GURPS - Compendium 1..

Close Combat (Average) Defaults to any close-combat
Weapon skill-2 or other Weapon skill-6
Prerequisite: Any weapon skill; must specialize;
cannot exceed prerequisite skill level,
or skill-3 for long weapons
In close combat, weapon attacks made with legal close-combat weapons are
normally at -2, while longer weapons may not be used to attack at all. This
maneuver can be learned to eliminate the -2 for using a close-combat weapon at
reach C, or to allow longer weapons to attack in close combat.
For a legal close-combat weapon (Blackjack, Knife, etc.), this maneuver can be
improved to allow the weapon to be used at no penalty in close combat,
although the Close Combat maneuver cannot exceed the prerequisite skill level.
For a longer weapon, this maneuver allows an attack to be made at a reach 1
hex shorter than its shortest normal reach, but at -6. This involves holding the
weapon as far away from the target as possible and requires at least 1 hex of
clearance behind and to one side of the attacker. Characters can reduce the penalty
with certain weapons by learning to shift grips on their weapon, practicing
attacks that maximize the available maneuvering space, etc. By improving this
maneuver, the penalty for using a longer weapon can be reduced to as little as -3.
This maneuver must be learned for each weapon skill the character wishes to
improve.
Disarming (Hard) Defaults to DX, Judo or Weapon skill
Prerequisite: none
This maneuver allows an unarmed man to take an attacker's weapon. The
defender must have successfully parried the weapon attack, or must grab the
weapon arm, as per p. B111, substituting Disarming for DX. On the next turn, a
Quick Contest between Disarming and DX is necessary to remove the weapon. A
failure means the attacker keeps the weapon: a critical failure means a hit on the
hand! For weapons that have disarming capabilities, replace Disarming with the
appropriate weapon skill.
For another way to disarm an opponent, see Ann or Wrist Lock (p. 165).
Dual-Weapon Attack (Hard) Defaults to Combat skill-4
Prerequisite: Any one-handed combat skill;
must specialize; cannot exceed prerequisite skill level
This maneuver allows the attacker to strike with two weapons at once, at the
same foe or two adjacent ones. Each weapon is at -4, in addition to any off-hand
and hit location penalties. Such attacks are difficult to defend against if aimed at a
single foe. The defender's attention is divided: -1 to defend against each attack of a
Dual-Weapon Attack aimed at a sole opponent. (This applies to any number of
attacks made with paired weapons.)
If multiple attack rules are being used, an attacker with two weapons can
add one extra attack to his total, at -4. The other attacks receive no modifiers.
He can distribute his attacks between the two weapons as he desires.
Elbow Strike (Average)
Defaults to Karate-2
Prerequisite: Karate; cannot exceed Karate skill level
This maneuver is particularly useful if somebody is attacking or grappling
you from behind. To attack enemies behind you in close combat, roll against
Elbow Strike, with no modifiers for not facing the enemy (attacks to a specific
part of the body, such as the vitals or head, are at an extra -1, for a total of -3, in
addition to the standard penalties on p. B203). Frontal attacks are resolved as
for a normal punch. The attack does the same damage as a Karate punch.
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Tumbling (Special)
Defaults to Acrobatics;
cannot exceed Acrobatics skill
level
Tumbling, also called Vaulting, includes
such basic maneuvers as the forward roll,
backward roll, diving roll, and others that
most people think of when they try an
Acrobatics roll in a combat situation. This is
the skill that an Acrobatic Dodge (p. B108)
is rolled against. Likewise, diving between a
foe's legs, reducing falling damage, vaulting
to the back of a horse, diving through a
window, etc., are all uses of Tumbling.
A basic acrobatic maneuver that isn't
included in the Basic Set is a Chest Roll -
from knees to feet in one second, ending
up one or two hexes directly in front of or
directly behind the acrobat. This amounts
to a successful Acrobatics roll allowing the
character to get from knees to feet and end
in a hex other than where he started the
turn. A Backward Chest Roll (toward the
rear hex) is at -2.
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