Batjutsu

Eric has changed Warrior’s Fist 39. Crouching Block section 2 is now:

2. ADDING THE CROUCHING BLOCK ACTION

Another way to deal with this situation is to allow Crouching Block. This is the simple solution used by some groups, and it wouldn’t be outside the SFRPG rules. After all, the Stunt Card allows you to perform certain maneuvers differently, as explained in the core book and Secrets of Shadoloo, throwing fireballs upwards, using Jump to grab a bull’s horns and the like.

Crouch Blocking will therefore take place normally, with the player simply saying that they have crouch blocked. Obviously, this is only possible with Basic Blocking, and can even be done as an Abort Maneuver. The player will play their Stunt Card together to perform this impromptu block against the Lunging Punch’s low punch.

The disadvantage is that they are not using a standard Basic Block, but performing a Stunt. Therefore, they even get a +2 Speed for blocking, but they won’t get a bonus from any combo they have. It’s also not possible to create a Crouch Block combo for any maneuver, since the Crouch Block is a Stunt, and Stunts are improvised on the spot, since maneuvers are part of combos.

As this action is provided for in Lunging Punch, it doesn’t unbalance the game. On the contrary, Lunging Punch has better modifiers than Monkey Grab Punch, so it’s only fair that it can be blocked in some way, something described in its system information.

Eric has updated the Circuit Guide. For Rank 1 Jiu Jitsu was fixed, 1 Chi and 7 WP was corrected to 3 Chi and 5 WP (starting points + 1 per Rank). On the Maneuver sheets for Kabaddi and Karate Duelists, the special information for Jab, Strong and Fierce no longer mention bonuses for Katar or Tonfa. This is due to long running debates about the rules for weapons, the current community consensus is to avoid allowing a character using a Basic Punch, when specific Weapon Strike exists, which is important if someone wanted to used Basic Punch with maneuver modifiers like Rekka Ken, Flaming Fist, or Extendible Limbs.

The Basic Circuit Guide had a few minor layout cosmetic changes and an update to Appendix A: “This figure may seem exaggerated, but it’s important to remember that 80% of these Street Fighters are Rank 1 fighters, martial artists of equivalent strength to a beginner character, with a record of between 0 and 4 fights. Many never fight at all, or never pursue a career. Between ranks 3 and 10, for example, there are just over 300,000 fighters worldwide.”

Layout corrections added to Glory Times.

Update for King of Fighters. Change on Orochi, Awakening Orochi changed to Awakening Blood. Several character stats with Leg Tomahawk updated to Wheel Kick (Leg Tomahawk).

A link to the folder for SFRPG translations, such as Warrior’s Fist; the whole folder can be downloaded as a Zip file 🙂 Some of my Street Fighter creations can be downloaded from this folder. 🙂