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( Hand to Hand: Martial Arts ) Aikido ( revised )

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simple sword strike. Will cannot use any defense except a circular parry, and manages <strong>to</strong> parry the<br />

sword strike successfully. Now it's Will's turn. Will goes in<strong>to</strong> his attack run, rolling a 16 <strong>to</strong> strike for the<br />

first pair of staff strikes. Kyle parries the first strike with his sword by rolling an 18, but because of the<br />

-4 penalty (which reduces his parry <strong>to</strong> 14) the butt end of the staff connects squarely with him and<br />

inflicts seven points of damage. Then the next two strikes come through the other way; Will rolls 14 <strong>to</strong><br />

strike. Kyle rolls an 18 <strong>to</strong> parry, blocking both strikes successfully (but barely on the second one). Will<br />

is incapable of any attacks for the remainder of the round, but can now parry, dodge, or whatever<br />

[albeit at a -6 penalty] if Kyle attacks him. Fortunately for Will, Kyle [a martial artist of less than fifth<br />

level] rolls only a 13 on his save vs. horror fac<strong>to</strong>r and books away, deciding he doesn't want anything<br />

<strong>to</strong> do with this fight.)<br />

Staff Choke<br />

This is identical <strong>to</strong> the Choke ability in N&SS except that is performed with a staff or pair of rods and<br />

that it must be done from behind (ie: using the staff <strong>to</strong> essentially garrote the poor sod in front of you).<br />

A Final Note on Damage and Size<br />

Weapon Damage Average Length<br />

Short Staff 1D6 SDC Five feet<br />

Long Staff 1D8 SDC Seven feet<br />

Bo Staff 2D4 SDC 8.5 feet<br />

Quarterstaff 1D8 SDC Six feet<br />

Iron Staff 1D8+2 SDC Six feet<br />

Rod 1D4+1 SDC 2.5 feet<br />

Ironwood Rod 1D6 SDC Three feet

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