The Squared Circle ™ Lucha Libre

Written By: Eric Moreau Cover Art: Eric Moreau

Move List Contributors: Ray Duffy Interior Artist: Eric Moreau Eric Moreau

Layout: Eric Moreau

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American Wrestling VS Lucha Libre ...... 6 Alignments ...... 6 The Mask ...... 6 High Spots Addendum ...... 7 Managers Expanded ...... 7 Manager Special Moves ...... 8 New Match Types ...... 9 Trios Tag Team Match ...... 9 Mask VS Mask ...... 9 Mask VS Hair ...... 9 Hair VS Hair ...... 9 New Classes ...... 10 Luchador: Aviador ...... 10 Luchador: Alborotador ...... 11 New Skills ...... 12 Face Specialist ...... 12 Heel Specialist ...... 12 The Cheater ...... 12 Tag Team Expertise ...... 13 Adrenaline Rush ...... 13 The Liar ...... 13 Slippery Devil ...... 13 Lucha Libre de Superestrella (LLS) ...... 14 The Successor Feud ...... Sample file 16 LLS Heavyweight Title ...... 17 LLS Welterweight Title ...... 17 LLS Lightweight Title ...... 18 LLS Trios Heavyweight Tag Titles ...... 18 La Cobra Más Sexy ...... 19 El Gigante Fénix ...... 20 Poisón Supremo ...... 22 Padre Rosa ...... 24 El Monkey de Goma ...... 25 El Maestro de Guerrra ...... 27 Brazo del Futuro ...... 29 Demonio en Fuego ...... 30 El Kulo Gris ...... 32 El Nativo ...... 33 El Profesional ...... 34 Poca Cucaracha ...... 36 Hombre de Alcohol ...... 37 - 4 - Bastardo Loco ...... 39 Ave libre Última ...... 40 TJ Macho ...... 41 New Moves ...... 43 Standing Group ...... 44 Corner Group ...... 48 Running Group ...... 49 Down Group ...... 49 Top Rope Group ...... 51 Ringside Group ...... 53 Cheat Moves ...... 54 The Squared Circle Errata ...... 56

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- 5 - American Wrestling VS Lucha Libre The Mask

