frogspawner Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I haven't tried them but they look interesting, the various animal-named martial arts styles seem quite oriental in flavour. A bit rules-heavy, though - extra-special effects defined for every skill that could be adopted! And some odd things in it - e.g. creating magic items costing skill%-points? Also it seems based on a single MA skill, rather than the BRP version which has specialisms per weapon (i.e. Martial Arts(Fist), Martial Arts(Sword), etc). Anyway, I'm not convinced an MA supplement is necessary. The existing BRP rules can probably be interpreted to do the job. Related question: BRP MA skill gives double damage dice when attacking (like an impale), but shouldn't there also be some sort of benefit when parrying? Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywyll Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Related question: BRP MA skill gives double damage dice when attacking (like an impale), but shouldn't there also be some sort of benefit when parrying? See, that's why we need a Martial Arts supplement... Seriously though, yes, I think there should be MA advantages to: Parry Dodge Grappling Escape Recovering from Knockdown Resisting Knockdown Disarming et al. All depending on the MA studied of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 See, that's why we need a Martial Arts supplement... I guess you're right, including that sort of rules-tweaking and campaign details like Sandy Petersen's Mysticism mentioned above by TRose - for those who want an oriental flavour, at least. As for other MA advantages, I see no reason why there couldn't be Martial Arts style specialisms in any skill, not just combat skills. Although they wouldn't be 'martial', so you'd probably want to call them something like "Ki" skills (as in the Land of Ninja book, I'm reliably informed ). If a normal skill-roll was under the MA/Ki(<anyskill>) percentage, it'd give that skill's Special effect (a bit like MA does for combat skills). For those wanting the more highly magical (wuxia?) style, maybe spending PP could give a Critical effect (or when you really need to guarantee that Special), like the Fate Points mechanism. Some GM's may even allow spending POW (or many PP?) to gain some magic-like "super-critical" effect. Details to follow, in the forthcoming Martial Arts Supplement, perhaps... Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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