Description
The Brawl Skill is the fine art of hurting another person with no weapons other than the character’s own body.
- It can represent martial arts training, bar fight experience, or simply a bad temper and a willingness to hurt others.
- It covers throwing punches and kicks, but also things like grappling, throws, head butts, and blocking in hand-to-hand combat.
- Brawl is generally rolled with Strength in a hand-to-hand fight. A character who is well trained in a specific style of combat may have that represented with a Fighting Style Merit
Examples
Sample Actions
- Breaking boards (Strength + Brawl)
- Intimidating display (Presence + Brawl)
- Identifying a fighting style (Intelligence + Brawl)
Sample Specialties
- Blocking
- Boxing
- Grappling
- Muay Thai
- Throws
Sample Contacts
- Club Bouncer
- Self-defence Teacher
- Sparring Partner
Levels
Examples and descriptions of someone at each level
Novice (1 dot)
- This level represents knowledge of self-defence and good situational awareness
- They have enough experience (or the right attitude) to get the character through many violent situations
Professional (2 dot)
- A character with two dots of Brawl has been in many fights or has trained for a number of years
- She knows how to handle herself in a fight
Experienced (3 dot)
- Extremely well-trained fighters or veterans of dozens of back-alley brawls have this rank
- A character at this level can probably teach other martial artists, compete in tournaments
- He can handle just about anybody who tries to pick a fight with him at the local bar
Expert (4 dot)
- Special forces soldiers or champion MMA fighters have Brawl at this level
- A character with this level can handle herself in almost any situation
Master (5 dot)
- A character at this level is among the best in the world
- She could be an unstoppable bar room brawler, a renowned teacher of multiple martial arts, or one of the deadliest killers on Earth