Ground Fighting

Hard

Default: prerequisite skill-4.
Prerequisite: Any combat skill; cannot exceed prerequi-
site skill.
This technique lets you buy off the -4 to attack while
crawling, lying face-up, or lying prone. Roll against Ground
Fighting instead of the prerequisite skill when you use that
skill to attack from the ground. For instance, if you had
Wrestling at 14 and Ground Fighting (Wrestling) at 13, you
could grapple from the ground at skill 13.
For every two points invested in Ground Fighting, you
may also ignore -1 of the -3 to defend from the ground.
Ground Fighting at skill-3 or skill-2 means you’re at -2,
while at skill-1 or full skill, you have only -1. This replaces
the rule on p. B231.