RE: AG : Martial Arts

From: "T. Woods" <twoods@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>

Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

On Fri, 20 Oct 1995, Craig Castonguay wrote:

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> Looking for some additional information on Martial Arts.
>
> What are its uses?

To help in combat. :)  It's not a general KP skill.  Instead
consider it similar to combat sense but only for select weapons/skills.
	Here's a breakdown of what it does.

Martial arts helps with doing damage with spiked gauntlet, fists,
and kicks. I  think it also helps in the amount of damage you can parry
with fist/spiked gauntlet. Also if you are attacking with the fist it
helps reduce the amount of damage you take when an opponent parries with
a weapon.  Level 3 is necessary for Sure Strike.  Martial arts increases
the number of kicks you can do.  For every level in Martial arts it adds
3 kicks to max # of uses of kick skill. Kick skill follows normal
progression of # of uses (2 at trained, +1 per level there after).  I
think these numbers are right, haven't used kick for awhile.

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> Is it worthwhile?
>

I think it's too hard to split the character design between
being a martial arts type and a normal fighter type.  The characters who
seem to make the best martial art types are the ones who use it
extensively in their combats, while the fighters who become very
proficient in their weapons use their weapons almost exclusively.  It
seems hard to mix the 2 and still have a good character.  So it's
worthwhile if it's the character design, otherwise I wouldn't suggest
it.  I know that it's usually easier to hit creatures with a kick then a
weapon, so many characters once they get to a decent power level get a
low level in kick and martial arts to help fight things like spiders.

> What happens as you go up in level?

Look above.  I'm not sure if the
height you can kick is drastically affected by level in MA.  From my
experience it looked like the level had almost no affect on how high
your character could kick (relative to your characters height).  Maybe
someone with a character who has a VERY high level in MA could comment
further on this.

>
> What is the current high level?
>

Don't know.  Thought it was level 6-7.

> how does it affect weapons?
>
>
>

It only affects fist and spiked gauntlet.  There are no "Martial Art"
weapons in the game (besides fist and spiked gauntlet).

Later,
	  Todd