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Blind Fighting (Mental/Very Hard) No default
Prerequisite: Trained By A Master
or Weapon Master
Users of this skill have learned to fight blindfolded or in
absolute darkness. As a result, they "sense" their targets without
having to see them. There are legends of blind masters who are
deadlier than any sighted man.
This skill allows you to use your other senses, mainly hearing,
but also smell and even touch, to exactly pinpoint where your
attackers are. Each successful roll allows one hand-to-hand attack or
active defense without any lighting modifiers, even in total
darkness; the user will also have no penalty when fighting against
invisible enemies. A blind (either temporarily or permanently)
character with this skill can attack and defend without penalty (see p.
B27). However, attacks in total darkness, while blind or against
invisible enemies, are at -2 to target specific parts of the body.
Characters with this skill and Zen Archery (p. 145) can shoot
targets without seeing them, by making rolls on both skills at -6.
Modifiers: Acute Hearing and Alertness. Background noise
will affect the roll; -1 for rain, -2 for heavy rain or a storm, -3
for a crowded, noisy area or heavy machinery, -4 for a full football
stadium, -5 in the middle of an artillery barrage. If the character
cannot hear at all, the roll is at -7, but he can still attempt a roll, as
the skill is not completely based on hearing. If the user has any
Telepathy or ESP Power (see the Basic Set or Psionics), he
can add 1/3 of his total Power to this skill.
An attacker can try to use Stealth against a foe with the Blind
Fighting skill; in that case, roll a Quick Contest between those
skills, with Stealth at -4 on any turn the stealthy fighter tries to
attack. Invisibility Art (see p. 141) is completely useless against a
character with this skill.
Blinding Touch (Mental/Very Hard) No default
Prerequisites: Trained By A Master,
Pressure Points-15+
This is an attack to a specific pressure point that blinds the
target temporarily. To use the skill, the attacker first has to suc -
cessfully hit the target's forehead in a particular spot, making a
Karate-8 roll or Hit Location (Karate)-5 roll, whichever is higher.
This attack does no damage, but roll a Quick Contest between the
attacker's Blinding Touch skill and the defender's HT. If the
defender loses, he is blinded for 2d seconds. During that time, all
attacks will be at -10, and active defenses will be at -4 if the victim
makes a Hearing-2 roll; otherwise he cannot defend at all!
Body Control (Mental/Very Hard) No default
Prerequisites: Trained By A Master,
Breath Control, Meditation
This skill allows the user to control and affect involuntary
biological functions like heart rate, blood flow and digestion. A
character with this skill can enter into a deathlike trance; 30-skill
turns of concentration (minimum 1) are required. A trained doctor
must win a Quick Contest (Physician-2 vs. Body Control) to
realize that the character is alive, and no one else will have a
chance of determining otherwise.
This skill can also be used to flush poisons out of the system.
First, a successful Poisons roll (or Naturalist, for a natural
venom or poison) must be made to recognize the type of poison.
This roll cannot be attempted, of course, until the first symptoms
show, unless the victim knows beforehand that he has been
poisoned. A roll against the skill will flush the poison, in 1d
hours, without further damage. The roll is modified by any HT
modifier to resist the poison (see p. B132).
Breaking Blow (Mental/Hard)
No default
Prerequisite: Trained By A Master
This skill allows the user to mystically find the weakest spot in
any object. 20-skill turns of concentration (minimum 1) are
required. On a successful roll, he can break the object if he
inflicts over 10% of its hit points.
Modifiers: +1 if the object is made of wood or a similar
material; -1 if it is made of brick or concrete, -3 if it is stone,
and -5 for metal.
In combat, this skill can be used to find the weakest spots of
any artificial armor or force field; on a successful roll, only 20%
(1/5) of the target's DR for armor only is counted against the
attack. For each additional attack, another Breaking Blow roll is
required.
On a failed roll, the attack is carried out normally. On a critical
failure, the user does the damage to his hand or foot; if he was
using Power Blow in the attack, it's time to break out the plaster
and the bandages!
This skill can be allowed in a realistic campaign. Martial
artists can and do break solid objects with seemingly impossible
ease. The following restrictions apply, however. First, eliminate
the ability to bypass armor; that is cinematic. Second, the skill
works at an additional -6 unless it is performed in a carefullycontrolled
environment, i.e., the object must be on a wellbraced,
well-balanced stand, the user must have time to concentrate
(double concentration time) and any other restriction the
GM finds convenient. Any ordinary failure in a non-controlled
situation is considered a critical failure (see above).
Change Control (Mental/Hard)
No default
Prerequisite: Multiple Forms
This skill allows a natural Shapeshifter (see Multiple Forms, p.
62) to perform much finer metamorphoses than simply from
form to form, which requires no skill roll. With a successful
Change Control roll, he can Shapeshift only a part of his body to
another form. Most of the time, the desired changes will be to
use the advantages of another form. More than one such trait
can be "transplanted" at a time, but all must come from the
same form. Every trait after the first adds a -1 to the roll.
The change made with this skill remains until the character
chooses to end it. No roll is necessary to undo a change.
Chi Treatment (Mental/Hard) Defaults to IQ-6
This treatment attempts to correct the flow of Chi, or spiritsubstance,
through a network of vessels resembling the bloodstream.
It involves acupuncture and burning lumps of moxa
(mugwort) on body points which correspond to major organs. It
does not immediately alter a sick person's status. However, each
time a Chi healer makes a Chi Treatment skill roll, the patient
gains a +1 on his next HT roll to resist or overcome effects of
the disease. Chi treatment may never give the patient more than a
+3 bonus on these rolls.
Dislocating (Physical/Hard)
No default
Prerequisites: Trained By A Master, Escape-15+
This advanced escape technique is rumored to be taught to
some ninja clans and other assassin cults. The user can temporary
dislocate limb joints in order to slip through bonds. For
instance, by displacing certain hand bones, the ninja can easily
slip out of handcuffs.
To use this skill, the character has to concentrate for 20-Will
minutes (minimum one minute) and make a Dislocating roll, at
half the penalties to the Escape roll; if successful, he receives a
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