Bruce Lee

[demonsbane]

Originally Posted by Darth_Bane

How many point character do you think Bruce lee would be?

Since skills are points:

Originally Posted by Lord Carnifex

Other traits not yet mentioned:
(...)
Philosophy (Taoism)

He had, too, a theoretical, incomplete familiarity with Hindu Vedanta Advaita -and in some ways flawed, hence the references to Krishnamurti's works, westernized instructor and Messiah of the Theosophical Society.

(EDIT: I doubt that qualifies as skill points)

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Any idea how many languages he spoke? (...) Didn't he also learn Spanish?

It's possble, although I'm don't remember enough about that.

[Sam Baughn]

I'd give him more than simply Attractive Appearance. Possibly Handsome or Very Handsome (Impressive) with the Classic Features (Defined Abdominals) Perk.

Given his startlingly low body fat and his early death, his HT might not be that high. Vulnerability to Stavation might be appropriate too.

[Delcar]

My Black Ops game didn't last long enough for the team to really figure out who the 'Old Master' and his son, the "Young Master" were that taught Manhandling.

:D

Put me in the camp of -some- level of Enemies, even if they are only Rivals.

[Anders]

Originally Posted by Perfect Organism

Given his startlingly low body fat and his early death, his HT might not be that high. Vulnerability to Stavation might be appropriate too.

He died from a drug allergy, so some kind of Weakness is more probable.

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

He died from a drug allergy, so some kind of Weakness is more probable.

He could've had enough Susceptibility to a specific or broad class of pharmaceuticals to reduce his effective HT to 3 against it, allowing something with a low chance of side effects like heart murmors to kill him outright when he critfails a roll on 14+.

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Perfect Organism

Given his startlingly low body fat and his early death, his HT might not be that high. Vulnerability to Stavation might be appropriate too.

Well he definitely qualifies for Very Fit, his cardiovascular endurance was impressive. That said, Skinny definitely fits, and I could see a surprisingly average health due to his low body weight.

(in fact, compulsive behavior (exercise) is probably a very appropriate disadvantage for him as well, judging by how much time he dedicated to it. Maybe even a modified variant of Disciplines of Faith to account for the 6 hours (IIRC) of exercise and training he's said to have engaged in every day.)

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by aesir23

(in fact, compulsive behavior (exercise) is probably a very appropriate disadvantage for him as well, judging by how much time he dedicated to it. Maybe even a modified variant of Disciplines of Faith to account for the 6 hours (IIRC) of exercise and training he's said to have engaged in every day.)

I'd be more inclined to call it Workaholic [-5]... The only real disadvantage is that it annoys everybody who is being neglected for an otherwise productive activity, unlike other Compulsions which tend to be inherently harmful behaviors in and of themselves.

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

I'd be more inclined to call it Workaholic [-5]... The only real disadvantage is that it annoys everybody who is being neglected for an otherwise productive activity

It also gets in the way of adventuring. But I suppose that's covered well enough by workaholic + obsession.

[Lord Carnifex]

Originally Posted by macphersonrants

I think you could make a case for Enemies, even with a realistic take on Bruce. Didn't he actually face a number of challenges from traditional practitioners...

As far as I can recall, once he went public with Jun Fan chu'an fa, he did have a standing challenge to defeat anyone in sixty seconds or less. I'm not sure that qualifies as Enemies, though, but there are hints, stories, and rumors.

... end up getting injured in a challenge match (this may be part of the legend rather than reality...)?

The public story is that he hurt himself weight training - doing an exercise called a 'good morning' that is very easy to screw up and hurt yourself with, especially if you're using too much weight. Then again, there are rumors and legends that this is just a cover story.

Originally Posted by Inviso-Chimp

Dredging up from the recesses of the brain vault... didn't he have a near-crippling back injury, that still caused him problems throughout his life?

If so, could that qualify as "Bad Back", maybe modified?

Nothing I've read or heard through the grapevine suggested he had chronic back problems on the scale of GURPS's Bad Back. From what I understand, there was some concern at the time that he would be permanently crippled, but master Bruce attacked his rehabilitation with the same relentlessness that he attacked everything else and managed to bounce back. I'm not sure how many problems he had from that, but most of his film career post-dated the injury, so it doesn't appear to have slowed him down.

Edit: Further research does seem to suggest he had back pain, and used a stunt double for some of fis more gymnastic moves. Still, I'm not sure it's GURPS Bad Back - YMMV.

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Lord Carnifex

Still, I'm not sure it's GURPS Bad Back - YMMV.

I'd treat it as Mild Chronic Pain with a low frequency of appearance.