Heavenly Thunder Palms for Studio:187's Fists of FUZION

by The Reverend Slaine Fullerton, dark_times@hotmail.com

Heavenly Thunder Palms is a versatile fighting system that uses hard palm-strikes in its offensive attacks. Most dedicated practitioners of the style posses the Iron Hand; they've trained their hands and developed their Chi to the point where they can easily break bricks, concrete, or a coconut with a single, slapping hit of their palm. The lineage of this style is somewhat obscure, though it is often included within the Eighteen Taoist Palms system of the White Tiger confederation. It most likely shares a mixed origin with Taoist and Shaolin contributions.

• Thunder Palm -

Strike: +1 IN, +2AV, +2 ST

Cost: 5

A fast and jarring palm-strike, sometime's delivered in rapid succession.

• Golden Scissors -

Defense (Block): -1 IN, +2AV, + Escape

Cost: 3

Both arms cross over the body towards the inside, then scrape as they slide back to the outside, intercepting and blocking an incoming strike and/or removing a hindering hold.

• Iron Palm -

Strike: -1 IN, +1 AV, +2 ST, + Killing

Cost: 6

A killing strike using the power of the Iron Palm.

• Vital Strike -

Strike: -1 IN, +2 ST, + Vital

Cost: 5

A palm strike to a vital area; will occasionally use a phoenix-eye fist for precision pressure point strikes.

• Dual Palms Destruction Block

Block/Strike: -2 IN, +1 AV, +2 ST

Cost: 5

As one palm-strikes, intercepting an incoming attack, a second immediately follows.