Weapon Katas And Chi-atsu

[Roscoe Del'Tane]

Maybe I'm just missing something here, but with Chi-atsu, does it say how the damage is restored? As if the person had enough time to heal naturally, condensed into a split second window? Regrown, as if the recipient had a Healing factor? Does it repair body parts that would otherwise be crippled (broken bone, pierced organ, squished eye )? Just wondering before I choose it (in the future) for a character, mainly for background info on the ability, its effects, and its uses.

And also, does it say anywhere what weapons you can choose in a weapon kata? It only says "allows the character to use a particular weapon with any martial art form." So could I choose a gun or modern weapon? Not trying for munchkinism here, I'm actually trying to avoid it; had a few experiences with other players getting really mad at me for trying to combine things that gave me powerful characters.

Thanks for the help in advance! You guys(and girls) are the best!:)

P.S. Am I the only one who thinks its a bit strange that the WMA gets military training, including the use of an automatic rifle? Just seems a bit (ok, more than a bit) weird for someone who trains their body and mind for years to reach the limits of human ability, to suddenly pick up an AK-47 and shoot his/her enemies?

[Regularguy]

P.S. Am I the only one who thinks its a bit strange that the WMA gets military training, including the use of an automatic rifle? Just seems a bit (ok, more than a bit) weird for someone who trains their body and mind for years to reach the limits of human ability, to suddenly pick up an AK-47 and shoot his/her enemies?

Hey, if anyone spends a decade getting the hang of Ch'a Ch'uan Kung Fu, he can't help but learn how to handle a rifle in the process. Even if you're a Dedicated Martial Artist or an Ancient Master, you can't not learn it.

[Regularguy]

P.S. Am I the only one who thinks its a bit strange that the WMA gets military training, including the use of an automatic rifle? Just seems a bit (ok, more than a bit) weird for someone who trains their body and mind for years to reach the limits of human ability, to suddenly pick up an AK-47 and shoot his/her enemies?

Heh. Just thought of another one where it'd actually be a bit weird for a Worldly Martial Artist not to be comfortable with an AK-47: Moo Gi Gong.

"Sure, I trained for years to reach the limit of human ability; spent plenty of time each day shooting at stuff with my trusty crossbow. Do you know what kind of hand-eye coordination and upper-body strength it takes to cultivate that 'One Shot, One Kill' technique? I'm telling you, my marksmanship could get me an Olympic medal."

[Guest]

Ok... what is Chi-atsu?....

Moo Gi Gong?!

Sounds like you need to re-read N&S.

[Regularguy]

Moo Gi Gong?!

Sounds like you need to re-read N&S.

Yep. The art of using anything as a weapon: you apparently start off by learning how to swing swords of all weights and shapes and sizes, in between taking careful swings with club and axe and nunchaku -- and along the way, that cultivates a knack for swinging lamps and chairs and whatever else is at hand. You become an experienced knife-thrower, dart-thrower, coin-thrower, shield-thrower, boomerang-thrower -- and in the process, you became a crack shot with ashtrays and wrenches and all the rest. You practice wrapping garrottes and whips around your sparring partner's throat until you can do it with an ordinary shirt. You wield spear and staff until you can stab even a pencil right into your opponent's eye. You train with every paired weapon combination under the sun, and thereby develop true mastery of the glass bottle and the billiard ball.

And like I'd said, all that time spent with bows and slings and blowguns and crossbows leads to the kind of marksmanship that carries over when picking up firearms; put on a blindfold, and still you can line up the same automatic critical hit against a target some thirty feet away as you can by throwing a credit card.

[Regularguy]

i kinda remember Moo gi Gong... but Chi-atsu?... Looks like I should!

Chi-atsu is just another name for Chi Healing; say it out loud and it sounds like a really great form of massage.