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03-30-2012, 07:02 AM | #1 |
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Martial Arts Questions from a Newbie
Hi all,
let me put in these thread some questions about GURPS: I'm pretty new to GURPS and i've read basic set 4th edition and some pages of Martial Art book. With the informations I gathered i would like to create an adventure based on martial arts, PCs would be non-cinematic hero with 150 pts each, with a good part of these points devoted to combat skills/advantages/styles. I would like to create a "final boss" using the Assassin Template (MA, pag 31) to develop an assassin ninja with 150 pts, giving him some cinematic traits. I would make him very good in thrown weapon (shuriken) so i used SHURIKENJUTSU style (MA, pag 195) to achieve this goal: Fast-Draw (Shuriken) Thrown Weapon (Shuriken) Targeted Attack (Shuriken Throw / Neck) Ambidexterity Quick-Swap (Shuriken) Cinematic:Dual-Weapon Attack (Thrown Shuriken) Now, i was trying to understand what options he has to use his skills and i found two main options (different from the usual attacks): Rapid Fire with Thrown Weapons (MA, page 120) or Rapid Strike with Thrown Weapons (MA, page 120) or (are there other interesting options?) Rapid Fire assumes he throws all the shuriken together Rapid Strike assumes he throws all the shuriken one at time Now, let's assume my boss has ST 13 Fast-Draw (Shuriken) 17 Thrown Weapon (Shuriken) 17 Targeted Attack (Shuriken Throw / Neck) 15 Cinematic:Dual-Weapon Attack (Thrown Shuriken) 15 Ambidexterity Quick-Swap (Shuriken) In case of Rapid Fire He can throw BL/50 = 34/50=0.68 --> 6 shurikens at once Damage is 1d-2 (there is an extra -1 because he throws 4 or less shuriken) Roll to hit is 17 +1 (for Rapid Fire of 6) +/- usual size/speed modifiers Correct? (Edit: This seems correct) In case of Rapid Strike Given N the number of shuriken he wants to throw in a round : Penality to all the attacks is -(N-1)*6 , half if Weapon Master Maximum shuriken per hand : 4 So, if he wants to throw 4 shuriken he gets -18 to all the 4 rolls! (correct?) (Edit: This seems correct) Otherwise he can combine Dual-Weapon Attack with Edit: (Rapid Fire) Rapid Strike, throwing for example 2 shuriken with each hand: Right Hand: two rolls against Dual Weapon Attack (15) at -6 without -4 (thanks to Dual Weapon Attack). Correct? (Edit: This seems correct) Left Hand: two rolls against Dual Weapon Attack (15) at -6 without -4 ( thank to Dual Weapon Attack) and without -4 for off hand (thanks to ambidexterity). Correct? (Edit: This seems correct) If he goes for an All Out Attack (double) can he, for example, doing a Dual-Weapon Attack with Edit: (Rapid Fire) Rapid Strike as above and then a Edit: (Rapid Fire) Rapid Strike attack for, for example, other 2 shurikens (at -6 each) , for a total of 6 shurikens in a round? (Edit: This seems correct too) About Weapon Readiness One option is a multiple fast draw (MA, pag 103) (if the shurikens are reachable with one movement) that requires a *single* roll at -2*N So, for example, if he wants each turn throws 2 shuriken with his right hand and 2 with his left hand (mixing rapid strike and dual weapon attack) he needs roll twice at -4. correct ? Another options is to draw each shuriken one at time with a -2 for additional attempt, so, in the case above he needs: Right hand: 1 roll without penalities, 1 roll at -2 Left hand: 1 roll without penalities, 1 roll at -2 Is that correct? Thanks to all, Luigi. Last edited by giggioz; 05-06-2012 at 12:42 PM. |
03-30-2012, 07:12 AM | #2 |
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Re: Martial Arts Questions from a Newbie
AFAIK, correct.
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03-30-2012, 07:36 AM | #3 | ||||
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03-30-2012, 07:41 AM | #4 |
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Re: Martial Arts Questions from a Newbie
With out checking the rules but that presume some successive Quick draw rolls as well, some of which will be at penalization for multiple uses in a turn?
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03-30-2012, 07:43 AM | #5 |
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Location: Oregon
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Re: Martial Arts Questions from a Newbie
See Multiple Fast Draws (MA103) which lets you draw multiple small weapons simultaneously with a single roll at -2 per weapon. In this case the ninja draws two shuriken with each hand (Fast Draw twice at -4) and throws them, then draws another two with one hand (Fast Draw at -8).
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03-30-2012, 07:47 AM | #6 |
Dog of Lysdexics
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne FL, Formerly Wellington NZ
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Re: Martial Arts Questions from a Newbie
That would take care of you ROF per attack roll, and may your first two attack roll for the both hand attack... however the you still need to 'reload' for the other attack rolls
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03-30-2012, 08:09 AM | #7 |
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Yorkshire, UK
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Re: Martial Arts Questions from a Newbie
A Kromm example of Rapid Fire with Thrown Weapons from a few years ago, might be of interest.
I have a character idea, for whom this might be a neat little distraction/party trick! |
03-30-2012, 07:41 AM | #8 |
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Re: Martial Arts Questions from a Newbie
I would suggest that for a compelling "Ninja"-style enemy, you don't focus too much on his direct firepower. Shurikens on not very scary as weapons, inflicting only light damage, and were intended more to slow down pursuers than to inflict mortal wounds. Give the ninja plenty of concealment to fade back into, allowing repeated hit-and-run attacks, keeping the PCs on their toes. Have him use other ninja tricks and gadgets too, such as gas bombs, caltrops, climbing claws etc.
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