively, in conjunction with a weapon in the other
hand. It includes the Knife skill, but not Knife Throwing.
The advantages of this skill over the Knife skill are:
1. The parry is 2/3 of the skill.
2. There is no penally for using the off-hand on defense.
3. There is no -1 penally for parrying with a knife.
Attacking with a knife in the off hand is still at -4 for using
the off-hand, unless the user is Ambidextrous or knows the Off-
Hand Weapon Training maneuver.
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