martial artist occupation

From: John Galloway <yuskim1_at_...>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:17:31 -0000

I am hoping to introduce HQ to a group of people that I play D&D with. One of them will almost certainly want to play a monk (or as close to a martial artist as the game system will allow) and since I am unaware of any such occupation description I would like to use it as an example of how flexible HQ can be at tailoring a 'class' to suit the character concept.

Has anyone already seen (or created) a kung-fu style character, and if so, how did they (you) do it?

I have no problem with either modifying an occupation like 'foot soldier' or making one up from scratch but I keep fluctuating between
- skills

• talents
• wizardry's mechanism
• Theism's mechanism when it comes to representing the various martial styles and disciplines.

This could all get more complex depending on whether or not he wants magic at all, as an extension of his 'martial arts', or as a seperate add on.

Ultimately I will have to wait to hear what he does and doesn't want before deciding on too much but I feel that prepping the pros and cons of the various approaches will be time well spent and I would appreciate any help that people can supply in this area.

Thanks,

• John