So your player says, "I want a Brawling specialization." And you say, "In what?" And they give you a blank look...
Here, then, are some ideas for both of you.
- vs. one species (Twi-leks, Gammoreans, Humans, etc...)
- vs. Droids
- vs. human sized bipeds
- vs. smaller bipeds (Ewoks, Squibs)
- vs. large humanoids (Togorians, Wookiees)
- vs. non-humanoids
- vs. quadrupeds
- vs. amorphous beings
- vs. insectoids (Verpine, Vratix)
- vs. melee weapons
- vs. specific weapons (lightsabres, vibroblades, etc...)
- vs. natural weapons (tooth and claw)
- with natural weapons (tooth and claw)
- vs. martial arts
- vs. brawling specialists
- vs. untrained opponents (a favorite of cheap thugs who deliver beatings)
- vs. armored opponents (stormtroopers, bounty hunters)
- vs. unarmored opponents
- in aerial combat (the incredible Skye)
- in zero gravity
- in high gravity
- in low gravity
- underwater
- underground
- in close quarters
- in open spaces
- aboard ship
- on narrow footing (rails, fences, wires, etc...)
- in darkness (total, partial)
- under spotlights (believe me, there is a difference)
- in greasepits
- in sand pits/arenas
- on uneven footing (wreckage, rubble etc...)
- to subdue
- in rolling mortal-combat gladiator-exhibition steel hamster balls
- while wingwalking
- in formal wear (male, female)
- when mounted (speeder bike, beast riding, etc...)
- fake (for actors/stuntbeings/pro wrestlers)
- streetfighting
- bouncer
- barfighting
- rioting
- moshing
- for money
- gladiatorial
- vs. opposite sex
- vs. same sex
- vs. neuters
- for interrogation
- killing blows (incapable of subdual, and yes, that can be a limitation)
- in sewer / surf (not underwater, not on land, definitely special)
- vs. animals
- when wounded (like Bruce Lee... don't let him taste his own blood, watch out!)
- while dodging (only in rounds when you dodge)
- vs. relatives (sibling rivalry to spouse beaters)
- kata (the "air guitar" of brawling, useless vs. real opponents, but looks good)
- vs. inanimate objects (bricks, boards, doors, shut down droids, computer terminals)
- on ice
- telekinetic (for the rare TK racial characteristic, or the ambitious Sith apprentice)
- while running
- urban
- wilderness (jungle, desert, arctic, etc...)
- household (any appliance is a weapon)
- foreplay (or 'combat sex' - for you Klingon types)
- vs. undead (for horror / Sith alchemy, crossovers / adventures)
- while berserk (for chronically stressed Wookiees)
- vs. the men in white (orderlies, doctors, guys with straitjackets)
- vs. clothed opponents (when you want to pull that coat over the top, or give someone a wedgie)
- accidental (for the Jerry Lewis/Marx brother/Stooges combatant)
- vs. single opponent
- vs. multiple opponents
- under chemical influence (real combat drugs, drunken style, or imagined "Popeye" syndrome)
- to music
- manga style (lots of shouting and posturing)
- when that special someone is watching
- when unseen (for assassins etc..only useful when no-one is looking)
- while suspended
- on sloping surfaces
- while climbing
- in lingerie
- while naked
- in martial arts uniform
- in powered armor
- vs. power armor
- vs. cyborgs
- vs. law officers
- formal unarmed dueling
- trial by combat
- barefoot
- in boots
- sucker-punch (good for starting fights, might end it then too)
- hands only
- feet only
- head/horns only
- when losing
- body only (belly-bucking, Hutts, etc...)
- hindquarters (for quadrupeds)
- prehensile (tails/tentacles)
- "dirty" fighting
- "wild" fighting (seen in feral children and Springer guests)
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