Hercules and Xena martial arts

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by vitruvian

Do Pressure Points and Pressure Secrets cover the bit where Xena paralyzes people with pressure point strikes (including stopping breathing when she wants), then releases them from paralysis with another strike, or does she need some Afflictions or Innate Attacks with Side Effects or Symptoms in order to accomplish these feats?

Pressure Points to the torso will stop breathing and begin Suffocation as seen in Campaigns. The problem is that in Gurps the target gets a HT roll to resist every round so almost nobody will ever be in this condition fr more than a few seconds.

You could say that Xena's way of doing it doesn't allow Resistance Rolls but this is literally a Power you can not build in Gurps. Even the +300% "Irresistible effect" Enhancement will not do away with Resistance Rolls.