Teras Kasi Archive

i'm a wookiee tk novice, and since i've seen a couple posts about new weapon choices for us (can't find them anymore that's why i made a new thread), i decided to throw in my 2 cents, so just tell me if it's a good idea.

it seems a lot of people prefer not having a weapon at all, but in my opinion that would greatly weaken us since vk's offer light armor piercing ratings. i mean, it's not anything great, but it's better than no armor piercing at all, right? so my suggestion is to have a tkm certification for katars. katars (i think that's the spelling) are basically blades/daggers worn at the wrist. if any of you have seen blade 2, you would know what i'm talking about. to me it fits the idea of being unarmed pretty well. i understand we're suppose to be unarmed, but i think that'd ruin the balance that the game has as of now. katars could have a higher armor rating compared to vk's, or more damage, speed, etc. the thought of wearing 2 katars at once could b pretty cool as well, and maybe different damage type katars could prove to be useful e.g. energy, blast, stun, etc. i just feel that as tka's, we're really limited as to what we can do in damage because of our weapon choices (vk's or none) compared to any other class. and even for the tka's in training maybe there could be a certification for wielding 2 vk's at once to improve on damage, speed, or accuracy.

just a thought of mine. i kno there are a billion other issues with our profession, but this is the one thing i thought i had a pretty decent idea to improve. tell me what you guys think.

ShoKai, Valcyn Galaxy

TKA 0/0/1/1, Master Brawler, Ranger 1/1/2/0, CH 1/0/0/0

Hmmm, how about something like a knife you can throw fora long range before you can get to them, I know TKA is suppost to be unarmed but your not really armed if your going to throw it. Maybe you can tip the knife with poison that paralizes them ?

Or how about some kind of inside energy that you throw, sort of like using your chi in Kung Fu at like a 15m distance that can go threw armor or lower there rating by 25%.You will be able to use this attack as a first hit attack only. If you switch targets you'll be able to on them, switch back to the original target you won't be able to use it.

Or meditation to regain your bar where you would meditate everytime you log in and you get a HAM bar speed burst for like 30mins per Meditation.

I'm not a TKA so you guys may have these already, but I just wanted to add ideas that would seem cool for a martial arts class.

aucutaly knifes that you throw, for the type of class that we are, is called throwing stars, ninjas got these, and in star wars that is not real anyways, i think we should get some freakin throwing stars.

Also thats not a bad idea to get more types of weapons that peirce armor. I think it would be nice to have heavy armor peircing knucklers. like bruce lee and stuff, punch though steel.

good idea, also more throwing star content, atm we dont have any, some would be nice.

You are correct in your spelling, they are called Katars. I have a pair of them. While not really conceived as a martial arts weapon (they were for punching through plate mail) the idea could be adapted. Here is a link for a picture of a few different styles of Katar.

http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/katar3_small.jpg

The "throwing stars" are called shuriken.

For a possible item for slowing down people that try to kite us, I suggest tetsubishi, also known as caltrops. Basically spikes that can be thrown down, but always land with a spike pointing upwards. Useful for delaying pursuit, perhaps tweak the idea for the game so that we can have items that disperse them and can be thrown ahead of those trying to flee?

Personally I'd just like to see a couple styles of "knuckles" that would change our damage type and give us armor piercing light without adding any more damage (or HAM cost), a la the martial artist nanos in AO. God help everyone if they gave us Stun Knuckles.

i have one weapon in mind that i would love to have.........spiked brass knucklers or katars but my idea of them is a brass knuckles but with 2inch long spikes on the end should have a 20% chance of bleeding and be medium armor piercing but a low damage

jiub

aspiring teras kasi master and creature handler

I don't recall seeing Japan in any of the Star Wars movies. Maybe they were referenced in the books, and that is where you are getting the notion that Japanese weapons belong in the Star Wars setting.

that's a great idea

sisko

tka 0/1/0/0

brawler 4/3/2/2

marksman 1/2/0/4

scout 4/0/4/1

I lovethe idea of using some sort of gauntlet/glove for teras kasis. gauntlets/gloves arent even realy weapons themselves like a VK is. You just wear them and if it happens to be made of steel or something then it is bound to hurt more than just your bare fist. Some could havevibro units connected to small spikes or bladesaround the kuckles to further enhance damage and give it armor peircing abilities. In my opinion the VK is aWEAPON going against the teras kasi fundemental of UNARMED combat.I would rather use a pair of gauntlets/gloves than weild the VK we have now. It would be so much cooler looking and also go along better with the whole unarmed combat theme a lot better.

Idont know about the whole throwing star/shuriken thing though. they are knives/stars and those i would consider a weapon you would arm yourself with. We do need some sort of attack or something that will slow down ranged opponents though. I'm in favor of a break leg attack that if succesful will slow your oppents running speed by half. Of course a medic could apply first aid to this attack to remove its affects like they do to bleeding.

I dont recall that SW was about morons that couldnt make simple items to make them better in a fight. I dont care if its chinese, indian, or something the pope would carry, if it would help i imagine some one a long time ago, far, far away my think of it too.

Come on now, dont be silly now!

Beaniiman

Throwing stars are called shuriken and would be a good adition to any melee profesion. But if we are to be compleatly unarmed then we should have a Koji Kiri or death touch. This if done properly are supposed to pierce through solid objects due to a projection of chi. Also it should be used as an extremely powerfull KD or Inacapacitation move (it should actually be death but this might be pushing it.

I'd rather see some new types of "enhanced gloves" or gauntles. We are in a supposedly technologically advanced society so it's not far beyond comprehension that they could create gloves which have some type of power generators built in to them to do different sorts of dammage. Spiked gloves could cause bleeding, powered gloves could act like tazers and stun your opponent, or perhaps the power generator creates an effect similar to an air conditioning unit causing your gloves to frost and hurt your opponent more with each hit. Other gloves could be "reinforced" to provide better dammage for specific attacks. Example a reinforced glove that's reinforced around the thumb and index finger would provide you a stronger ridge hand attack. Technologically enhancedgauntlets could alsocontain "darts" of poision, or perhaps "rope" which could be shot out of the gauntlet and used to trip a running opponent.There are lots of areas you could take this idea and I think it holds more true to the TKA profession than adding blades of any type. This could also be a boon to the tailor profession, these gloves/gauntlets could be produced by tailors but suffer decay like weapons and armordo, thus providing the tailor profession with returning customers.

I compleatly agree. Gloves could have some sort o power genaerator allowing them to cause more damage. This concept would not be far from the Star Wars reality due to the fact that many armors in the universe (not sure about the game) can enhance speed and strength. An example can be seen with the Elite clones (alpha) in the Clone wars comics.