Swords use both AGI and STR. Both are useful in different situations. An agile fighter would dodge, a strong fighter would overpower or just shrug it off, and not be overpowered by someone else, it sucks being pinned under another fighter. I think AGI 7 is enough that we won't be a "bull in a china (I see what you did there) shop," we're still pretty fast, but I think it's better to excel in one field than be merely "good" in two.
P cool. I'm starting to see some of A's benefits...As far as finger moves go, you can still pick them up and use them but you'd need to be able to modify the techniques to work with your lack of a meridian system in order to channel the qi outwards. And the effects of someone getting a dose of your energy would be rather nasty. If you can't do it, you might need to seek the help of some high INT character.
Thing is, we're already pretty fast to not get into that situation, as the Emei gang-up and the Songfeng scenario showed, so 7 is pretty good, we won't be losing limbs left and right. Packing extra punch and being able to overpower the opponent, especially the overly-agile types with whom we can keep up thanks to the AGI 7 and END boost, will be pretty damn useful.
Awesome!Yes. It's a double edged sword. You can't be boosted or healed with acupuncture and the like, but people looking to disable you sneakily via pressure points are in for a surprise.
Looks like we don' need to be afraid of the crazy ninja's pressure point attack anymore, thanks Master Zhang!
I was talking about our speed, we're fast enough to stay alive and not lose a limb. The opponent can dance around us all he wants and make those small nicks, our STR and END will let us shrug it off, all we'll need is one hit. To instakill a guy with our stats through speed, they'll need to be almost supernaturally fast and accurate, like AGI 9-10 plus a high PER score.
Hey, don't get me wrong, AGI is all well and good, striking fast is an excellent way to wear your opponent down. But with our average END that'll work against us. That and I really do think Jing's fighting style will benefit from more STR. Plus it has many practical applications too.
Treave, can you tell us what the choices mean for Jing's personality?
In C, he becomes even more sociable, outgoing and friendly
I like the 3(+2) Sneak too, but we also can't overlook the fact that Jing really needs to learn about Traps. He will probably encounter them in the future, but if he doesn't know the first thing about them, it's gonna suck.