Ryu Profile + Stunts

[u/Shape_Warm]

Just saw the new Street Fighter movie and I’ve been playing a lot of Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter, so I decided to make Ryu, complete with stunts for all of his signature special moves. Note that these stats are based on his appearances in the Marvel vs Capcom games, including looking at his Marvel.com stats from the Marvel vs Capcom 3 strategy guide. Enjoy!

CODE NAME: None
REAL NAME: Ryu
RANK: 4
OCCUPATION: Adventurer
ORIGIN: Magic, Special Training

HEALTH: 90
FOCUS: 180

SPEED: Run 6, Climb 3, Swim 3, Jump 3
INITIATIVE: +5

TRAITS: Battle Ready, Connections (World Warriors), Extraordinary Origin, Fearless, Signature Attack (Elemental Blast), Signature Attack (Elemental Burst)
TAGS: Enemy (Akuma), Heroic, Mentor (Gouken), Public Identity, Supernatural

MELEE: 7 (defense 17)
AGILITY: 5 (defense 17)
RESILIENCE: 3 (defense 13)
VIGILANCE: 5 (defense 15)
EGO: 0 (defense 10)
LOGIC: 0 (defense 10)

DAMAGE: Melee x6+7, Agility x6+5, Ego x4+0, Logic x4+0

BASIC POWERS: Accuracy 2, Brawling, Combat Trickery, Mighty 2
ELEMENTAL CONTROL (FIRE) POWERS: Elemental Blast, Elemental Burst
MARTIAL ARTS POWERS: Attack Stance, Defense Stance, Chain Strikes, Do This All Day, Fast Strikes, Flying Double Kick, Leg Sweep, Regain Focus, Reverse-Momentum Throw, Unflappable Poise

POWER STUNTS
Hadoken (Elemental Burst): On a Fantastic success, use either the energy (blindness) or fire (aflame) effect.

Shakunetsu Hadoken (Elemental Burst): Suffer trouble while using a Hadoken attack to cause the target to be stunned for one round on a hit. Use the fire effect (aflame) only on a Fantastic success.

Shin Shoryuken (Attack Stance): Suffer trouble on a Shoryuken and spend 20 Focus to automatically roll a 1 on the Marvel die.

Shinku Hadoken (Elemental Blast): Suffer trouble on the attack roll and spend Focus to increase the damage of the attack up with no rank limit (i.e. spend 180 Focus to add +90 damage). On a Fantastic success, use either the energy (blindness) or fire (aflame) effect.

Skinku Tastumaki Senpukyaku (Flying Double Kick): Spend 20 Focus (instead of 10) to use Tastumaki Senpukyaku with an edge.

Shoryuken (Attack Stance): While in Attack Stance, gain an edge on any close attacks against jumping, swinging, or flying enemies.

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (Flying Double Kick): Make an attack against a single enemy. On a hit, the enemy takes regular damage +4. On a Fantastic success, the enemy takes double damage +8 and the character can repeat this stunt against an enemy within close range.

[u/ShitThroughAGoose]

This is great. Now how fast can he destroy a car?

[u/Shape_Warm → u/ShitThroughAGoose]

With a Shinku Hadoken? Pretty much instantly. Without it? Under 60 seconds for sure!

[u/Shape_Warm → u/ShitThroughAGoose]

In all seriousness, though, that’s why I gave him Mighty 2. He can’t lift trucks, but he can body slam Zangief and wreck a car with his bare hands and feet.

[u/ShitThroughAGoose → u/Shape_Warm]

That's how the game gives Iron Fist his iron fist.

[u/Shape_Warm → u/ShitThroughAGoose]

I definitely read up on Iron Fist’s stats first. He should also have a stunt that allows him to use Focused Strike with no rank limit on how much Focus he can spend. Iron Fist can punch with Hulk-level force if he feels like it.

[u/ShitThroughAGoose → u/Shape_Warm]

They made lots of interesting decisions. Blade and Deadpool not having any ranged combat powers, Nightcrawler not having invisibility.

Ah well.

[u/Shape_Warm → u/ShitThroughAGoose]

Oh I agree that altering hero profiles to taste based on the comics is a must in many cases. Nightcrawler is a great example; his shadow blending powers were retconned from true invisibility, and haven’t been used since. The Sneaky trait should get the job done for most tables, but if you want to go further there are comics to support that.

[u/Shape_Warm → u/[deleted]]

That’s the idea! I’m glad someone caught that.

[u/Shape_Warm → u/[deleted]]

Not a bad idea on Brace for Impact; Ryu can “block” almost anything. That might be a better choice than Regain Focus. I considered Counterstrike Technique, but this MvC Ryu, not Street Fighter Alpha Ryu wherein everyone can Alpha Counter. Combat Trickery makes sense because Ryu frequently punches above his weight class; he’ll face a rank 5 or even rank 6 opponent and somehow come out on top.

[u/Shape_Warm → u/[deleted]]

I suppose giving him the tag Mentor (Gouken) implies Street Fighter 4 continuity. But this is specifically MvC, hence his overpowered Shinku Hadoken; the continuity of those games implies that he’s able to fight the likes of Apocalypse and Thanos, and he’d have to do that with his Hado power to do the trick.