Posts tagged Martial Arts
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Mar 29, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A deadly hybrid martial art designed to kill or otherwise incapacitate foes as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Developed for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli security forces, Krav Maga borrows techniques from aikido, boxing, judo, karate, and wrestling. The style removes many of the formal, or stylized, aspects o [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Mar 22, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A Southern Style Kung-Fu that focuses on endurance training and powerful strikes.
A descendant of Shaolin Kung-Fu, Hung Ga s a powerful style drawing from tiger, crane, dragon, snake, and leopard leopard styles. It is perhaps most famous for practitioners mastery of the horse stance and body hardening exercises.
In traditio [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Mar 08, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
Capoeira
An energetic and deceptive style relying on quick unpredictable movements.
An Afro-Brazilian martial art, Capoeira was born through the adversity of South American slaves within the Porchagese empire. Outlawed until the 1930’s, Capoeira was kept alive though underground practitioners passing the martial art on through th [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Mar 01, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
To allow for narrative flexibility, martial art entries focus on the overall feel of the style, along with descriptions of common stances. Our goal is to help create evocative descriptions through the course of an action scene. With these descriptions, each martial art will look at various combat maneuvers that fit the feel of the given styl [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Feb 23, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
Over the coming weeks we will explore more detailed martial arts using the Metahumans Rising system. Each entry will include an overview of the style, key techniques, or feel of the martial art, associated weapons, and how to build a character that is able to emulate the martial art’s style. As Metahumans Rising is a game of superheroes, we’ [...]
Combat Styles Part 6: The Blade Maste...
Jun 06, 2012
~ Written by Dave Silva
We looked at brutes, gunslingers and ranged Lucid combatants. For the final installment of combat styles we end with a variation of the martial artist, pairing hand to hand skill with weapons training.
The name alone Blade Master conjurers images of street Samurai and Yakuza assassins. For our Blade Master we ride the edge of what a blade [...]
Combat Styles Part 1: The Martial Art...
Jan 04, 2012
~ Written by Dave Silva
In virtually any role-playing game conflict is an inevitability. Most times this means combat. This series will look at different common themes characters take on and how those are interpreted in Fractured Kingdom. We begin this series with a fighting style that straddles both the real and the supernatural worlds: martial arts.
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