Re: [DL] Martial Artists[Fred or anyone interested in d20questions]

["Kevin L Stoner" <stone1kl@cmich.edu>]

> Am I right in thinking that you got into Deadlands with the D20 
> version, and don't own any classic stuff at all?  If that's the 
> case, I'd suggest
> getting your hands on a copy of The Great Maze.  


Actually I played DL classic for about a year befor my exwife and I had 
a falling out (hence the ex)and I own Great maze and have read it. 
Actually I have read it repeatedly. I just cant get enough of Maze 
runners and stuff. 

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> Folks who haven't "unlocked" Martial Artists can back away slowly 
> now. :>)
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> The style of Monks in D&D is fairly different from Martial 
> Artists in
> Deadlands.  Stuff like the Wis bonus adding to AC doesn't really seem
> to fit with Deadlands Martial Artists, and some of the free feats are
> similar to Chi powers that would have to be bought in classic 
> Deadlands - the arrow-catching thing is similar to Sieze the Pearl 
> of Death, and
> the running-down-the-wall stuff isn't really directly equivelant to
> anything in Deadlands, but them sorta things don't come for free.
> And Martial Artists move at the same rate as anybody else, unlike 
> Monks - although the power Monkey Goes to the Mountain can 
> certainly change
> that, and is certainly cooler than merely having your movement rate
> go up by more than other classes.  :>)


So I should probably start with a Monk and modify them from there to 
include the use of Chi Powers that would cost points to use and remove 
some of the other abilities. 

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> In classic Deadlands, each Chi power has a Strain cost, and you have
> Strain equal to your something die type.  So, you pay the Strain 
> (say, two of your eight points, for example) and make a Chi skill 
> roll to
> try to activate the power.  If it comes off, groovy.  If not, tough.
> I don't know how Deadlands D20 works things, but I can't imagine the
> above being too hard to convert.  The problem will come with deciding
> on appropriate target numbers and effects and all that jazz.

Okay Ill design it myself from here based on yours and Fred's opinions 
and Ill let all of you know when its done and playtested. 

Marshal Kevin Stoner