Karate allows you to parry twice, once with each hand.  Characters 203 under the skill description.

So am I correct in thinking ambidexterity doesn't matter in this tournament or not?

Yes, ambidexterity basically never comes up. Its much more useful for weapons.

To be slightly more clear, there is no 'off-hand' when fighting unarmed.  Boxing, Brawling, Karate, and Judo give single hand parries, so you may Parry without penalty with both hands (individual skills have individual penalties for parrying some types of attacks).  Wrestling and Sumo require both hands in a Parry, so you don't have 'two separate hands' to Parry with.

Each hand's iterative parries are tracked separately.  So, if you Parry twice with your right and once with the left, your first parries with each are at no penalty, the second with your right is at -4*.  Further parries with either hand are at cumulative -4* (-8 for the third right hand, etc)



* -2 with Trained by a Master or Weapon Master (Unarmed Skill).

So to get at the answer to my implied question a bit clearer, where should I put the 5 points I had in Ambidexterity? I also feel like I should redistribute the points I had in Breath Control, as I can't use it in the midst of combat.

Breath Control is part of the template, I think we all took something similar.  As for the Ambidexterity, I had suggested a minor rewrite of the characters after our first battle.  I'm good with it, as long as no one else objects.  I have one minor tweak I want to make to Whisper, but I held off because it wasn't part of the template.

Where did everyone go?  Long weekend or something?

In fact it is.

Also, did we settle the rules on ringout because it'll effect my build.

I made the suggestion, but I don't think anyone in charge gave a final approval.  Not my circus, not my monkeys.  :D

It sounded like ring out is still a thing?

I mean, it makes "roll with blow" a little dangerous, but... not utterly killer.

given the lack of objections, We're going to allow tweaks. Tweaks have the following attributes:

They aren't a rework of the entire character. Points are moved from expenditures that seem ineffectual to ones that appear to be weaknesses.
All changes are explicitly declared at the time they are made. You don't get to just post a new sheet.
Sheets should be still legal according to character building rules

Sounds good to me about the tweaks.

I thought we settled on ring out being a condition of defeat instead of a time-out.

I'll see if some tweaks can be made to Lane.

I mostly want to change 1 perk for Whisper.  Otherwise I haven't seen any real weaknesses (yet).  We'll see how he does against a grabber.  :)

Which fight is up next?

Whisper is ready to go, but others have been waiting their turn.  I feel no need to hog the podium.

Demchug vs. Baogang, maybe?

I think technically that was next. I don't anticipate it going well for me XD

In reply to Dblade (msg # 143):

Oh hush, you'll be fine!

... finely ground mince meat!

So, that was fast. Now what?

Baogang vs. Lane, maybe?  Or Demchug vs. Whisper.
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I gave Baogang a series of tweaks. Replaced Forceful Chi with Extra Attack, got rid of Push since it was hard to have at a high level without Forceful Chi, and got rid of Roll With Blow since I rarely used it even though it's potentially useful. also figured out I only needed to put two points into Breath Control.

I think since I'm using Judo as my base for Pressure Points, I didn't need Pressure Point Strike since it only happens as a secondary consequence of a successful Arm, Leg or Head Lock so the targeting penalty doesn't apply?

I used the freed up points from all this to buff Arm Lock and Pressure Points to reasonable levels and pick up Mental Strength, since I forgot it was on the Tai Chi Chuan skill list and I keep getting screwed by Kiai.

I dropped Fit and Ambidexterity and sacrificed a level of Enhanced Parry to pick up Combat Reflexes.

I'm hoping this build should work better given the lessons I've learned.

Umm... Wow, that fight was fast. What combat comes next?

I think Whisper and Demchug, or Baogang and Lane

Lane will have to wait.  I'm going to be going out of town to China from Tuesday until the end of the month, so about 10 days. I'll try to check in, but I'm sure it'll be hard to do over there.