be used to give fencing weapons a better parry?
A. First, there are now three classes of weapons in GURPS: ones that can attack and parry every turn, ones that can attack or parry every turn, and ones that can attack or parry every turn and become unready if they attack. This is after reading a lot of input on how axes are slow but not THAT slow. Swords are still better: cut and thrust both vs. just cut, and parry and attack vs. only one of the two. As for fencing weapons, they get two big bonuses. 1)You get a bigger bonus for retreat when you parry. That’s cut to +1 from +3 for most weapons, but stays +3 for fencing weapons. So if you give ground, you can do that cool swashing stuff. But if you stand and pound, you cannot. 2) All weapons in Fourth Edition can parry multiple times, but this is easier for fencing weapons. But they pay for it in encumbrance penalties.
