# Arm\_block and Leg\_block in Martialarts.json

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [April 5, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arm-block-and-leg-block-in-martialarts-json/13575 "2017-04-05T12:49:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chezzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/chezzo/32/429_2.png) [@Chezzo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Chezzo)\
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Does anyone know what Arm\_block and Leg\_block do in Martialarts.json? Is a higher number better?

Brawling has an arm\_block of -1, and a leg\_block of 7, while Akimbo has 99 and 99 respectively.

> <https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/data/json/martialarts.json>

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arm-block-and-leg-block-in-martialarts-json/13575/2 "2017-04-05T14:12:50Z")

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Level at which the block unlocks. Not sure why there are some arts with -1 instead of 0. Negative numbers aren’t special cased.

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**Author:** ![deoxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@deoxy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deoxy)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arm-block-and-leg-block-in-martialarts-json/13575/3 "2017-04-05T16:00:22Z")

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That would make 99 pretty silly…

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arm-block-and-leg-block-in-martialarts-json/13575/4 "2017-04-05T16:11:31Z")

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No, it just marks it as “you can’t get it”.

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**Author:** ![deoxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@deoxy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deoxy)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arm-block-and-leg-block-in-martialarts-json/13575/5 "2017-04-05T21:23:57Z")

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> [@Coolthulhu](#):
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> No, it just marks it as “you can’t get it”.

Wouldn’t it make more sense just to not require the tag at all in those cases? “you can’t get it” is assumed unless you specify otherwise.

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arm-block-and-leg-block-in-martialarts-json/13575/6 "2017-04-06T01:23:58Z")

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> [@deoxy](#):
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> Wouldn’t it make more sense just to not require the tag at all in those cases?

It was implemented long ago.

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**Author:** ![deoxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@deoxy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deoxy)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arm-block-and-leg-block-in-martialarts-json/13575/7 "2017-04-06T14:02:42Z")

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> [@Coolthulhu](#):
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> [quote=“deoxy, post:5, topic:13575”]Wouldn’t it make more sense just to not require the tag at all in those cases?

It was implemented long ago.[/quote]

OK, good then… and this whole topic is then a big “yay for legacy code” moment. Not that I have ANY room to judge on that, mind you.