Re: [DL] Ninjas in the Weird West

[SteveL1979@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/25/2001 5:52:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
cmcgloth@halifax.com writes:

<< Is the above, "Ultimate Martial artist" book for deadlands
 
          No, sorry; UMA preceeds DL's very existence. It's written for the 
 HERO System, but also contains conversions for Shadowrun, GURPS, 
 Storyteller and "Level-Based Systems" (Hmmm, what could they possibly be?;-) 
)
          In addition, the book's sadly both A) long out of print; and B) 
 reprint rights are currently in the hands of those @ss Clowns at 
 Cybergames. This is a double shame, because it really is a great resource. 
 (I'm sure Steve is quite sick of hearing me say that by now;-) ). >>

    I may be sick of many things, but definitely not hearing my work praised. 
:)
    As Christopher notes, THE ULTIMATE MARTIAL ARTIST is a reference 
primarily for the HERO System. It does have conversion notes for several 
major games (Shadowrun, Storyteller, "Level-Based," etc.). It wouldn't be 
very hard to convert it to DEADLANDS terms, though. The information itself, 
including descriptions of about five dozen real-world martial arts styles, 
could apply to *any* game.
    Unfortunately, the book's long out of print, but it is available as an 
e-book.

Steve Long