Tai Shen Kiri is the martial art style of the Monks of Shan Lin. Because I have been thinking a lot about the various aspects of this style I have decided to create a proper GURPS Martial Arts style package for the art. This is the one I use for Tai Pan En.
| Tai Shen Kiri | 9/27 points |
Tai Shen Kiri is the martial arts style of the Monks of Shen Lin and is heavily associated with the worship of Slumbor. The essence of the style is using the motion of the enemy against him. He who forces fate is brought down. The style teaches punches and throws but generally concentrates on kicks, using a variety of kicking styles. A maneuver often used at later ranks is a kick-kick [4pts].
Primary Skills: Judo, Karate, Acrobatics, Lucid Dreaming, Meditation, Philosophy
You must spend at least one pt of the 27 in each of these skills. You cannot raise any Primary Skill above 15 until all secondary skills have at least 1 point spent on them.Secondary Skills: Prayer Beads*, Prayer Beads Art*
These skills cannot exceed 1 below the lowest Primary Skil until all Primary Skills are at least 15.Optional Skills: Breath Control, Yin Yang Healing
These skills cannot exceed 2 below the lowest Primary Skil until all Primary Skills are at least 15.Maneuvers: Aggressive Parry, Cat Stance
You must spend at least 1/2 pt of the 27 on each Maneuver and you cannot reach Dreamer Rank until you have put 2 into each.Cinematic Skills: Body Control, Blindfighting
You must spend at least one pt of the 27 in each of these skills. These skills cannot be used nor raised until all Primary Skills are at least 16.Cinematic Maneuvers: Enhanced Dodge, Power Blow
You must spend at least 1/2 pt of the 27 on Power Blow but cannot use it till all Primary Skills are at least 16. Enchanced Dodge costs 15 points and cannot be raised.
| Prayer Beads | Monks of Shen Lin fight with their strings of malachite Prayer Beads,
swinging them around their heads to smash or entangle foes. They work in
the same way as a Kusari for game use. They are:
Crushing Swing+4, Reach 1-3, Cost $80, Weight 5, Min ST 11, 1 turn to ready per yard of attack. |
| Prayer Beads Art | This is the skill of using the Prayer Beads with style and for display purposes. Bead strings are swung in arcs to create interweaving patterns as they are incorporated into acrobatic displays. Defaults to Prayer Beads -3. |
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