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Gorn, no savage claw attack?
voivodje
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Gorn, bite attack.
Extremely plausible, if not, simply so.
But the lack of a savage claw attack is something that bothers me.
Overgrown lizards, wielding a waepon that virtually vanishes in those immense claws... looks silly.
And I'm not even speaking of pistol type weapons.
That these humongous beasts can even hold them, is beyond me.
Take a phaser.
If a Gorn "holds" it, it vanishes.
How can he, having claws like that, even push a trigger?
For one, a Gorn should be restricted in the use of fire arms.
Instead, he should have mauling attacks, and shredding attacks, like a REAL predator.
Which a Gorn basically is, or have I missed something?
Sure, a Gorn in close combat vs ranged weapons, can be annoying for a Gorn to get in close.
But these beasts are normally BLOODY resilient, giving some extra armor to compensate.
Think of Kirk trying to take down this monster: he had to make this cannon.
Kind of says enough.
Furthermore, this Gorn had no weapons.
Logically, a Gorn IS a weapon.
I for one love to see the Gorn more cannon, by adding these unarmed combat skills, and dropping the jab/punch attacks.
no decent Gorn would punch with hands like those!
Thoughts?
Extremely plausible, if not, simply so.
But the lack of a savage claw attack is something that bothers me.
Overgrown lizards, wielding a waepon that virtually vanishes in those immense claws... looks silly.
And I'm not even speaking of pistol type weapons.
That these humongous beasts can even hold them, is beyond me.
Take a phaser.
If a Gorn "holds" it, it vanishes.
How can he, having claws like that, even push a trigger?
For one, a Gorn should be restricted in the use of fire arms.
Instead, he should have mauling attacks, and shredding attacks, like a REAL predator.
Which a Gorn basically is, or have I missed something?
Sure, a Gorn in close combat vs ranged weapons, can be annoying for a Gorn to get in close.
But these beasts are normally BLOODY resilient, giving some extra armor to compensate.
Think of Kirk trying to take down this monster: he had to make this cannon.
Kind of says enough.
Furthermore, this Gorn had no weapons.
Logically, a Gorn IS a weapon.
I for one love to see the Gorn more cannon, by adding these unarmed combat skills, and dropping the jab/punch attacks.
no decent Gorn would punch with hands like those!
Thoughts?
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Gorn are far more than savage predators. Yes, they're strong, and they know how to use their natural weapons, but they're also highly intelligent and do see the value of using firearms. There's a reason they provide the KDF with its Science Vessels.
That said though, I agree that Gorn characters should have a different set of melee combat abilities from the standard beat 'em up set that everyone else has. As for phasers and whatnot vanishing into their hands... I think that's more of a scaling issue with the weapon model itself.
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Let me again get to Kirk, he needed a frikken cannon to take our friend down.
They know this, they would use it, especially if the enemy dared closing in.
But no, they become boxers?
Aside, a weapon scaled to fit a Gorn hand, would be a mighty cannon by itself: like one cowboy using his colt 45, the Gorn a Taurus Raging Bull .50.
And that would still be quite small for the giant.
True, some seem smaller, but some are truly gigantic.
It's about the big ones that I am talking about.
they should have some limitations in weapon useage, and have different hand-to-hand skills...
But, that's IMHO.
With all due respect.
THAT is the typical Gorn, not the kung-fu specialist, but the brute power "I'll tear you apart, limb from limb" beast.
All Gorn should be S'taass.
Masters of Gore.
Sadly the Gorn as are fit in with the muppets.
You CANNOT compare that with any other (read: later) form of make-up.
The Gorn that Kirk had to cannon down looked beyond rediculous, but try to see through that.
Imagine that scene in a nowadays scene: a small T-Rex, just with a massive brain.
But STILL a T-Rex.
Phlox even said: they are like the Earth velociraptors, or something in that range.
Then MAKE them velociraptors.
True cold blooded shredding machines.
Cuz, THAT is the way they were intended.
THAT is canon.