Why do gloves/gauntlets have str=-0.6 for dammod?

[visage]

I decided to investigate whether the 1.6.5 combatDamage changes impacted the relative merits of gloves vs gauntlets for brawlers and ran across:

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			dammod = {dex=0.4, str=-0.6, cun=0.4 },

Why's strength represented as -0.6? (Other weapons with less-than-100%-strength contributions have str=0.45 or similar.)

[darkgod]

Because gloves combat is ADDED to the base unarmed damage of actors, which by default has a dammod of str=1

[visage]

That makes sense. Thanks for the response!