Puppet Dance Tien Hsueh

​The first step for the attacker is to get a good grip on the back of the victim's neck (A successful Grab Attack or just by moving a hand into place when the intended victim is unaware or helpless). An opposed strength roll is made the next round 1 round must pass with no action. Mastering complete puppet control over his victim takes 1 full melee round of experimentation with finger pressure. The puppet victim is completely aware but helpless. The attacker maintaining the puppet hold can manipulate his victim like a living puppet via pressure from his finger on the neck, the perfect hostage hold. The victim can be made to walk, skip, dance, open doors, or otherwise move around. The arms can be made to move, gesture, pick up or drop objects, scratch, point, etc. Even the face can be made to change gestures, with forced smiles, frowns, winking and blinking, mouth movements and the like. In fact, the only things the Puppet Dance can't do is get the victim to speak, although humming and grunting are possible. The victim can be forced to fight, but such actions will be terribly slow and clumsy. Note: The puppet has only two melee actions per round and has no combat or attribute bonuses available (natural rolls only). Skill performance is at -8. As long as the Tien Hsueh expert maintains the Basic Hold, the victim will be manipulated like a puppet. However, the attacker cannot perform any other Tien Hsueh, cannot use chi, and will have difficulty in combat because he'll be distracted by the manipulation of his puppet (-1 attack per melee round, -2 on initiative and -2 to A.C.). The attacker can continue to talk normally, walk around (with the victim), and use the other hand to fight, parry, shoot, or perform skills (one-handed of course). Once the Basic Hold is released, the victim will be instantly back in charge of his/her own body and will remember (and resent) having been manipulated.​