Mister Bison

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M. Bison

Powers:
Energy Being: 08, Flight: 05, Jumping: 02, Super Power Reserve: 05

Bonuses and Limitations:

• Energy Being is primarily used while flying (this is Bison’s “Psycho Crusher”. He also uses it selectively on his hands ; in this case Energy Being is only rated at 5 APs.
• Energy Being adds its APs to Bison’s EV logarithmically.
• Flight does not allow Bison to fly far off the ground, and he must land each round (he need not use his Psycho Crusher while flying, however. He may instead stomp on his opponent’s head (Blindside) or perform a flying punch maneuver (Blindside but only if gains initiative ; also may use Energy Being on hands)).
• While performing his Psycho Crusher, Flight adds its APs to Bison’s EV logarithmically (yes, in addition to Energy Being).
• Super Power Reserve may only be applied to his Knee Press Combat Scholar.

Note:
Later versions of Bison (and technically earlier versions, since SF Alpha occurs before SF2) have had a variety of different powers, such as Energy Blast (throwing balls of energy), Teleport, and levitation. Anime and manga also suggest that he has other “psycho powers” ala Hypnotism etc.
These may be added at GM’s discretion. However, when he has these powers, he is usually unable to do his Psycho Crusher, except when using his Super Power Reserve (see New Rules).

Skills:
Martial Artist: 11

Advantages:
Leadership, Goons, Combat Scholar (Knee Press).

New rules

Combat Scholar is a new advantage meant to simulate Dragon Punches and other video game maneuvers that translate poorly into DCH. When the advantage is chosen, a specific flashy combat maneuver must be chosen to go with it. When this maneuver is then used, the character must Critical or Devastate.

However, the Combat Scholar gives a +1 column to AV. However, all opponents gain a +1 column to their AV when attacking this character this round.

For example, when Ryu performs a Dragon Punch, he might Critical, thereby gaining -1/+3 with his Combat Scholar. However, anyone attacking him this round (whether their actions occur before or after his) will get a +1 to hit him.

Typically, Combat Scholar maneuvers are only done when one has initiative and expects to knock down/out one’s opponent. Note that this combines well with Laying Back or Pressing the Attack.

Super Power Reserve is really just a variation on Power Reserve. It represents the Super moves that Street Fighters have, which can only be done after fighting for a while. That is, after a character with SPR has done a total of 15 RAPs of damage to opponents in a fight (these RAPs may have been bought off with Last Ditch Defense), he may then use his SPR.

When he uses the SPR, it then resets; that is, to use it again, he must score another 15 RAPs of damage. RAPs may not be saved up; that is, after doing 18 RAPs, one can not “spend” 15 and have 3 left over.

In later versions of SF, however, these RAPs may be saved up, up to 45 at a time. When SPR is purchased, the character must choose one maneuver to which it applies; often this choice is a Combat Scholar maneuver. It may be purchased multiple times if it is to be applied to several different maneuvers.

Also, many Street Fighters have movement powers which add to their EV. For example, Blanka’s Flight: 5 which may add to his STR: 4 for a total of 6. This may seem pointless, since he can have an EV of 8 with Martial Artist. However, when spending HPs to increase Martial Artist EV, one may only spend as many HPs as one’s STR.

These movement power additions are considered to add to STR for these purposes. Thus, Blanka could spend 6 Hero Points on his 8 Martial Artist EV when performing his flying ball attack, instead of the normal 4.