Rules - Weapon Supremacy - Firearms (Gun Kata)

 Since the debut in the movie Equilibrium, the martial arts form utilizing firearms has been adapted to various games and MSH. While there were great write-ups and styles, I thought I would add my own take on Gun-Kata and how players used it within my own campaigns and settings.

Gun-Kata is actually a powered ability, Weapon Supremacy: Firearms. This power is similar to the Martial Supremacy powers but geared toward firearms and use. The actual write-up works as follows:

Gun-Kata (Weapon Supremacy – Firearms) *

-          Requires Firearms talent to select powered version. 

• When using firearms, gains 10/rank bonus to Initiative
• (IE if you have Rm (30) Gun-Kata, you’d gain a +3 to your initiative rank).
•  While using Weapon Supremacy: Firearms, you will not have to worry about ammunition, as such things are covered with the cinematic effects – Gun-Kata ensures that you are never short of ammunition…unless you roll either a ‘01’ or a white FEAT. When a WHITE FEAT is made, the weapons find that moment to go to ‘empty’ and must be reloaded (an action). If a ‘01’ is rolled, the weapons jam/break which means until a talent FEAT is used (engineering, Repair/Tinker/Etc.), the weapon is useless.
• While using Weapon Supremacy: Firearms, the hero gains a power-pool equivalent to their rank in points. The power pool can be spent in a variety of effects, such as adding to hits, improving damage of a weapon, providing trick-shot potential, and removing environmental condition penalties at rank:
• For Example, if the hero has Weapon Supremacy Firearms at Rm (30), they would have 30 points per round to spend for effect. A hero could spend the points to improve a hit by 20 points and add 10 points to damage of the weapons. Alternatively, if the hero was in darkness and/or deep fog, they may use their rank to eliminate penalty effects to hit by Rm (30) intensity.
•  Finally, if a hero is using Weapon Supremacy Firearms, they gain additional attacks equivalent of 10/rank per round with pistols.

The Accountant from 'Drive Angry'

'Satan is simply the warden of a very large prison. Quiet man actually, thoughtful and he's well read. And I happen to know the idea of sacrificing children in his honor annoys him greatly.'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Accountant

F: Rm (30)
A: Rm (30)
S: Rm (30)
E: Am (50)
R: Gd (10)
I: Am (50)
P: Am (50)

Health: 140
Karma: 110
Popularity: 0/-20 (In true occult circles)
Resources: Typ(06)/Cl1000 (In hell)

Talents:
In theory, the Accountant has had unlimited time to hone his skills, but for the purposes of the write-up, the skills shown during Drive Angry include:

Administration
Firearms
Marksman
Driving
Mystic Origin*
Human Psychology
Knowledge: Hell's bureaucracy
Tracking
Shadowing
Law
Law-Enforcement*
Knowledge: Hell
Knowledge: The Damned
Knowledge: Ritual
Sharp Weapons
Thrown Weapons
Thrown Object*

Powers:
Demonic Nature: The Accountant is the chief administrator/soul retriever for Hell as it is presented in the movie. Hell is represented as an immense prison, and as such, the Accountant is suggested to be the 'head guard', sent to retrieve the more difficult cases. As such, the Accountant's Earthly form is purely suggestive, as it is easily implied that he could be far stronger and/or physical if necessary. For the purposes of the write-up, the Accountant is very similar to an angel in The Prophecy series such as Gabriel, in that the following is similar:

• The Accountant is completely immune to normal types of damage, such as toxins, disease, physical damage, energy damage, radiation, aging, and other aspects. In addition, the Accountant doesn't suffer stun effects from normal damage, but can be slammed and even incapacitated. The Accountant can be harmed by mystical means, and usually does not recover lost health when assaulted by such.
• Omni-Knowledge: Hell's Business: The Accountant is completely aware of the prisoners who have escaped from Hell, although he does not seem to possess knowledge about specifics, thoughts, or purposes. The Accountant also has a running tab of when individuals will be arriving in hell, down to specific dates. The Accountant is considered to have this ability at Un (100).
• Hypnotic Control: The Accountant can affect hypnotic control over groups and individuals with Rm (30) ability, gaining an additional +1cs for specific effects (such as using human nature among officers of the law to convince them he is a FBI agents).
• Hell-Sense: The Accountant seems to have the ability to track individuals who have escaped hell or bound for it with Rm (30) ability. The sense works more like the power telelocation, in so far he has a general idea of where an escaped individual is going.
• Sense Evil: The Accountant can determine a person's nature with a look with Mn (75) ability, and is able to determine how much a person is affected by good/evil.
• The Coin: The Accountant carries a roman coin that he uses as a prop and can conform to specific items, such as an FBI ID or what have you. The origin of the coin is unknown, but it is suggested that it is either one of the coins used to pay Charon or one of the thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas. The other suggestion is that the coin is the method that the Accountant passes from Hell into Earth.
• Mystic Sense: The Accountant can sense magic with Rm (30) ability

Contacts:
The Accountant is an employee and confidant of Satan.

Limitations:
Limitations to Authority: the Accountant is limited by the authority and scope of his role. The Accountant cannot for instance take direct action outside of the requisition of the escaped damned, unless assaulted or directly challenged. In addition, the Accountant will not seek to abuse his abilities simply to abuse them, it's against 'the rules'

Completely Dedicated: The Accountant is completely dedicated to his job, which is to maintain order and to retrieve escapees. The Accountant is not above adhering to the exact 'letter of the law', and is not mindless as to simply follow the pursuit of an enemy. The Accountant for instance allowed John Milton to save his granddaughter before being taken back to hell, but made it clear that he would be going back as soon as that was accomplished.

Loyal:The Accountant thinks highly of his boss, and is considered to be loyal.


The God-Killer

The God-Killer is a five barrel gun which was stolen by John Milton from the desk of Satan himself. The weapon is unlike anything seen before it is bone-handled and has only five bullets - It is never said how it can be reloaded, but it as assumed such can be done by higher (or lower) powers. Each bullet has the Latin phrase 'DEUS VELOX NEX' carved into it (God's swift death). During the movie, three shots are fired for certain - One at the Accountant (Which leaves a scar as it misses), one at a flunkie, and one at the main bad guy. A shot from the God-Killer has the following effects:

• Total Destruction: The God Killer will completely destroy a being with ShZ ability. The target must immediately make a psyche FEAT against that intensity, may not use Karma, and must make a Red to resist its effect. The bullet bypasses normal defenses to rank, and completely eliminates the target through an explosion of mystical energy. Parts of the target may be left, but slight pieces.
• The God-Killer cannot be fired easily by the living or even the Undead/Damned/Ascended. The God-Killer requires a Psyche of at least Ex (20) to fire. A Living person (Not dead/undead/etc) must have a Psyche of at least Am (50) to remain conscious, or be rendered unconscious for 1-10 rounds. A person with a Psyche below Typ (06) must make an Endurance FEAT or begin the dying process.