Judo CHOP!, The physad power Options

[Wounded Ronin]

I decided to make a physad power of what happens if you scream "JUDO CHOP!!!" and then chop someone. I decided that it has a long and venerable tradition.

The example that everyone is most familiar with is probably James Bond. IIRC correctly, James Bond tries to JUDO CHOP Oddjob in Goldfinger, but it dosen't work because Oddjob has BOD 9. Incidentally, Oddjob was played by Togo, who was a popular Japanese pro wrestler of the day.

Thing is, one day I was watching TV and actually saw a JUDO CHOP on that old Hulk TV show. Like, the main character was working in a mental institution but he found out that it was actually an evil mental institution. So, in order to discredit him, the evil head of the evil mental institution said he was insane and locked him up. The main character turns into the Hulk, escapes, but de-Hulkizes before he leaves the hospital. So one of the orderlies comes up behind him, and...yes, JUDO CHOP!!!! I don't know whether Hulk was a 70s show or an 80s show, but the hairdoes convinced me that I can make a case for JUDO CHOP having at least some influence, if only indirect, on the 80s, which in turn qualifies it as a physad power.

I'm setting the cost at .5 power points because as written right now it's a little akward to use. Let me know if you think that's too cheap or too expensive.

JUDO CHOP!!!! (0.5 points)

This power lets the physad summon the spirits of his warrior ancestors with the ancient ritual exclamation "JUDO CHOP!!!". Their rage, skill, and cunning becomes focused into a chopping attack subsequently made by the physad, sort of like how in the movie Dune you could scream strange nonsense syllables or peoples' names and it would make rocks explode.

In order to use the JUDO CHOP!!!! power the physad must first waste at least a complex action. He must raise his hand high overhead ready to chop, and he must scream "JUDO CHOP!!!!" The physad can actually waste up to three consecutive Complex Actions to ready his JUDO CHOP!!!.

1 Complex Action - "JUDO CHOP!!!!"
2 Complex Actions - "JUUUDOOOOOOOOO...chop!"
3 Complex Actions - "JUUUDOOOOOOOOO...CHOOOOOOOOOP!!!!"

For each complex action that the physad has wasted screaming he gets a +1 to the Power of his next Unarmed Combat attack, as represented by the fabled power of the JUDO CHOP!!!!.

If the Physad takes a Complex Action which is not Unarmed Combat after screaming JUDO CHOP!!!! the Power bonus is lost and he must start again. Also, the Physad must keep his arm dramatically raised ready to chop until he makes his Unarmed Combat attack or he will lose the bonus. Although it would theoretically be possible to spend 3 complex actions powering up and then hide in the buses with your arm raised for a day in order to jump out of the bushes and affect a stealthy ambush the GM is encouraged to make Athletics checks to see if your arm drops from fatigue or to rule that your arm was poking upwards out of the bushes so everyone knows that you're there.

JUDO CHOP!!!! bonuses do stack with other bonuses pertaining to Unarmed Combat such as Killing Hands, so I suppose that there's some potential for abuse there.