4 styles to go!!!!!!!

I'm so close. I can see the end. The styles left to convert all fit on my screen at the same time.

Brain melting... eyes killing me....

Gah,. I was absolutely determined to finish tonight.

From Aikido to Zen (K)

Kenpo

(Also Called Kempo)

Martial Arts Style

Kenpo’s origins are shrouded in mystery, but this art seems to be Chuan Fa, transplanted to Okinawa and then Japan via wandering Chinese monks. This inference is largely made because the Shaolin martial art Chuan Fa translates to “fist art” and Kenpo translates to “law of the fist”. Regardless of its ancient origins the modern era of Kenpo begins when James Mitose opens the “Official Self Defense Club” in Honolulu in 1936. Mitose taught William Chow, who in turn taught Ed Parker, who brought Kenpo to the United States. Parker, a greatly influential teacher, is often credited with “discovering” Bruce Lee at a Kenpo tournament, and was a martial arts instructor to the stars, including Steve McQueen and Elvis Presley. However, Parker also taught police self-defense, lending credibility to his style’s combat effectiveness.

Prerequisites: Combat Martial Arts or Defensive Martial Arts

Style Maneuvers

Unarmed 4 ranks: Low Kick: when using the Precision Strike perk to target an opponent’s Foot, Calf, Knee, Thigh or Groin, your penalties to target these locations are reduced by 2.

Unarmed 8 ranks: Attack Focus (unarmed): +2 to attack rolls

Unarmed 12 ranks: Body Blow: On a successful attack to your opponent’s stomach or chest, your opponent must make a Fortitude save equal to your attack roll +10 or be flat-footed for the next 1-4 rounds. If you are using the injury rules, this is in addition to any effects from a stomach or chest hit due to injuries.

Unarmed 16 ranks: Weapon Finesse (unarmed): your Dexterity modifier is considered +2 higher for purposes of this feat.

Unarmed 20 ranks: Agility Training +2 Dexterity

Digital Front interview

There's a nice chat between me and Daniel Perez, with some mentions of Modern20 and my general thoughts about the industry.

Possible Setting #5: Pulp/Cliffhangers

The year is 1934, Hitler has just become the Fuhrer in Germany and Sir Walton Smith has come to The Pursuit, New York's most prestigious adventurers club with a unique challenge: he has discovered another world at the center of the Earth, a place of untold wonders and horrors.

To make things more "interesting", he has also informed groups of explorers from Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Japan of this world.

Realizing the world is hurtling toward war, Sir Walton has decided to use his "challenge" as a twisted test to see which nation he anticipates being central to the coming conflict will be able to make the perilous journey to the north pole and plunder the secrets of this uncharted land first.

"And if you succeed," he notes dryly, "there are still other secrets I know so the contest can begin again."

Possible setting #4: Monster Hunters

Things that go bump in the night?

Things man was not meant to know?

That's like, so 5 minutes ago.

All you know is that some thing, more like a group of somethings, has been killing off the class of '08 one student at a time.

Worse, some of them seem to be coming back.

Someone has to take back the night.

You say you want a revolution?

Start by killing the Whisperers.

Before they kill you.

Hmmm

So it looks like Cyberpunk is the early favorite.

Interesting.

Possible Setting #3: Cyberpunk

Life is different at ground level.

In 2107, the elite live high above the mean streets of the East Coast Metroplex, which stretches from Boston to Philadelphia. Their feet never touch the ground. They live in the clouds and take computer controlled flying cars to their "jobs".

In history class, you were told that the elite moved so high after the terrorists detonated a nuclear device in Old New York.

Whatever.

It's all about survival now. Even the cops don't fly below the 30-story line unless there's a full-scale riot.

It's just you and the other gangs, avoiding the Auto-Cops, trying to scrape enough money together for that next cyber-upgrade or dose of stim and hoping to find some idiot with an undefended wireless point near his accounts.

Then you can live in the clouds too.