[gurps] Rifles as melee weapons

[Brandon Cope]

--- On Mon, 3/17/08, Captain Joy <captainjoy at mac.com> wrote:

> In a recent game, one of my players wanted use his phaser
> rifle to  
> conk a bad guy on the head.  I told him that was fine, but
> he'd be  
> rolling against a relevant melee weapon skill, not his Beam
> Weapons  
> (Rifle) to do it.  Both my players disagree; they think it
> is part of  
> their Beam Weapon (Rifle) skill.

I know it's a 3e source, but in GURPS WWII a bayonetted rifle uses Spear skill (at -1). A rifle used as a club uses Two-Handed Axe/Mace skill. Also less relevant, but a rifle with bayonet fixed is at -1 to Guns.
 
Brandon


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