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Sample File the ULTIMATE ' ™ MARTIAL ARTIST Author:Steven S Sample file THE ULTIMATE ' ™ MARTIAL ARTIST Author:Steven S. Long Editor/Developer: Bruce Harlick Special Thanks To: To Bruce, Steve, George, and Ray, forgiving Cover Illustration: Stom Cook me this book to work on; to Aaron, forhis gracious assistanceand Cover Art Colors & Graphics: Heroic Age Colors willingness to answer questions; and to all the HERO System players and GMs whose interest ingaming martial arts made this Interior Illustration: Storn Cook, Greg Smith, Pat Zircher, book not only desirable, but necessary. Dan Smith Weapon Illustrations: Bryce Nakagawa, Steve Peterson Dedication: I would like to dedicate thisbook to Andy "Ghost Project-SpecificContributions: Eye" Mathews, master of gaming martialarts, creator of Couch Pagemaking & Layout: Blackhawk Typesetting Potato Kung Fu, selector of reallybad martial arts movies, and Art Direction: Jessica Ney-Grimm true friend. Graphic Design: Karl Wu, Kurt Fischer Additional Contributions: I owe a great deal of thanks to the Project Ombudsman & System Conversions: followingpeople, who answered my questionsabout martialarts Steve Peterson styles, provided me with informationor research material, gave Editorial Contributions: George MacDonald, Ray Greer, me ideas forthings that needed to go in this book, debated with Steve Peterson, Coleman Charlton, Maggi Perkins, me about the best way to do various things in the HERO System, Dean Shomshak, Aaron Allston allowed me to create my own versions of something they first ProofReading: Maggi Perkins thought up, or helped with play testing: Aaron Allston, Chris Paste-up& Layout: Nick Morawitz, Ed Mawyer, Derek Avellone, Scott Bennie, Tim Binford, Garrett Chamaw, Cliff Carbonneau,Kathryn Beggerly Christiansen,the commentators fromthe Red October BBS and SampleAmerica file Online, Earl Cooley III, Storn Cook, John Cooper, Kim ICE Sales Manager: Deane Begiebing; Staff- Cooper, Amy Crittenden, Mike Dean, Sean Fannon, Morgan Managing Editor: Coleman Charlton; Flo, Thom Foster, John Grigni, Scott "ClassicAnimes" Jamison, President: Peter Fenlon; CEO: Bruce Neidlinger; Greg Kerner, Eric Livengood, John Losey, Andy Mathews, Dave Editing, Development, & Production Staff: Mattingly, Riley McLaughlin,Rob "UnderworldAnimes" Miles, John Curtis, Bruce Harli ck, Nick Morawitz, Jessica M. Greg Morero, Bryce Nakagawa, James Pinkerton, Marcus Ney-Grimm; Pritchett, Bob Quinlan, Scott Sigler, Greg Smith, GeoffSpeare, Sales, Customer Service, & Operations Staff: Steve Stone, David West, Eric Wylie, Doug Young, and, most Heike Kubasch, David Platnick; especially, Greg "Devil's Advocate" Lloyd and Jeff"I have a Shipping Staff:David Morris, Daniel Williams license fromJapan" Mueller. Note: Some of the text in this book originally appeared in Ninja Hero by Aaron Allston. This text has been revised and ex­ panded. Most of the material in Ninja Hero does not appear in this volume. '" The Ultimate Martial Artist is Hero Games' trademark forits superhero roleplaying game using the Hero system. "' Champion�and Champions, The Super Roleplaying Game are Hero Games trademarks for its superhero roleplaying game using the Hero System. "' Hero System is Hero Games' trademark forits roleplaying system. The Ultimate Martial Artist© 1994 Hero Games. All rights reserved. Champions Copyright© 1981, 1984, 1989 Hero Games. All rights reserved. Hero System Copyright© 1984, 1989 Hero Games. All rights reserved. Other trademarks are property of their respective holders. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying (exceptCharacter Sheets for personal use only), recording, or computerization, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing fromthe Publisher: Iron Crown Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 1605, Charlottesville, VA 22902. Printed in U.S.A., First Printing 1994 STOCK#: 510 Produced & Distributed by Iron Crown Enterprises, Inc., a licensed manufacturerof Hero Games. ISBN 1-55806-215-7 Table of Contents Introduction.......................................................... 5 Wrestling, Professional ................................... 72 Yu-Sool ........................................................... 73 Chapter One: Addendum: OtherStyles ................................. 74 MartialArts Styles And Maneuvers FictionalStyles ...................................... ............... 75 The Way of theHero ............................................. 8 Bronze Serpent Swordfi.ghting........................ 75 StyleDescriptions ............................................. 8 Dancing Spider ............................................... 76 ManeuversDecriptions ..................................... 8 Drunken Clown Kung Fu ............................... 