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Originally Posted by clu2415
I need constant smoke bombs and shurikens (Gizmos, or maybe a cornucopia magic item)
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An alternative option is Consumable Signature Gear, which I think is from
Supers. I don't have that book, but from memory I believe it's something like you get 1/5th the worth of Signature Gear, but the items in it automatically refill every session. If the campaign TL is 8, and the character has Average Wealth, 1 point of Signature Gear is typically worth $10,000 worth of gear; even cutting that down to $2,000 for being consumable, that should buy a lot of shuriken and smoke bombs. Note if he doesn't want to have to carry the stuff around, a Cosmic Payload (basically hammerspace) should work; alternatively, you could just give him an appropriate Innate Attack (for the shuriken) and Obscure (for the smoke bombs), and flavor it as him throwing shuriken and smoke bombs.
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Originally Posted by clu2415
I want a version of the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique or dim mak or whatever, a killing pressure point
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Affliction (Heart Attack) can work, but is kind of underwhelming for the cost. A melee crushing Innate Attack with Side Effect: Heart Attack can get you more bang for your buck, and honestly a lot of depictions of a "Death Touch" involve a fairly strong strike that does damage on its own (Kenshiro's strikes aren't exactly weak*, and Bill
coughed up blood after the Bride hit him with it**). Alternatively, you can get nasty with it; I worked up a technique for the joke-super One Trick Pony where a strike from her horn caused the target's blood to basically turn into blades and tear them up from the inside; I made a more general form in the
Killer Abilities Thread. For proper "Omae wa mou shindeiru" action, give it a Delay - or better yet, to mimic That Other Game's Quivering Palm ability, give it Delay (Triggered), so the ninja can strike a few people with it, then snap his fingers and watch them all collapse.
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One of the few parts of Fist of the North Star I've actually watched was a movie where a female doctor knew some of the pressure points from Ken's style. She tried to use them to kill the antagonist, but wasn't able to strike hard enough to get past the virtual armor his muscles granted him.
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I don't feel that saying a movie called Kill Bill has Bill dying at the end counts as a spoiler, really.
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Originally Posted by clu2415
This campaign will be mildly cinematic
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Unless you're working under a different definition of "mildly cinematic" than me, there may be a bit of an issue between you and the player; he pretty clearly wants a
ridiculously cinematic ninja character, so you'll need to ask yourself if the character and campaign are really going to match up well. Disconnects between the expectations of the players and GM can pretty readily ruin a campaign if you aren't careful.