Batman Martial Arts

[doulos05]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Be sure to include Shouting.

Bill Stoddard

And Sex Appeal.

[nick012000]

Originally Posted by doulos05

And Sex Appeal.

Ripped Shirt Kirk = Sexy Feint technique?

[Gedrin]

Climbing, Base Jumping (parachute technique?) and Throwing seem like good optional skills. I've got no idea what the skill is for swinging from ropes and the like.

Techniques that take advantage of elevation, as part of the sneak attack training, would also be useful. Dropping on someone from swinging or controlled dive; kick, all out attack, charge, good chance to knock an opponent down, follow through movement.

BMJ also takes advantage of theatrics and intimidation to gain a psychological advantage over opponents. It's one of the major tenets of the approach and is used to control fights against multiple, mentally weak, foes.

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by Gedrin

I've got no idea what the skill is for swinging from ropes and the like.

Dick Grayson comes from a family of acrobats.

[Figleaf23]

Originally Posted by Gedrin

... BMJ also takes advantage of theatrics and intimidation to gain a psychological advantage over opponents. It's one of the major tenets of the approach and is used to control fights against multiple, mentally weak, foes.

How can this be modelled in play?

[quarkstomper]

I remember seeing William Shatner on a talk show years ago telling a story about being robbed once. He briefly considered trying to use a flying drop kick to knock down the muggers, a maneuver he'd practiced often enough with his stunt men.

Then he remembered that unlike his stunt crew, the muggers were NOT trained to fall down when he kicked at them. And since the two of them had more combined mass than he did, he was unlikely to knock them down.

So he decided to leave the heroics for the starship captains.

[Infornific]

Originally Posted by Figleaf23

How can this be modelled in play?

In game terms - Acrobatics, Climbing and Stealth to make surprise attacks from unexpected directions. Intimidation with the Cloaked perk for surprise visits that don't begin with a punch to the face. Psychology, Body Language and Detect Lie to read opponents and figure out what will scare them. Not all of this would be part of a conventional martial art.

So the bad guys are sneaking around - Batman springs out of nowhere and beats the crap out of them, possibly asking the leader some questions afterward. The goal is to take them down before they even realize they're under attack. Or if he wants to ask questions first, he suddenly appears with his cape flowing dramatically.

[Figleaf23]

Originally Posted by Infornific

In game terms - Acrobatics, Climbing and Stealth to make surprise attacks from unexpected directions. Intimidation with the Cloaked perk for surprise visits that don't begin with a punch to the face. Psychology, Body Language and Detect Lie to read opponents and figure out what will scare them. Not all of this would be part of a conventional martial art.

So the bad guys are sneaking around - Batman springs out of nowhere and beats the crap out of them, possibly asking the leader some questions afterward. The goal is to take them down before they even realize they're under attack. Or if he wants to ask questions first, he suddenly appears with his cape flowing dramatically.

I was thinking more of game mechanics, particularly those affecting the NPCs confronted by Batman's deliberate scare tactics. For example, when are you allowed to use Intimidation in combat?

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Figleaf23

For example, when are you allowed to use Intimidation in combat?

When you have a Perk for an applicable situation. There are 2 such in Power Ups 2 and/or Martial Arts

Normally you can't sue a Social Skill during combat..

[Gedrin]

Originally Posted by Figleaf23

How can this be modelled in play?

I'd generally think swooping in from surprise shrouded in cloak with a convincing threat of violence would count as an intimidation check. Some mooks will choose not to fight, some will hesitate. I'd count it as an additional chance to leave foes mentally stunned, or a penalty for them to recover from surprise. Then end result is that ten gang members don't attack all at once.

It looks like they're taking turns, in reality, they're just trying to wrap their head around the fact that BATMAN is here to beat the crap out of them.