The Martial Artist is a person who has dedicated himself to honing his mind, body, and spirit; turning it into a living weapon.

Favored Skills: Acrobatics, Athletics, Combat Skill (Sanju), Combat Skill (Basic Martial Arts), Perception, Stealth, and 3 additional skills of the player’s choice.

Prime Stats: Strength and Speed

Special Abilities:

• The character gains a +1 modifier to his DEF for every 5 ranks that he has in his best melee Combat Skill. This is in addition to the +1 for every 5 ranks that all characters receive. [Agile Defense]
• Character learns 5 points worth of Combat Moves for Sanju or another Combat Style of his choice (see p. 47 for more info on Combat Moves). The character must have ranks in the Combat Style in order to receive the Combat Moves. [Combat Moves]
• Gain a +1 modifier to all Favored Combat Skills. [Combat Training I]
• Gain an additional +1 modifier to any one Favored Combat Skill. [Combat Training I]
• Gain a +1 bonus to DEF. [Combat Training I]
• Gain an additional 5 Hit Points. [Combat Training I]
• May purchase 1 Combat Move for every 3 ranks in a given Combat Skill. [Combat Training I]
• Select two Tiny weapons to use with a Weapon Kata [Weapon Kata x 2]

Errata: The description grants 2 weapons to be used as Weapon Katas, this clarifies that those weapons should be Tiny weapons (Baton, Dagger, etc.).