| Varyon |
07-28-2022 12:52 PM |
Re: [Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja)
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Originally Posted by alforno
(Post 2445098)
It sounds like you are mostly talking about unarmed martial arts, because we already have an abundance of weapons-based non-Asian martial arts. Two things that come to mind are wrestling and boxing. Pugilists throughout Western civilization have competed in these forms of unarmed combat throughout history. There are probably a few H.E.M.A. enthusiasts that focus on the history of these topics and those resources could be mined for ideas.
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The DF Martial Artist is defined by having high unarmed combat capabilities (I believe it's the only template in DF1 with access to Judo and/or Karate, as well as having Trained By a Master, and I believe it also has the highest default skill in unarmed combat), having access to Chi-based superpowers (DR, Regeneration, etc, all with Chi -10%), and utilizing esoteric skills (Breath Control, Flying Leap, Power Blow, etc). They're about the only template in DF1 that can be dedicated unarmed combatants, but they don't have to be - indeed, one of the Advantages you can opt for is Weapon Master, if you want your Sun Wukong / Son Goku expy (naturally, named Mago Gosora) to be an expert with staves.
The Chi Limitation is one that requires the character to have a specific Disadvantage, Disciplines of Faith (Chi) [-10]. This Disadvantage itself requires the character to spend 1d hours every day meditating and/or exercising, and also have to pay twice as much for food (to represent both a special diet and having other consumables, like incense), which is something of a defining characteristic as well (hence my suggestion of fluffing this as balancing one's humors via diet and exercise).
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Originally Posted by thrash
(Post 2444981)
This would typically imply a marginalized, conquered, or oppressed subculture, or a society with politically imposed restrictions on weapons use. For medieval Europe, that immediately calls to mind the Jews. A qabalah-based secret art (perhaps anachronistically modeled after Krav Maga) that was developed to protect Jewish communities from their persecutors would work. Plenty of room here for the "don't mess with the old man in rags" trope.
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That... works a lot better than it seems like it should, honestly. Disciplines of Faith (Chi) burns up 24.5 hours per week on meditation and exercise (average 3.5 hours per day for 7 days) and doubles the cost of rations. Refusing to adventure on the Sabbath would burn up 24 hours per week and requiring kosher food would boost the price of rations - probably not quite to x2, but we could still use that. |