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GURPS FAQ, 3.4.2.22 Is weapon reach important when Waiting?
Is weapon reach considered when resolving a Wait maneuver?
In 4th Edition, weapon reach has practically no role to play in the Wait maneuver. The rule is simple: if you are Waiting to attack, and someone gets in reach, you can interrupt him/her, even if he has a longer weapon than you, even if he running straight at you. This is actually much fairer than in 3rd Edition because you *could* have taken your action earlier than you did without suffering any adverse situation; you just decided not to do so.
Case in point: A has Basic Speed 7.00 and a sword (reach 1). B has Basic Speed 6.00 and a spear (reach 2). A could, before B could do anything, run up and attack him; he has the initiative! By waiting, A is letting B commit himself while A has the initiative. Sure, B has a long weapon, but A's ready for it; that's part of what Wait is about. This doesn't change if A has Basic Speed 5.00, Waits after B with Basic Speed 6.00 acts, and react to his next move. A still has the initiative, since he could have acted before he is acting now.
Also, do not take into account weapon grip when dealing with Wait. Using the same situation as above, when B is two hexes away from A, A steps forward (reducing the distance between them to one hex) and attacks. Then, even if B has a two hex grip, he still gets his attack because his weight and momentum carries it through. On the next turn, B will either have to step back or change his grip, but on this turn, he's fine.
How can I protect myself against a Wait maneuver?
Simple; don't get near your opponent. Wait yourself, or take time to Evaluate him, or attack someone or something else.
There is actually one thing you can do if you have a longer weapon and are quite good at it: attack your foe's weapon. For example, if you have a reach 2 weapon, and he has a reach 1 weapon, you can stay three hexes away from him (thus out of reach of his step-and-attack, unless he all-out-attacks) and attack his weapon, which is only two hexes away (with the -4 penalty, of course).
Why was it changed?
In 3rd Edition, the longer weapon always went first. This made it impossible for the fighter with the shorter weapon to strike at the long weapon as it came in, or to fleche or lunge directly into his attacker's attack with All-Out Attack. Both are realistic; the latter is dangerous (no defense!) but hardly impossible. It was unrealistic not to allow these tactics.
Also, when weapons were of equal length, high skill could totally negate a Wait. When a skill-14 warrior with a one-yard shortsword chose to Wait, a skill-18 fighter with an identical sword could step up and ignore the Wait. This was simply unfair.
Ситуация совершенно иная. Здесь описывается чел с более коротким оружием в ожидании. Действительно, в этом случае, мечник может атаковать пикинера, даже если тот после атаки делает шаг назад. Мечник как бы "вклинивается" между атакой и шагом назад копейщика.
Вот даже более точный пример: "А" имеет оружие с досягаемостью 2 и использует маневр ожидание(с триггером - атака при любом движении противника). "B", находясь на расстоянии 2 от "А" пытается сделать шаг и атаку, но "А" упреждает его действие своей атакой и шагом назад. В итоге, "B" не может таким образом приблизиться на расстояние 1.
С другой стороны, он может атаковать, но для этого ему придется заказывать "передвижение и атака" или "полная атака"...
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Darksun, мечник с Reach 1 все равно имеет право на свою заявленную атаку.
Это разъяснялось где-то, и если кто помнит - укажите, плиз.
Agt. Gray Да, но получается, что мечник с досягаемостью 1 бьет по противнику, не приближаясь ближе, чем на 2 несостыковка получается..