- A devastating and analytical striking style using the opponent’s timing against them.
Muay Thai, or Thai kickboxing has been called the art (or science) of eight limbs, due to its use of elbows, fists, knees, and shins. Modern Muay evolved from the military training developed in mid-16th century Thailand. Mua Femur, the KIng’s Discipline, trains the kickboxer to study foes, analyzing their style and timing, before closing in ranks to finish the fight.
Muay Femur Muay Thai uses the eight limbs to keep foes at bay with long jabs, and push kicks. The fighter uses this distance to learn everything they can about their opponent. A master of Muay Femur Muay Thai exposes weaknesses fighter’s didn’t know they had and exploits openings no one else can see. They dismantle their foes in a way that few others can match.
Associated Weapons: None, Krabi-Krabong is a weapon style that may be practiced in parallel.
Muay Femur fighters maintain a deceptively open tall stance with a high guard. Their training hardens both their forearms and shins allowing them to block their arms and legs. This open stance allows the martial artist to easily probe or test opponents as they look for openings.
Author’s Note: All builds presented in this series should not be taken as the only way to interpret a given style. Players and GMs are encouraged to treat these as a framework to build their own character’s style.
Fighting Style: Muay Femur Muay Thai
- Parent Attribute: Strength or Wisdom
- Primary Role: Offense
- First Secondary Role: Initiative
Common Specialties:
- Bypass Armor
- Got Your Timing (After an opponent has made 2 or more Attacks against the character.)
- Heavy Blow
- Interrupting Actions
Common Combos:
- Crushing Strike: Bypass Armor – Heavy Blow
- Keep Away Kicks: Interrupting Attack – Heavy Blow
- Lightning Strikes: Attack – Attack – Attack
- Lunge: Movement – Set Up
Key Talents:
- Discipline
- Fitness
- Forensics
- Bypass Armor
- Gambling
- Religion
- Perseverance
- Study: Fighting Styles
Additional Boons
- Critical Skill: Forensics
- Languages: Hmong, Lao, Thia
- Gambling Supports Heavy Blow
- Perseverance Supports Interrupting Actions
- Surprising
Super Style Muay Femur Muay Thai
Already a brutally fast and deadly martial art, our Super Style Kickboxing takes things into the obscene, increasing the level of punishment the fighter can inflict.
Example (Classic Power Level)
Muay Femur Muay Thai 12
- Strength/Offense
Devastating (Boost Devastation, Total Devastation) MA3
Secondary Role: Defense (Full Role) MA2
Secondary Role: Support: Perception MA
(S) Combo: Keep Away Kicks 4
(S) Got Your Timing 4
(S) Heavy Blow 7
(S) Interrupting Actions 10
Nothing stands before the Thai fighter and victory. The martial artist’s strikes are as powerful as a rifle, and with a keen eye they rip through the defenses of armored targets with ease. While the martial artist is capable of defending themselves, Many Muay Thai practitioners prefer a strike first philosophy, reading their foe’s actions and interrupting them before they can act.
Cost 1 Power + 12 Selections + 11 AP
Boons
Combo: Keep Away Kicks TY
Combo: Lunge TY
Languages: Hmong, Lao, Thia TY
Gambling Supports Heavy Blow MA
Perseverance Supports Interrupting Actions MA
Surprising MA
Cost 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 9 AP
Use In Conflict
To say you are not a defensive fighter is only partially correct. What may be more accurate is that you are aggressively defensive. Don’t be afraid to Lunge to get in an opponent’s face. Let them try and attack you. Then punish them with Keep Away Kicks for the folly. For more skilled foe’s use an Active Defense for the first few Attacks, until you can Get Their Timing. Then move into more aggressive tactics and unleash Total Devastation. On the other end of this spectrum, Major Mobs can be tough to begin with, but much weaker once their numbers are thinned. An opening gambit, or early Keep Away Kicks using Total Devastation can quickly reduce their effective ranks.
