Report 703

Report #703
Skillset: Kata Skill: Gouge
 Org: Ninjakari Status: Completed Oct 2011
Furies' Decision:
We will look at flattening the bleeding and allow its use on weapon attacks.
Problem: Currently, the gogue kata modifer only applies to unarmed punches. All
other kata modifiers that can be applied to kata punches can either be applied
to kicks or to attacks with spec weapons. Because gouge can only be used with
punches, and no monks ever use punches, the gogue modifer goes largely unused.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Change Gouge to 75 ka and apply both kicks and punches
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Add solution
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Add solution
Player Comments:
---[Raeri on 10/16 @ 00:22 writes]:
I see no issue with this. Solution 1. Would like other monk envoys inputting
though too.
---[Janalon on 10/17 @ 01:25 writes]:
Monks gain weapon spec after novicehood. Since there are no other punch specific
mods or abilities, gouge becomes obsolete very, very early. Perhaps there was a
place for gouge in the PPK monk era, but certainly no longer. I agree with
Ulen's assessment that every other unspec kata mod focuses on unarmed, and
therefore also agree that gouge be treated in the same way. I would only ask for
two considerations: First, flatten gouge's bleeding modifier so that it does not
scale to either wounds (as I believe it currently does) or prone. Second, a
possible name change as I have this horrible vision of gouging someone with
toenails.
---[Janalon on 10/18 @ 14:24 writes]:
On second consideration, raise the ka cost to 100 IF bleeding scales to wounds.
This seems more in line with the fact that kicks would most likely double
bleeding when added to a punch+punch (but does not address being used in
isolation). Another thought is to keep gouge at 50 but completely flatten
bleeding (no bonus for wounds or prone). I am slightly skewed towards the
latter, as bleeding-based monks already have some bleeding mods. Also, 50 ka
mods are a nice way to fill out small ka gaps in a kata.
---[Iytha on 10/30 @ 23:43 writes]:
Would personally recomend 75 if it scales, 50 it it's flat. It's not all that
much bleeding either way.