77 Maneuvers And Weapons ............................... 11 Ghost Eye Techniques ..................................... 78 ModifyingAnd BuildingStyles ....................... 12 Ghost Palm Techniques ... , .............................. 78 LearningMartial Arts ...................................... 12 Glorious Lotus Kung Fu ................................. 78 LearningNew AndMultiple Styles ................. 14 Golden Demon Kung Fu ................................ 79 Belts And Ranks .............................................. 16 Golden Serpent Kung Fu ................................ 80 Real-WorldStyles ................................................ 17 The Paths of the Seven GhostSisters .............. 80 Jutsu vs.Do; Internalvs. External ................... 17 ResplendentDragon Kung Fu ........................ 81 Aikido ............................................................. 17 Sapphire Phoenix ............................................ 83 An Ch'i ............................................................ 18 Silken Blade Kung Fu ...................................... 84 Arnis/ Kali / Escrima ...................................... 19 Shining JadeKung Fu ..................................... 85 Bando (Thaing) .............................................. 22 Splendid Fist ........, .......................................... 85 Bersilat ............................................................ 23 Takijutsu......................................................... 86 Bojutsu I Jojutsu ............................................. 24 Thunder Dragon Kung Fu .............................. 86 Boxing,Ancient .............................................. 24 The Way of theServants of Boxing, Modern .............................................. 25 the Emperor Ch'in ..................................... 87 Capoeira .......................................................... 26 TheWay of the Silver Shield ........................... 88 Commando Training ...................................... 27 TheWay Of TheTwo Brothers ....................... 88 Dirty Infighting/ Fisticuffs Zen Riflery ...................................................... 89 / CinematicBrawling ................................. 2 7 Advanced Ninjutsu ......................................... 90 Fencing ............................................................ 28 Variant Styles OfTaijutsu .......................... 92 Hapkido.......................................................... 30 KorogiTaijutsu ..................................... 92 Hisardut .......................................................... 31 Mist Viper Taijutsu ............................... 92 Hsing-I ............................................................ 31 Silent Path Taijutsu ............................... 93 Hwarang-Do ................................................... 33 The Way Of TheNight Dragon ............ 93 Jailhouse Rock ................................................. 34 NinjaSpecial Abilities ................................ 94 Jeet KuneDo ................................................... 34 Ninja Magic ............................................... 95 Jujutsu ............................................................. 35 Ninja Gadgets And Equipment .................. 97 Kalaripayit .......................................................Sample file 3 7 Ninja From OtherLands ........................... 99 Karate .............................................................. 38 MartialArts & OtherGenres ............................. 100 Kenjutsu .......................................................... 41 Cyberpunk/ Near Future Martial Arts ......... 100 KukSool Won ................................................ 42 FantasyMartial Arts ...................................... 100 Kung Fu (Wu Shu) ......................................... 43 Horror MartialArts ...................................... 101 Kuntao ............................................................ 49 Pulp Era Martial Arts .................................... 102 Kyujutsu .......................................................... 49 Science Fiction I Far Future MartialArts ...... 102 Lua .................................................................. 50 Superhero Martial Arts ................................. 104 Naginatajutsu/ Sojutsu ................................... 52 Wild West MartialArts ................................. 104 Ninjutsu .......................................................... 52 DesigningNew Styles ........................................ 105 Pakua .............................................................. 55 Style Conception........................................... 105 Pankration .....................................................
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