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MyndBulletz

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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #100 on: December 10, 2009, 04:43:42 PM »
Either way, no thanks. And I looked in one of the monk handbooks on here and the guy there was of the opinion that you cannot decisive strike after a pounce. Oh well, the pouncing will come in later anyways, because the two levels of monk are looking better and better.
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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #101 on: December 10, 2009, 04:46:33 PM »
Not to Hijack the thread, but he would be mostly a combo of Judo and Jujutsu. I was looking into them last night before bed (meaning 6 this morning, lol) What I saw was that Jujutsu mostly focused on Pins, joint locks, and throws. Judo is derived from Jujutsu, so it is essentially the same. I don't have the physical and practical knowledge of these things, but hey, that's why I want a D&D character about it....

Anyway, back to you, MyndBulletz!
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I don't recall the part of Kamehameha where people launched redwoods at each other.

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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #102 on: December 10, 2009, 04:47:55 PM »
Quote from: MyndBulletz on December 10, 2009, 04:43:42 PM
Either way, no thanks. And I looked in one of the monk handbooks on here and the guy there was of the opinion that you cannot decisive strike after a pounce. Oh well, the pouncing will come in later anyways, because the two levels of monk are looking better and better.
Also, as your DM, I want a good excuse for your fluctuating alignment... Lawful Monk to Chaotic Barbarian... sure, I've pulled of worse, but my DMs have all been idiots.
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I don't recall the part of Kamehameha where people launched redwoods at each other.

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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #103 on: December 10, 2009, 04:49:43 PM »
Quote from: Operation Shoestring on December 10, 2009, 04:40:16 PM
Quote from: Bloody Initiate on December 10, 2009, 04:34:24 PM
Quote from: blacklitelust on December 10, 2009, 04:31:34 PM
Damn right you will...

lol

Anyway, I considered a Jujutsu specialist yesterday, but I don't think you'd like it. It's specialization was in throwing and tripping, but dealing non-lethal whenever it has the option. Mostly an unarmed swordsage, but lots of fun (in limited practice and theory)

Judo would be more non-lethal, Japanese Jujutsu has a patently lethal intent. You actually spend less time killing people than you do breaking their limbs, but I think that's still lethal damage. Jujutsu was designed for actual use on a battlefield, Judo was designed for police forces.

Aren't they based on the same principles though?  Do is practice combat, while Jutsu is a martial art in the "used in war sense"  Kendo is what you do with Boken and padding in practice, Kenjutsu is the same principles applied to real combat with real swords.

or something like that.

Yes, but being based on the same principles doesn't make them the same thing. Judo and Western Wrestling are very different, but they're based on a lot of the same basic ideas.

I don't know anything about Kenjutsu, but I've done all the other ones. In Jujutsu most of our moves evolved from a basic set of ten movements called Taisabaki (body movement, IIRC, it was many years ago though). Taisabaki had a lot of variations, including weapon variations. I only learned 4-5, only two of which included weapons (A wooden training sword and a short stick the name of which I can't recall), before my Sensei left to be a liaison between Japanese and U.S. military in Japan  :mad.
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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #104 on: December 10, 2009, 04:51:57 PM »
DO YOUR WORK!!!!
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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #105 on: December 10, 2009, 04:54:19 PM »
Quote from: blacklitelust on December 10, 2009, 04:47:55 PM
Also, as your DM, I want a good excuse for your fluctuating alignment... Lawful Monk to Chaotic Barbarian... sure, I've pulled of worse, but my DMs have all been idiots.
Correction. Neutral Human Paragon to Lawful Monk to Chaotic Barbarian to Lawful Warblade(eventually) lol. I'll come up with an awesome back-story to explain everything after I get everything in place.
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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #106 on: December 10, 2009, 05:01:42 PM »
Quote from: MyndBulletz on December 10, 2009, 04:54:19 PM
Quote from: blacklitelust on December 10, 2009, 04:47:55 PM
Also, as your DM, I want a good excuse for your fluctuating alignment... Lawful Monk to Chaotic Barbarian... sure, I've pulled of worse, but my DMs have all been idiots.
Correction. Neutral Human Paragon to Lawful Monk to Chaotic Barbarian to Lawful Warblade(eventually) lol. I'll come up with an awesome back-story to explain everything after I get everything in place.
I'm thinking it better be DAMN good and not include the Tomb of Horrors.
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Quote from: Viletta Vadim on September 20, 2009, 12:57:54 AM
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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #107 on: December 10, 2009, 05:04:23 PM »
:lol I've got all break to come up with it. And just for that I might include a 'tomb of horrors' in the story...
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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #108 on: December 10, 2009, 05:16:40 PM »
Tomb of horrors and two helms of opposite alignment should do the trick.
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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #109 on: December 10, 2009, 05:26:57 PM »
Tomb of Horrors is not allowed as we may take a trip there... Helms of Opposite Alignment might work, but don't tell your DM that I endorsed the idea... (lol)
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Re: Contemplating A Samurai
« Reply #110 on: December 10, 2009, 05:33:10 PM »
I don't need no stinking helms....I'll just explain it away...
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