'''Class Handgear''' (often shortened to '''CHG''' or just '''handgear''') contains a particular class of '''melee weapons''' which are all worn on the hands. They include various pairs of gloves, gauntlets and hand wraps, and are equipped in the '''Handgear''' slot. The absence of a handgear weapon is represented by the [[Bare fists]] "weapon".
All weapons in this category are 'true ' melee weapons, and all melee weapons are affected by the '''Strength''' statistic, which acts as a direct multiplier to Pain and Limb Damage.
The primary purpose of handgear weapons is to modify the amount of damage dealt when dealing punches, functioning as the 'weapon' component of [[unarmed combat]]. Therefore, '''all Handgear weapons call for the use of the Martial Arts skill.'''