Megapolisomancy Kung Fu (24 pt)
This is a discipline that’s literally of the streets: nobody knows who teaches it and nobody knows how it got started in the first place. It’s only seen in urban areas, and large urban areas at that. On the other hand, a Megapolisomancy Kung Fu (MFU) adept from Bombay will use the exact same techniques as one from Nairobi, so there’s clearly some kind of communication network going on.
MFU is a style of ambush, sudden attacks, and quick retreats. Its adepts fight silently, and with a full awareness of their surroundings – not to mention a fine appreciation of psychological terror. MFU practitioners seem invariably to have sprung from the homeless population of the area; interestingly, they are also invariably far too healthy for their surroundings, remarkably clean, and untroubled by either psychological conditions or addictions. They don’t particularly seem prone to go looking for trouble, but they definitely seem happy to confront it when trouble comes up.
One last note: this is explicitly a cinematic style. Anyone wishing to learn MFU must buy Trained By A Master. As you might guess, it’s also thus a VERY rare style. Build adepts on at least 200 pts, concentrating almost entirely on their abilities. MFU adepts also are invariably Dead Broke, and at as low a Status as someone can be who is not actually a serf or slave.
Skills: Acrobatics, Area Knowledge, Climbing, Jumping, Karate, Running, Stealth, Style Familiarity, Tactics, Throwing
Techniques: Attack from Above, Breakfall, Jump Kick, Kicking, Sweep
Cinematic Skills: Body Control, Flying Leap, Light Walk, Lizard Climb, Sensitivity, Throwing Art
Cinematic Techniques: Flying Jump Kick, Pole-Vault Kick, Whirlwind Attack