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Old 06-03-2021, 01:13 PM   #19
Michael Thayne
 
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Default Re: Opinions on cinematic martial arts skills?

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post
I have a character in my archive who used Power Blow effectively, because he had it at Will+4, making skill 24. He is a 918 point character, one of the Infinite Cabal PCs. I'd have required a good justification for an Innate Attack, but I find the esoteric martial arts skills quite acceptable.
I think this points to another if not problematic at least odd feature of esoteric skills, that they can be really powerful in high-powered games, and in those contexts seem to favor Reinsurance Man type builds (referring to the template in Supers) with both high DX and high IQ.
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