Re: [BNW] New Power Package : Fu Fighter

[Kirk Monsen <munchwolf@yahoo.com>]

--- Coucouvinis <deimos@tig.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 
> Doug Stalker wrote:
> 
> > > Fu Fighter
> > >
> > > Powers:
> > > Damn, He's Good: Add +5 to martial arts rolls
> > > Damn, He's Quick Too:  +3 to Dodge, Pace, and
> Initiative rolls
> > >
> >
> > Would adding the second bonus be a bit much?  Most
> pakages that increase an
> > ability by +5 dont' do anything extra.
> 
> Well, the Bouncer gets +3 to Strength and +5 to
> Dodge, Pace, and Initiative, and
> the Gunner gets a flat +5 to initiative as well as
> the +5 to shooting.
> Effectively, the Bouncer gets +3 to all Strength
> rolls (including brawling) as
> well as +5 to Dodge, Pace, and Initiative - I
> figured a +3 to those along with a
> +5 to one skill wouldn't be too unbalancing.

I have to agree with Nick here, I don't think the
power is too unbalancing.  I had thought of the
compairsons he had mentioned, but also thought of an
even better one.  Getting a bonus in skills is a lot
weaker than getting the same bonus in a trait.  Let's
use the genius as an example.  He gets a +5 smarts. 
That means all smart skill rolls are +5.  By
extrapolation there's no reason why there can't be a
power package that has only a +5 in strength, or a +5
in spirit, or a +5 in speed.  Well let's compair a
package that has only a +5 in speed.  He gets all the
bonuses the Fu Fighter gets (+5 when doing martials
arts - speed skill, +5 dodging - again speed, + 5
initiative - speed, + 5 pace - lalala) as well as
getting a compairable +5 to all other speed skills. 
The Fu Fighter is definitely weaker than this
potential delta, but I would rather a player take the
Fu Fighter because he has more substance to him than
Joe Schmo with a +5 speed.

My 2 cents
> >
> > What about a trick?
> > Chi Strike: (needs a better name) With an extra
> Success in a barehanded
> > attack, damage is based off speed instead of
> strength.
> 
> Sounds good - maybe something like 'Claw of the
> Dragon'...

Just want to say I REALLY like this trick ... course
now this gets me thinking.  Martial arts uses speed,
fighting uses strength, covenant MA use spirit ... so
can anyone think of a power package that uses a Smarts
based Martial arts???? Hmmm, maybe we can figure out a
way for Geniuses to do just that?

-Munch Wolf
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