[Torg] martial arts in the cyber-papacy

[James Knevitt]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:47 AM, Jones Jasyn <jasynj at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is France, after all, home of the very popular Parkour martial arts
> style. Parkour was featured in the Bourne movies, Casino Royale, Die Hard 4,
> and the upcoming Mirror's Edge video game (by Ubisoft, a French game
> designer).
>
> Parkour involves jumps, leaps, climbing, and moving very quickly around
> obstacles. A bonus to Acrobatics (+2 for minor Disciplines), Climbing,
> Jumping or other skills such as that would be very appropriate.
>
> France also gave rise to Savate, a kickboxing style. Bonuses to damage for
> kicking or bonuses to unarmed combat would be very appropriate.
>

Just to be nitpicky, Parkour isn't a martial art as it doesn't involve
combat movements. It's purely a locomotive method. It has been compared to a
martial art in the sense that it has the same level of discipline and
intangible finesse, but it's by no means a way of actually hurting people.

That said, I'm sure an inventive type knowledgeable in Parkour could do a
martial arts-like system for Acrobatics, Maneuver, and such in Torg with
very little effort.

-- 
James Knevitt
jknevitt at gmail.com

"O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you."
-- TS Eliot, 'The Waste Land'
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