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Old 07-28-2016, 10:47 AM   #39
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Default Re: Jason Bourne combat skills

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Originally Posted by EskrimadorNC View Post
Improved Techniques:
Lots of guesswork as you can't tell if Bourne just has VERY high skill and is defaulting or if he has improved any of these techniques
-Arm/Hand Lock (Judo)
-Disarming (Judo)
-Ground Fighting (Judo)
-Kicking (Karate)
-Sweep (Karate or Judo)
He certainly uses them a lot. That could be signature moves, or it could be a bought-up technique. The best way to work it out, as well as the skill levels, is to simply build a hypothetical character, and then judge what is most efficient. For example, if you specialize in getting your opponent on the ground, or going on the ground yourself, and then defeating your opponent while on the ground, it might make sense to buy up the technique a lot. If your strategy generally focuses on one of these techniques, or a lot of moves you make depends on it, it makes sense to buy it up. Often, though, it does not. Note for example that you have four techniques that might be judo-based, which means he almost certainly wouldn't buy them all up, as it wouldn't be efficient. That's the point here, of course: How can I get this effect best in the most efficient manner possible.

Which is one reason why it's useful to pick a baseline ("Jason Bourne as a 350 point Action character") rather than just trying to derive his point value from what you see him do in the movies.
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