The following techniques are known at first level:
Maintain Balance, Back Flip, Body Block/Tackle, BodyFlip/Throw, Arm Hold, Leg
Hold, Neck Hold, Drop Kick, Knee attack, Elbow strike, Paired Weapons,
Disarming, and Auto-parry.
Starting attacks: 2
Level Advancement Bonuses
Why study Pentjak Silat?
Katas: Knife and Sword
Katas may be substituted one for one, for any of the following:
Staff Kata (Kuntao)
Spear Kata (a favorite weapon is the Parang, similar to the Berdiche)
Tjambuk (a form of honor combat with whips and chains where each combatant takes
turns striking at the other, only marks to the face count towards a win)
Choose one discipline from among Body-Hardening
Bonuses: +2MA,+1PS, +1PE, +1PP, +4 to speed.
Level 1: +2attacks, snap kick,Knife hand, +2 to Roll, +2 to Initiative, +1 parry, +2
dodge, +2 pull punch.
Level 2: +1 strike, cartwheel, Pull punch (with bladed weapons)
Level 3: +1 attack, palm strike, Chi-Gung (body-hardening)
Level 4: leap attack, axe kick, +2 strike on flip and cartwheel
Level 5: tripping leg hooks, backward sweep kick, +2 damage
Level 6: +1 attack, Roundhouse kick, combination grab/slash, Tamashiwara (art of
breaking)
Level 7: Critical strike 18-20, critical strike from rear 18-20, death blow on 20
Level 8: +1 to initiative, +1 strike and parry, +1 roll, +1 maintain balance
Level 9: Death blow! (called)
Level 10: +1 attack, +2 pull punch
Level 11: Prisai Saki Silat (kata with combat pincers, see Compendium of Weapons,
Armour, and Castles©), combination grab/tear
Level 12: +1 Initiative, +2 roll
Level 13: +2 damage, +1 disarm
Level 14: Jump kick, +2 to flip and cartwheel, +2 damage
Level 15: +1 attack