To help give you ideas in a martial arts setting, I updated the Rules Updates link above to include:

1- All of the maneuvers in Compendium I (including Disarm, as requested by Screed.)  I can give the detailed descriptions of others upon request...just saving my typing fingers.  Most are probably self apparent.

2- The Acrobatics maneuvers in Compendium I (which may occasionally be useful in the Matrix or Battle).

3- The basic martial arts maneuvers from the Martial Arts book.

--I may add more.  I'm looking through the books now.

I may consider the Katana skill as a replacement for a fencing prerequisite (or maybe at -1). Please let me know if this is something that interests you.

Please note that the cinematic maneuvers are on the web site that I recently updated.

Other maneuvers are possible if you find them online and get them approved.

Let me know if you have questions.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:16, Sat 11 Nov 2006.

Thanks, but to clarify, I wasn't asking about a disarm as the gentleman is not armed.  He just has weapons on his body, not in his hands.  Being invisible, what would I need to do to walk up to him and take a katana out of its sheath or a gun out of a holster?

I'd think a sleight of hand roll, pickpocketing, or DX.

Currently, you are in broad daylight, so you must first approach when he is distract with something else (such as fighting your teammates).  You must start outside the line of sight before moving in.

Then:

1 - Contest of Skills (Invisibility Art vs. Vision roll) (to make sure he is not noticed)

2 - Pickpocket or Sleight of Hand-4 or DX-6

3 - For good fighters (i.e. those wary in combat) you must then make a Contest of SKills (IQ vs. Pickpocket skill roll in 2).  He gets modification for Alertness.  If he has Streetwise, he uses that instead of IQ.

If you have something else similar to pickpocket or sleight of hand, then I will consider using that number instead.

I think my fatigue should be 9 instead of 11.  I must have based it off of health instead.  Looks like I'm going to have to bump that up.  :-P

There are several ways to bump fatigue besides just raising your health score.  That's why I'm asking everyone.  (Some people may think it is based on HT, but the theory is that getting tired saps your strength.)

Here's some quick reference links:

Game Description:  http://members.tripod.com/mastersofthematrix/id114.htm

Another site:  http://www.thecabal.org/gurps/rareitems/fatigue.html

I've been sick for the last week and a half, which is why I haven't been around. I'll be around tomorrow to do all sorts of posting....

I hope everyone, even Dracos, had a good holiday.  I figured most have probably been out because of that.  No problems with the delays.  I'm ready when you guys are.

I'm ready. Just waiting for some details on how the battle is going.

I'll just wait for Dracos then.

I need everyone to be as detailed as possible so that I can properly interpret what is happening (such as name of style or maneuver used, number of rounds using, if you go into focus speed, etc.)  Remember, this is the Matrix and you can use your skills.

For example, in this case, Codec attacked him, but Judo is a lock and throw type of martial arts, so it made it difficult to see how that coincides with Jade's headlock, and Dracos did not give me a specific martial arts style or maneuver, so I had to do some creative interpretation.  (Also, give me any special bonuses you have so I don't forget.)

If I attempt a hand clap parry can I catch his shuriken?

Hand clap parry applies only to melee weapons.  Sorry.  I believe there is a different maneuver for ranged catches (like arrows).

Now that I've just grabbed his gun the 4e rules state that I must make a ST roll on my next turn as a full action manuever vs. the gunman's ST to get his gun. Currently I have just rolled a 17 for my ST roll. Does this count or do I need to wait till I am out of focus in order to perform the ST roll?

Merry Christmas, All!

Happy Holidays.

Avoid diseases. It's definitely an unnecessary holiday gift.

Did I get the guy's gun?

Look's like no.  Your hand and the enemy's hand both tightened on the gun.

Codec grabbed the gun and struggled with the man for it but failed.  Then Dracos grabbed it too and sent an electrical shot.  Dracos ended up with the gun and injured the man...and Codec in the process.

Make sure you check the battle log too, about both health and fatigue.  Codec, for example, is at 1 health!

Yep I know now. It's hard to parry bullets...and shurikens...and electricity... ;) I'm just waiting for lasers.

Yep I know now. It's hard to parry bullets...and shurikens...and electricity... ;) I'm just waiting for lasers...and a port-a-hospital.

You had a run of bad luck...

This is what I mean by team cooperation, though.  Attacks from many sources against one target can create chaos and hurt each other.

Yeah, hence the reason Screed stayed out of the first battle.  Since he was near the second guy, he thought he'd jump him first, and then all heck broke loose.  So back to healing and helping.  :-P  How much fatigue is used for Kiai?

Sorry! I didn't mean for it to happen that way. I just did the first thing that popped into my mind since y'all were waiting on me.