2.39 Martial arts skill

Governing characteristics: CO, WP

Represents: Skilled fighting with bare hands, including Bare-handed Strikes, Kicks, Throws, Holds, Blocks, Dodges

Broad specialisms:

Narrow specialisms:

Martial Artist

Use with the following characteristics in dice rolls covering:

Characteristic Use skill with this characteristic in dice rolls covering
ST Damage done when character hits target with a martial arts maneuver
CO Whether character hits target with a martial arts maneuver

Dodging attacks

PE Judging another's Martial arts skill
WP Maintaining and breaking out of holds

Effective use of the Martial Arts skill is heavily affected by the ability of the character to move unimpeded. Accordingly, for all dice rolls involving Martial Arts skill and the CO characteristic, the modifier to CO for encumbrance is doubled.