I was just yapping to a friend of mine about where I draw Berrod's fighting style from (Muay Thai with a couple of Karate moves pulled in for the flippies), and wondered, how many of you (those who roleplay combat, sparring or simply write about it) draw inspiration for your character's fighting style from an outside/irl source? If you do, from where? If you don't, do you make it up on the fly, or is there something in game you've seen that's helped you developed your style? Have you made up a style entirely on your own?
As mentioned, Berrod's style is mostly composed of Muay Thai moves, with the occasional fantastically mobile Karate manouevre *cough* do mawashi kaiten geri (the wheel kick that I've shamelessly made his usual opening/closing move) *cough*. Quick, harsh strikes with his fists, elbows, shoulders, knees, shins, heel, instep -- he's devastating at close range, and if he gets a clinch in the opponent is likely going to be kneed into oblivion.Â
The more fantastic things I've made up on the fly -- RIP fists of earth, fists of fire, Second wind -- but they hardly ever really get much play time in the meat of an encounter.Â
Even if you don't do any combat roleplay or combat writing, what do you think your character would be like if they tried to put up a good fight?
As mentioned, Berrod's style is mostly composed of Muay Thai moves, with the occasional fantastically mobile Karate manouevre *cough* do mawashi kaiten geri (the wheel kick that I've shamelessly made his usual opening/closing move) *cough*. Quick, harsh strikes with his fists, elbows, shoulders, knees, shins, heel, instep -- he's devastating at close range, and if he gets a clinch in the opponent is likely going to be kneed into oblivion.Â
The more fantastic things I've made up on the fly -- RIP fists of earth, fists of fire, Second wind -- but they hardly ever really get much play time in the meat of an encounter.Â
Even if you don't do any combat roleplay or combat writing, what do you think your character would be like if they tried to put up a good fight?
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