Monk style characters. |
Monk style characters. |
Nov 8 2009, 11:51 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 825 Joined: 21-October 08 Member No.: 16,538 |
Well, I'm finishing my GM shift and looking for a new character. I thought I'd play something bizarre - a monkish style martial artist. I'm thinking a bioadept, but I really can't think of what to give him in terms of gear, skills and powers (aside from killing hands, elemental strike, improved reflexes, anyway).
Any thoughts? Obviously of the Warrior's Way. |
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Nov 8 2009, 02:01 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 26-August 09 Member No.: 17,556 |
bonedensity or bone lacing, muscle aug, three levels of martial arts for +damage. And if you want to be really messed up, there are two surge effects for extra unarmed damage. Bone Spikes adds +2 damage and Thorns adds +1
Dont have time to look it up right now, but there is also an adept power that lets you do double damage to objects, so with your insane unarmed damage you would be able to do stuff like, punch through buildings... or tanks. |
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Nov 8 2009, 03:11 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
Don't forget Combat Sense, it is a life saver. For the monk theme Traceless walk and wall running may also be interesting.
Smashing Blow does not work against tanks. It only works against Barriers and other static structures. |
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Nov 8 2009, 03:42 PM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 9,362 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
Yeah, Combat Sense is really good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Skills are pretty easy. Unarmed Combat obviously, Athletics Group, Stealth Group or just Infiltration, Perception... plus whatever you feel the character should be trained in (i.e. First Aid, Navigation, Survival, ...). Bye Thanee |
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Nov 8 2009, 04:11 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 25-October 09 From: The Lonestar State! ;) Member No.: 17,792 |
definitely ettiquette, when have you ever seen a monk being rude?
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Nov 8 2009, 04:16 PM
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Etiquette doesn't work like that. Haven't you ever seen any martial arts films where the guy from the country comes to the city and gets in trouble because he doesn't understand the motivations and style of life in the big city?
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Nov 8 2009, 09:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 163 Joined: 28-September 09 From: Soldotna, Alaska Member No.: 17,683 |
If you're going for "monk", then perhaps considering this would be wise:
Why would I want to damage the holistic integrity of the body that <insert deity here> gave me? I'd say, High Edge, High Magic, maybe SURGE, Increased Reflexes, multiple martial arts, perhaps? |
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Nov 8 2009, 10:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 825 Joined: 21-October 08 Member No.: 16,538 |
If you're going for "monk", then perhaps considering this would be wise: Why would I want to damage the holistic integrity of the body that <insert deity here> gave me? I'd say, High Edge, High Magic, maybe SURGE, Increased Reflexes, multiple martial arts, perhaps? We-e-ell, I was going to play him as a Buddhist (Aggravatingly zen buddhist, right down to spouting parables in situations where he should really keep his gob shut). So it might be a little TOO much attachment to the body, but it's not too bad, either. bonedensity or bone lacing, muscle aug, three levels of martial arts for +damage. And if you want to be really messed up, there are two surge effects for extra unarmed damage. Bone Spikes adds +2 damage and Thorns adds +1 Dont have time to look it up right now, but there is also an adept power that lets you do double damage to objects, so with your insane unarmed damage you would be able to do stuff like, punch through buildings... or tanks. That's terrible. +9 to DV would be unpleasant for all concerned. Although I suspect I'd find it houseruled in seconds flat. Teehee |
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Nov 8 2009, 10:52 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Photographic memory, phenomenal perception skills, and offset the costs with all kinds of Obsessive/Compulsive Disorders and other mental disadvantages.
Oh, wait. You mean the other kind of Monk. Nevermind. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Nov 9 2009, 06:31 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 |
Photographic memory, phenomenal perception skills, and offset the costs with all kinds of Obsessive/Compulsive Disorders and other mental disadvantages. Oh, wait. You mean the other kind of Monk. Nevermind. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Drat, I was beat to it... |
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Nov 9 2009, 12:47 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
Fomori Troll Buddhistic Martial Artist
Yupp,If I didn't have this Char allready ,I would make one now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) with an buddhistic Dance Medicineman |
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Nov 9 2009, 02:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Validating Posts: 664 Joined: 7-October 08 From: South-western UCAS border... Member No.: 16,449 |
Folks, keep in mind that the original ninja were monk-like mountain ascetics... hehe. In fact, the whole ninja thing evolved from monks who immigrated from the mainland, and ninja often disguised themselves as monks and lived at temples.