Wrestling down in Mexico is very different than it is Masks play a prominent role in Lucha Libre, they in the United States, the wrestlers tend to be smaller and date back to the very beginnings of the sport in Mexico. The lighter and perform spectacular high flying maneuvers as idea of the masks draws from the historical significance of standard practice. Much like wrestling in the United States, a masks in Mexican culture dating back to the days of the Lucha Libre match can be won by pinfall, disqualification or Aztecs. by making the opponent submit. The early masks where not the flashy kind that one A count-out can also lead to a win however in Lucha would see today, they were very simple in design with basic Libre the count is up to 20 instead of 10 like it is in American colors to distinguish the different wrestlers. In the modern wrestling. Using the ropes as leverage in any way is illegal and version of Lucha Libre the masks are often time quite flashy will lead to a disqualification, a strike to the groin is also a using multiple colors. Some are designed to evoke the images great way to get disqualified in a hurry. Piledrivers are also of animals, gods, ancient heroes and numerous other symbols illegal and will lead to an immediate disqualification. Another and artistic flair. interesting way to get disqualified that isn't present in Nearly every Luchador will begin their careers under American wrestling is that if a wrestler rips his opponent's a mask but over the span of their wrestling career a large mask completely off they will be disqualified. number of them will be unmasked. A good number of Unlike American wrestling, matches are most often retiring Luchadors are unmasked in their final bout or at the time fought as two out of three falls and the roster is divided beginning of a final tour to signify the loss of identity as that into specific weight classes. Popular weight classes include; character. Other characters however grow in legend and the Heavyweight (280 lbs and above), Light-Heavyweight (230 lbs mask itself becomes legendary with father passing on the to 279 lbs), Welterweight (200 lbs to 229 lbs), Middleweight mask to his son who will pass it on to their son upon their (175 lbs to 199 lbs), Lightweight (150 lbs to 174 lbs) and retirement. Thus wrestling legacy's are born, sometimes each Super-Lightweight (Below 150 lbs). son adding a number at the end of the character name to dis- tinguish themselves from the previous wearer of the mask. But there have been examples of no identifier being added to the character name and the character is considered to be immortal even if he has been played by numerous wrestlers throughout the years, to the fans it's the same character...a superhero of sorts. Alignments Being unmasked can also be a way to signify the end Sampleof afile gimmick with the wrestler moving on to a new one and Alignments in Lucha Libre are a little bit different a new mask, these masks have a very special place in Lucha than they are in American Wrestling. For one alignment is a Libre and are considered somewhat sacred...so much so that black and white issue; you're either a good guy or a bad guy, fully removing an opponent's mask is grounds for immediate there is no gray area or middle ground. So in Lucha Libre disqualification. there are no Tweeners, every wrestler is either a Face (called Luchadores take their masks very seriously and are técnicos) who play by the rules and their moves are generally often times seen out in public wearing their masks and got to more complex and spectacular. Heels (called rudos) tend to be extremes to protect their identity and preserve the sanctity of more brawler types and use all kinds of under-handed tactics the mask and character. There have been legendary however they are still expected to live up to the Luchador Luchadores who have been buried with their masks on. Code Of Honor. For instance if the Luchador has lost a But not all Luchadors wear masks, some might have wager match would prefer to suffer the humiliation of being started with a mask and were eventually unmasked and never unmasked or having his head shaved rather than live with the donned another mask. The lack of a mask however hasn't shame that would come from not honoring the wager made. stopped or slowed their success in Lucha Libre and there have On occasion there have been Rudos and Técnicos in been many prominent non-masked wrestlers in recent years. the same tag team, these are called parejas increibles (incredible With so much importance and reverence placed on pairings). These tag teams present the concept of conflict masks in Lucha Libre, losing the mask is actually considered between a Luchador's desire to win the match and his an ultimate insult and on rare occasions can actually hurt the contempt for his tag partner. career of a Luchador who is unmasked. This was more the case in the past then in modern times, a Luchador putting his mask on the line against a hated long time enemy is a popular tradition in Lucha Libre. This is often used to settle a - 6 - long running feud once and for all, in these battles called Managers Expanded! Luchas de Apuestas (“matches with wager”), the wrestlers will put either their mask or their hair on the line. The rules for managers in the Core Rulebook are This tradition of Luchas de Apuestas was begun on very vague with the manager just being a valet that gets July 14, 1940 at Arena México. The defending champion involved in matches to give you the upper hand. But managers Murciélago was lighter than his opponent Octavio that he can be so much more if you know how to use them right. The requested an additional stipulation before he would sign the following section of text will expand the role of managers contract. That stipulation was that Octavio had to put his hair from the Core Rulebook. on the line, Murciélago ended up losing the match and as Firstly with these expanded rules managers will now such was unmasked, thus giving birth to a tradition that would have a Distraction statistic that represents the manages ability continue to this day in Lucha Libre. to successfully distract the referee or other wrestlers. Another new statistic that managers now have is the In the game Masks provide bonuses to the wearer, it is Charm stat which represents the manager's ability to charm important to note that these bonuses are retained by the mask others into believing everything the managers says. Useful for and not the wrestler. Anyone putting on the mask and lying to the referee when questioned about possible cheating assuming the role of the mask's gimmick will have the on the manager's part. bonuses. The Mask itself is considered an entity and will Managers also now have a Health Points pool to be accumulate it's own experience points. When a wrestler wears used when they are attacked by other wrestlers or managers. the mask in a match, the mask will gain the same amount of Once the Manager's Health Points drop to 0 he will be experience as the wrestler. Every 2,000 points of experience knocked unconscious. the Mask receives a +2 Heat and Overness bonus. Thus the Finally the last new stat is one called Concealment, longer the wrestler wears the mask the greater the Masks this is the ability the manager possesses to hide foreign legacy and infamy will be. objects or sneak objects into the ring to his wrestler without Getting unmasked also becomes detrimental to the the referee being able to detect it. history and legacy of the Mask and will drop the Mask's Heat During the match, the player can use the manager to and Overness bonus by 5. perform special attacks and cheating moves, how successful a manager is will depend wholly on his stats listed above. To utilize these special manager techniques the player must roll 1D20, add the manager's Distraction stat and roll above the move's Difficulty Rating. After using one of these moves the player will need to roll 1D10 and add the Samplemanager's file Charm stat to the roll and the total must be higher High Spots Addendum than the move's Detection stat. Failing this roll means the referee detected it and will issue a Referee warning to the In the Core Rulebook there was a section entitled manager's client. High Spots in the Match Mechanics chapter, this section basi- cally covered the rules relating to bigger wrestlers attempt- ing to do High Spot maneuvers, however the section did not do anything for wrestlers below 220 lbs so the High Spot Bonus ended up being useless for such wrestlers. The following text is an addendum to those rules which will help out High Flyers and especially Luchadores who depend on High Flying maneuvers. For wrestlers below 220 lbs they get to add the High Generation Rules Spot bonus to their Strike roll when performing moves from the Top Rope and Ringside groups and deducting the High Spot Bonus from the moves Failure Chance. Thus making it To generate these new stats for manages roll the following: easier for High Flyers to hit their High Spots to the delight of the crowd. Wrestlers who are of the High Flyer and Luchador Distraction: 1D8 classes can take any leftover High Spot bonus points after Charm: 1D6 deducting it from the High Spot penalty and add it to the Concealment: 1D8 Strike roll. Health Points: 4D6 + 2

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