Teras Kasi Archive
Thread: TKA State of the Profession II
Mister_Heavy, another great post. The only official mention of TKA outside of SWG, that I know of is the PS1 game, "Star Wars:Masters of Teräs Käsi" which I can only assume TKA in SWG was based upon. Here's a quote from the description of Arden Lynn, a TKM:
As the order of Jedi resurfaces, so do the teachings of teräs käsi, in the form of Arden Lyn, master of teräs käsi. A Palawan warrior from the time of Jedi, her youthfulness belies her actual age. Her skills as one of the last teräs käsi masters has attracted the attention of the Emperor and Darth Vader, who have assigned her to track down and take out key Rebel Alliance personnel. Arden, however, has her own agenda...
Here's the link to the LA site this is on: http://www.lucasarts.com/products/masters/
That first line inspired numerous fanfic, which has lead to the ideal that TK was started to keep Jedi's from recklessly using their power. Regardless of this being made a part of SWG, I do agree with Sage1 about TK getting "natural" armor. Now I play a Wookiee on Wanderhome, so I'm a little biased, but I don't think TK should be allowed to wear armor, period. Our skills should grant us a natural defense from melee damage with some limited energy defense.
I also think adding attacks that channel our "energies" into melee attacks that do heat and electrical damage, would be a good idea. I'm not keen on ranged attacks (or at least throwing weapons) for TK. We're not Ninjas after all. I do think that as a Master Ranger/Nov TKA, I should be able to run down any player that isn't also a Master Ranger, but that's more of an issue for the Ranger board.
Mister_Heavy wrote:
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Sage1, I know some of your requests didn't get in here, but it's only because I don't seecommunity consensus on, for example, 250 points of body armor in each tree, or 500 damage with or without VKs going up to 750 in big fights. I'd encourage you to go ahead and make a post on those things and get feedback from the rest of the community. If you've already dont that, and I've missed the thread, I apologize, and if you could provide the link that'd be great.
Personal request - TKA and the force
There's a lot going around about TKAs being FS and fighting Jedi, etc. I have yet to read from any officially sanctioned source that TKAs are force sensitive, or that they exist to control the Jedi, or that they are capable of fighting Jedi and winning. Of course, just because I haven't read it doesn't mean it's not out there, so if anyone has a link to where an official Lucas site talks about TKAs having FS powers and the like, please post a link on this thread or send me a private message.
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For Discussion
- Thrown weapons - should we have them? We're a melee profession, and some of our attacks already have ranges of up to 15m (lunge IIRC). Do we really want a true ranged attack, and do we think it'd be balanced if we had one?
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Message Edited by Mister_Heavy on 12-05-2003 09:11 AM
I have been busy as of late, with being sick and christmas pocket book goine down the drain, lol.
the only link that i could give u for a book on some Tidbits on Teras Kasi's being a Jedi Martial-Art is............
Wizards of the Coast RPG center for Star_Wars prodsucts, and it would be in the Jedi Sourcebook.
Also as was on the thread before me was the PS1 game Masters of the Teras Kasi.
Found another official mention of Teräs Käsi, on the Wizards page:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20031211counseling
About the P&P RPG. I'll see if I can pick up a copy at my bookstore or comic shop and read up more on it. For those that don't want to bother with the web page, here's the relevant quote:
Q: In the Hero's Guide, the Teräs Käsi Expertise feat states, "You are able to block melee weapons with your bare hands." Does this include lightsabers?
A: Yes. Lightsabers are melee weapons, and the actual mechanics of the feat don't specify "non-energy melee weapons."
Sure sounds like a skill meant to oppose a Jedi if you ask me. 
Instead of getting rid of the kick animations for VK, just add another weapon type, the Vibro Boots, or some such garbage. May sound like a bad idea, but, I still like kicking things in the head, if ya know what I mean.
Kaytalis Rotai
Wanderhome
everything sounds really good. it would be cool to have some TKA specific clothes or armor though.
Melchia Midian
Teras Kasi Master
Flurry server
i don't think a role-playing game counts as official cannon sources for star wars information - www.stardestroyer.net has some good reasoning as to which sources count as cannon, and which do not.
lordkinjo wrote:
somthing I would like to add is aboutthe whole kiting thing...it's retarded that a person can run away from you and hold a rifle inONE hand, pointing it behind him while he/she is running away from you and still be able to hit you, and take no penalties like falling down because they tripped over a log or a rock or something, or even taking a chance to hit penalty.
I think it's retarded that somebody can kill a rancor with just his bare fists 
If you make the game too realistic then it takes away the fun. **edit**, what's realistic about ANYTHING in Star Wars?
Sage1 how can you say that Mace Windu was a teras kasi?
"Stuff about the Teras Kasi is cannon because its Lucasarts that made the decision for thr Martial-art, and by the way, Mace Windu is a Teras Kasi."
You are ignorant. An RPG is not cannon. A video game is not cannon. According to the lucasarts cannon policy, the following items are cannon:
Movies
Radio Dramas
Novelizations (of the movies)
The Incredible Cross Sections technical manuals.
After cannon comes 'Official' which includes the Expanded Universe. These are considered fact but must live by laws set from cannon.
What is not acceptable as a part of the star wars univserse: Fan Fiction and Role Playing Games. Video Games are also typically inadmissable.
With Mr.Heavy not helping the way he should, and other ppl in this Profession Forum backstabbing this Proffession i will be leaveing if i cant get Jedi.
Biggest reason is that the Stupid Devs r Nerfing this, and Every other Combat Proffession. To really piss me off ppl have suggested dmg reduction when it should be raied to 500, no less, and the HAM scores have been cut to deeply useing specials we need to survive.
Another is some idiots say we shouldnt be able to heal as fast, and thats a Treasonous thing to say and a lot of ppl r not helping but Killing this Proffession by giving in to the Devs.
That is by no means right, they should go to hell, or at, least fired, and i cant hardly wait to c the 10s of thousands that'll leave this stupid game.
As i said some ppl here r being treasenous, and those idiots shouldnt even have any say or any kind of reply if theyre going to Help Brong This Proffesion to Crap.
Its bad, and its gonna get worse. U gonna take up the u know what or actually slam the idiot devs, or even leave to a better game.