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Nov 9 2009, 03:34 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,328 Joined: 2-April 07 From: The Center of the Universe Member No.: 11,360 |
Folks, keep in mind that the original ninja were monk-like mountain ascetics... hehe. In fact, the whole ninja thing evolved from monks who immigrated from the mainland, and ninja often disguised themselves as monks and lived at temples. That is one theory. Ningas also may have been Samaurai behaving in a less than honorable way (one theory). Another is that peasants that took it upon themselves (fun, profit, loyalty to the emperor) to become ninjas. No one knows for sure who they actually were since no historical record of their history exists beyond myth, folklore and legend. |
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Nov 9 2009, 03:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 256 Joined: 27-July 09 From: Aurora Barrens, Denver Member No.: 17,433 |
I found it's really difficult to accurately play a monk in Shadowrun. I suppose if he was not really religious (I guess that would explain why he left the monastery), he can justify beating people up. True Buddhists are always trying to avoid polluting themselves. Why is he beating the hell out of some teenager part-time security guard? What does he do then the cyberware junkie starts to rip out the bits and pieces from said teenager? Why does he want money in the first place? I was able to come up with some good excuses when we were fighting shedim, but hard to justify attacking a corp. My physical adept Shao-lin had astral sight, psychometry, healing abilities, and martial arts.
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Nov 9 2009, 04:13 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 |
Why does everyone automatically assume a buddist monk? You could make a taoist that is currently studying the tao of destruction or the tao of pain.
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Nov 9 2009, 04:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 256 Joined: 27-July 09 From: Aurora Barrens, Denver Member No.: 17,433 |
Why does everyone automatically assume a buddist monk? You could make a taoist that is currently studying the tao of destruction or the tao of pain. Hmm I suppose he could be a satanic monk as well. Still if there is no underlying stricture, why bother with being a monk at all. He is an adept with killing hands that has a funny haircut. Noone would even notice. Now, give him a begging bowl, and a bunch of Confucian mantras, and everyone will get it. |
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Nov 9 2009, 05:33 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,336 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Member No.: 15,706 |
We-e-ell, I was going to play him as a Buddhist (Aggravatingly zen buddhist, right down to spouting parables in situations where he should really keep his gob shut). So it might be a little TOO much attachment to the body, but it's not too bad, either. Are you taking the Pacifist negative quality? If the answer is no, you are not playing a Buddhist. |
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Nov 9 2009, 08:01 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 304 Joined: 23-April 09 From: Canada eh? Member No.: 17,109 |
Buddist poser?
Split personality? Just says he's a monk to get the ladies? All 3? |
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Nov 9 2009, 08:27 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 19-October 09 Member No.: 17,769 |
Counterstrike with the MA manuevers riposte and finishing move.
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Nov 9 2009, 10:19 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
If you want to use weapons add two-weapon style and some sort of off-hand penalty remover.
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Nov 9 2009, 10:52 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 825 Joined: 21-October 08 Member No.: 16,538 |
Lots of ehhxcellent ideas.
Are you taking the Pacifist negative quality? If the answer is no, you are not playing a Buddhist. Actually, the way around that was to make him.. well, Japanese. Or at least a Japanese buddhist, folklore is stuffed chock-full of noble samurai suffering in hell. Which is what I think bushido was all about (or honor, or manners, whatever) since they lived only for propriety. I've spent too much time on Wikipedia. Why does everyone automatically assume a buddist monk? You could make a taoist that is currently studying the tao of destruction or the tao of pain. That's, uh, a really good idea. RESEARCH. |
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Nov 10 2009, 05:12 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,336 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Member No.: 15,706 |
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Nov 10 2009, 08:24 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 825 Joined: 21-October 08 Member No.: 16,538 |
I suggest actually doing a bit of research. Buddhism Bushidō Yes, while Bushidō was influenced by Buddhism, it is still not even remotely close. Yes, I know they were two different things. But there are still plenty of depictions of the "noble warrior" suffering in one of the (many) Buddhist Hells for his actions in life. |
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