In the Dragon Universe, there’s a lot of free spirits who use comedy in their combat. Even Son Goku, the mighty warrior that he is, has often participated in silly antics during combat. As such, these Optional Rules allow you to bring that spirit to your games.
Gag Maneuver
All Characters inherently have access to the Gag Maneuver, though the various Gag Types each have their own conditions to use their effects.
Gag Maneuver [1/Round]: You use your wild antics to mystify and stupefy opponents, gaining the upper hand in combat.
–Action Cost: 1 Action
–KP Cost: N/A
–Effect: Target an Opponent who is not at Long Range and declare your Gag Type (see below). Make a Clash (Morale) against them. If you win, reduce their Life Points by 1/2 of your Personality Modifier (rounded up) and apply the effects of your Gag Type. Below is a list of Gag Types and their effects through the Gag Maneuver:
- Dumb Gag. The Opponent is knocked Prone until the end of your turn.
- Trick Gag. Apply one of the effects of the Dirty Trick Maneuver as if you won the Clash for that Maneuver against your targeted Opponent (you do not need to have access to the Dirty Trick Maneuver).
- Flirty Gag. The Opponent gains the Shaken and Impediment Combat Conditions until the start of your next turn.
Gag Types
There are 3 core Gag Types, each one representing some of the most prominent Gags in Dragon Ball. They apply their effects directly to the Gag Maneuver when selected.
Dumb Gags
Dumb Gags represent the more silly, outlandish style of gag that can trip up an Opponent and cause them to lose the upper hand. Every Character can inherently use this Gag Type.
Trick Gags
Trick Gags represent a more malicious form of gag, typically done to get the upper hand in combat. To gain access to this Gag Type, you must possess 2+ Skill Ranks in the Bluff and Intuition Skills.
If you have access to the Dirty Trick Maneuver, reduce your Opponent’s Life Points by 3/4 of your Personality Modifier through the effects of the Gag Maneuver instead of only 1/2.
Flirty Gag
Flirty Gags represent the occasional lean to using sexiness as a form of combat that appears occasionally within the Dragon Universe. To gain access to this Gag Type, you must gain the Attractive Talent.
This Gag Type cannot affect Unnatural Characters. Those Characters whose orientation would prevent them from being affected only suffer from the Impediment Combat Condition, due to being shocked or appalled by the attempt.
Talents
Gag Counter: Your whimsical, outlandish tricks allow you to respond to your opponents’ combat failures with ease.
–Prerequisites: Personality Score of 4+
-[Passive]: Reduce the Critical Target of rolls made with your Morale Saving Throws by 1.
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If an Opponent fails to hit you with an Attacking Maneuver, or loses a Clash against you triggered by a Special Maneuver or Unique Ability that they initiated, you may use the Gag Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver. You must target that Opponent with that use of the Gag Maneuver.
Attractive: You put a lot of stock in your appearance, maintaining a high level of conventional attractiveness.
–Prerequisites: Personality Score of 4+
-[Passive]: Increase your Combat Rolls against Opponents with the Shaken Combat Condition by 1(T).
-[Passive]: Increase your Natural Result of any roll made with the Morale Saving Throw by 1.
Stripping: By removing just enough clothing to tantalize your opponents, you throw them off-balance.
–Prerequisites: Attractive
-[Passive]: While you are benefiting from a Doff Bonus, increase your Combat Rolls against Opponents with both the Shaken and Impediment Combat Conditions by 1(T).
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you Doff a piece of Apparel, you may use the Gag Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver. If you do, increase the reduction to their Life Points through the Gag Maneuver’s effects by your Doff Bonus.
Comic Humor: Acting as a form of comic relief, you seem unbeatable so long as you continue to use your childish antics in combat.
–Prerequisites: Personality Score of 8+
-[Passive]: Increase the reduction to Life Points through the effects of the Gag Maneuver by 1/4 (rounded up) of your Personality Modifier.
-[Triggered, Resource]: Each time you win the Clash for the effects of the Gag Maneuver, gain a Comedy Point (max. 3).
-[1/Round]: When making a Combat Roll, you may spend any number of Comedy Points to increase the Dice Score of that Combat Roll by 1(T).
Trick Master: You combine your comedic antics with cunning and guile, distracting your foes until you stand alone as the victor.
–Prerequisites: Last Ditch Effort and Comic Humor
-[Passive]: Treat winning a Clash through the effects of the Gag Maneuver as if it was the Dirty Trick Maneuver for the effects of Last Ditch Effort. The declared Gag Type must be a Trick Gag for this effect to apply.
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you use the Gag Maneuver, you may spend 2 Comedy Points. If you do, your next Attacking Maneuver made during this turn has its Damage Category increased by 1 Category.
Success in Failure: Somehow, you are able to make your repeated failures seem like successes, allowing you to fool onlookers into believing you are somehow stronger than you are.
–Prerequisites: Greatest Warrior? Manifested Power
-[Passive]: Increase your Morale Saving Throw by 1(T).
-[Triggered, 1/Round]: If you fail to hit an Opponent with an Attacking Maneuver, fail to inflict Damage to an Opponent with an Attacking Maneuver, or lose a Clash against an Opponent triggered by a Special Maneuver or Unique Ability that you initiated, you may use the Gag Maneuver as an Out-of-Sequence Maneuver. You must target that Opponent with that use of the Gag Maneuver.
Apparel
Sexy: This scandalous outfit reveals just enough of your body to taunt the imagination and ensnare the minds of those who find you attractive.
–Apparel Category: Standard Clothing or Combat Clothing
–Effects: Increase your Personality Modifier by 1(T) while you are wearing this piece of Apparel. While you are benefiting from a Doff Bonus gained from removing this piece of Apparel, increase your Personality Modifier by your Doff Bonus.
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