Unarmed parrying a weapon?

[rmedlin]

Haven't played in many years, but can unarmed fighters parry an armed attack? They seem to be able to in all kung fu movies, but I could not locate it in the rules.

Thanks.

[rmedlin]

Yep. I reread Parry. Seems you can.

[Soldier of Od]

Some of the other Palladium games, e.g. Rifts and Palladium Fantasy, have a rule that you can try to parry a weapon while unarmed, but you do so without bonuses: "Parrying a weapon barehanded is dangerous and all such attempts are without benefit of the character's parry bonuses." You could introduce that rule to your Ninjas and Superspies games if you like.

Ninjas and Superspies doesn't seem to have this rule. For me it works in this game, realistic or not, as most of the martial arts are focussed on unarmed combat, with no W.P.s included, and often no access to weapon katas. I think that having a character be able to take on armed opponents with their bare hands fits with the "kung-fu movie" feel of the game, and allows the player characters in particular to react to combat situations without needing to carry a sword wherever they go (unless that is your particular thing) or worry about smuggling in weapons to places where they are not allowed.