[Runequest] Runequest Digest, Vol 12, Issue 10

[Wayne Shaw]

At 08:09 AM 3/26/2009, you wrote:
>I'd actually assume no strength bonus unless the person was solidly 
>anchored to something or had some forward momentum given that you're 
>essentially weightless and any force directed towards the opponent 
>will be equally directed back at the attacker.

This really isn't true if you've ever pushed a rod into something 
underwater.  It's not very efficient, but you're still focusing more 
force against a smaller resistance than you overall body supplies 
against being pushed back.  I imagine this is less true with a 
cutting weapon, and less true yet with something blunt (frankly, I 
suspect the latter is going to be very ineffective in water at all 
unless you're extremely powerful, but that's just intuition talking).
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