Attack

Attack is a Maneuver to make an armed or unarmed attack in melee combat, or to use a thrown or missile weapon in ranged combat. The weapon must be Ready.

Step and Attack note

Pg 111 of 3e's Basic Set mentioned options for attacking "bare handed" as it's fifth italic. The only mention of kicking is the final option: requiring the karate skill and it mentions -1 to damage.

This indicates that non-karate kicks could not be performed after a step, and even then they received a damage penalty. This is perhaps sum of two factors:

• it describes the context of stepping into an opponent's hex (rather than stepping into an adjacent one) and only karate could make C-range kicks.
• a universal -1 penalty to damage for C-range kicks is not mentioned on 3eB114, so some might think this is due to a uniqueness of Step-and-Attack rather than C-range kicks however

Hellboy Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game had a similar rule except instead of being maneuver-limited, it was just a universal -1 to damage for karate kicks at close range. Karate was notably different here than standard 3e though: Hellboy Karate allowed kicks at full skill, without a -2 penalty.

Both restriction appears to be absent in 4e, with DX/Brawling also making C-range kicks (and being permitted after taking a step into an occupied hex), and with no damage penalty compared to kicking from one's starting position without mixing time with stepping.

Quick Reference

• Movement: Step. You may step and then attack or attack and then step – your choice. To move further and still attack, take All-Out Attack or Move and Attack.
• Active Defense: Any.

Attack Type and Modifiers

Affliction, Binding, Innate Attack, Leech, Neutralize, Obscure, Static, and anything else the GM views as an “attack”

Furthermore these attacks can have Damage Modifiers.

See Also

• attack ability
• All-Out Attack
• Committed Attack
• Determined Attack
• Attack (maneuver)
• Defensive Attack
• Dual Weapon Attack
• Extra Attack
• Move and Attack
• Rapid Strike
• Strong Attack

Additional Information

• Multiple Attacks per Turn in GURPS

References

• B61; B365