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for ?riental characters
bv Wayne Goldsrnith
and Dan Salas
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imaqe: of sn irling combatantsin flowing
robe: black belts smashingboards rvith
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plateaus, French sailors brawling on foggy

Europeanwharfs....
Qu'avez-vaus dit?
Contrary to common belief, martial arts
are not the sole property of the Orient.
Nearly every civilization has developed its
own brand of martial arts. As a term,
"martial art" applies to anv formalized

system of fighting techniques; the phrase

is not limited to styles which contain high
kicks or purely Oriental fighting techniques.
With the introduction of Oriental Adventures and its new martial arts system, a
new vista was opened to the character
who wanted to do more than swing a
sword. PCs now have the option of not
only choosing their weapon, but also
deciding how to use it. Likewise, PCs are
now able to choose not only which martial
arts maneuvers they wish to practrce and
develop - they are also able to decide
which formalized stvle they wish to learn.
Unfortunatelv Oriental Adventures only
gives four examples of martial arts stvles
to use (page101).
Admittedl-v it is sirnple enough fon a
player or DM to generate his own style,
but these styles often have the same consistency as demons have when created
from random generation charts. Also,
what if a player wants to base a martial
ant on a st-vlealready in existence and has
no idea what the style consistsof? Tkr
alleviate this problern, the following article
lists several rnar'lial arts still in practicc
today.
A number of styles listed herein have
developed variarrt or svnonynlous arts
under rlifferent names.As thesedifferences are rninor in most cases,thc statistics for these styles are listeclinsofan as
they relate to the rnother art in its basic
forrn.
Ol'course, there are as ul.rn.yst.ylesof
rnartial alts in the world as there are
Arains of s:rnd in a sand castlt:.(lonsequentl-Votl'rer existing st-ylescan be
applied to the AD&,D@game as well. 'l'his
article dcscribr:sa clozencommon maltial
arts stylesfor monks and other characters.
Despite the fact that some of the styles
were developed by different civilizations,
at clifferent times, and for different purposes,man-yshare a number of similan
maneuvers (which only goes to show that
there are only so many ways in which a
body can move). Thus, if a player happens
to like savatebut is discouraged becauseit
was developed in France, there is no reason that a martial artist could not have
developed the same style in an Oriental
campaign region. Also, if something about
the art bothers the player (for example,
the player prefers weapon use with his
PC'smartial art), feel free to add that
particular item to the art. These descriptions provide only the basic styles. It is up
to the DM to flesh them out to meet sDecific needs.
Aikido (eye-kee'-doe)
One of the few soft, Japanesemartial
arts, aikido is a non-combative art which
relies on defense and flexibility. The roots
of aikido are founded in Zen Buddhism,
which teaches a philosophy of nonviolence. Aikido basesits maneuvers on the
ultimate goal of neutralizing - not

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Wing chun (ing joon)

This style of kung-fu concentrates on
hand and arm maneuvers. Basically a soft
martial arts style, wing chun allows two
attacks per round due to its double usage
ofthese maneuvers; attacks double as
defensive motions and defensive motions
double as attacks.
The intricate weaving patterns of the

Thble of Common

Name
Aikido

Escrima

Martial

arms allow practitioners to employ the

locking block. Also, the martial artist's AC
becomes one point lower per two levels
gained by the practitioner (to a minimum
AC of 2). Thus, a monk has AC 6 at 1st and
Znd level, AC 5 at 3rd and 4th level, and so
on, until the monk's AC reaches 2 at 8th
and 9th level. Afterwards, the monk's AC
is determined by Thble 21 on page 18 in

Number
of attacke
717

zl1

Damage
1.-4

1-8

AC
6

Principal
attack
Body

Body

None

Weapon *4

Kobu-lutsu

217

1.8

1-8

Pentiak-silat

Weapon

Hand

Hand and
foot

Savate
Shotokan

ztl
211

1-8
1-8

Foot
Hand

Sumai

217

1-6

Body or hand

Thai kick boxing

217

1-6

Legs and
arms
Hand or
foot

White crane

Wing chun

[Detailed and variant versions of some of

these martial arts wiII appear in future
articles in DRAGON@Magazine. - Editor)

Arts Stylee

Hwarang-do

Niniutsu

Oriental Adventures. The main weapons

of wing chun are the bo stick and the
dagger.

2t7

1-6

Hand

Special
maneuvera
Lock 7,2,3,4
Move 3
'fhrow 7,2,3,4
Mental 1,3
Kick 3
Lock 1,2,3,4
Movement 2,6
Push 2
Throw 1,3
Weapon 1
Mental 2,3,4
Kick 1
Lock 1,2,3
Push 1,2
Strike 1
Throw 1,3
Vital area 1,2,3
Mental 1,2,4
Weapon 1,2
Mental 1

l,ock 3
Movement 2,5
Strike 1
Throrv 1,3
Vital area 1,2
Mental 2,4
Kick 1
Lock 1
Move I,2,5
Throw 1,2,3,4
Mental 4
Kick 1,2,3
Kick 1
Movement 1,3
Strike 1,2,3
Mental 1
Movement 3
Push 1,2
srike 1,2
Throw 1,3,4
Mental 1,5
Kick 1,2,3
Move 1
Strike 1
Kick 1
Movement 6
Strike 1
ViIal area 1,2,3,4
Mental 1
Lock 2
Movement 6
Strike 1,2,3
Mental 1

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Jo stick

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