Publisher: Michael BrownI found the Colonel lying near the door. Whoever had taken him down was a pro. I hoped they weren and rsquo;t still and hellip;
and ldquo;And who might ye be? and rdquo; A long-limbed, sinewy man with a thick shock of red hair leaned almost casually against the doorframe. I hadn and rsquo;t heard him approach. and ldquo;If ye and rsquo;re with that fellow there, and rsquo; and rsquo; he indicated the prone figure of the Colonel with his chin, and ldquo;Ye and rsquo;d best be telling where me valuables are and hellip;or I might have to get rough with ye, too. and rdquo;
Judging by his physique and the way he moved, he knew how to fight. But the streets of Calpurnia taught me a few things. I gave him my best steely glint as I slowly rose to face him.
Throughout literature and visual media there have been characters who have taken the path of perfecting fighting skills using their natural weapons: feet and hands, arms and legs. Preferring the power of the body over the power of the gun or sword, they manage to hold their own in most melee contests, and even sometimes prove superior to those who depend on weapons to harm opponents and hellip;although there are plenty of those, too. Some of these people and rsquo;s names have become legend in reality and fiction: Bruce Lee; Toshiro Mifune; Jackie Chan; Wing Chun; Darth Maul; Batman; Rocky Balboa, The Three Musketeers, among many others.
The 2D6 system isn and rsquo;t really designed for detailing such characters, preferring instead to fold the relevant skills into catch-all categories such as Brawling or Melee. However, some players might like the challenge of playing an unarmed combat specialist, or a hero who disdains the use of weapons for whatever reason and would still like the option of self-defense. 2D6 Martial Arts is here to help. It and rsquo;s a simple system intended for the non-martial artist (like the author) to play an ass-kicking, fear-inducing, practitioner of unarmed mayhem while providing seamless integration with the rest of the 2D6 system and games that use it like Cepheus Engine and the Original Science-Fiction Roleplaying Game.
When words and diplomacy fail, it and rsquo;s time for 2D6 Martial Arts.