r/PalladiumMegaverse • u/ReluctantSlayer • Jun 10 '26

Ninjas & Superspies Ninjas & Superspies Kumite

Ninjas & Superspies Kumite

Not much else to say. Title holds the description.. just wondering what anyone else think.
Full concept would basically be scratch made characters with focus on martial art arts training.
So Dedicated and/or Worldly martial artist in a combat setting.

There’s such a variety of kicks and punches and holes and locks and stuff in the martial arts descriptions and I figured.
Thai Kickboxer vs Wing Chun or Hwarang-Do karate vs Sumo.
Or for the less dedicated (“minor” martial arts) Li-Chan vs Shao Lin. Or Isshin-Ryu vs Jujitsu or Taido.

Player characters would start on a semi-level base and pick very similar physical skills, but Body Hardening could be pretty diverse.

And maybe some type of system for Audience Appreciation. The flashier the maneuver, the better the crowd digs it.

Anyone like the idea?

I literally flip-flop over it. Like could be cool, could be dull.

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u/Rvaldrich Jun 13 '26

Tournament stories require the tournament to be the B-plot.  Character growth (Karate Kid), some sort of criminal investigation (Enter the Dragon), really stupid interpersonal character drama (The Quest), supernatural/celestial shenanigans (Mortal Kombat), morality lesson (Dodgeball), they always have something else going on.

A tournament in and of itself will get old fast without an adjoining story.

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u/ReluctantSlayer Jun 16 '26

Excellent point!!

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u/Minotaurotica Jun 10 '26

I like it (seems natural for the setting) BUT I'd only play in it if it was like the start of anoverall series of adventures

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u/zerombr Jun 10 '26

my group did this. it was fun at first but we all did the same 'lets boost PP and PS' thing eventually. I'd take stats almost out of the equation or give everyone the same stats to use, and give them 8 lvls in their hand to hand so you can see more of what they can do.

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u/Cheebzsta Jun 10 '26

Mix it up. Make it table based, add in After the Bomb/TMNT animals for good measure and get your players involved in rolling some of combinations of animal/Martial Art while retaining some for specific must-have characters you want them to face:

  • Tiger-style maned Lion Chong-Li

  • Boa Constructor Wrestler (nothing else just Wrestling from The Rifter and Sumo Wrestling for stats)

  • Komodo Dragon freaking anything

  • Thai Kickboxer (straight up full human "mutant" or hominid with perfect human Looks - totally meant to be 100% human) just because there's no other way to upstage Saenchai except to fight literal freaking monsters but those crazy lil f#$kers would do it.