Developer’s Notes
The Athlete gimmick was inspired by wrestlers who could dazzle you with their mastery of the basics.
When this Gimmick is in play, it adds 2 Crowd Points to the Event Pool during event setup.
Normally, you’re only allowed to have up to 3 Basic moves in play.
The 1 Crowd Point ability to search the Gear deck for the first non-Weak Basic move helps you get to that 3 Basic move limit faster. This pairs well with any Style since you’re guaranteed to get a move you’re not weak with. A Brawler would skip over Grapple moves when searching. A Flyer would skip over Submission moves. A Grappler would skip over Aerial moves, and a Technician would skip over Strike moves.
We recommend any deck searching be done from the bottom to speed things up.
The 2 Crowd Point ability allows this gimmick to exceed the 3 Basic move maximum. There is a finite number of Basic moves in the Gear deck. So, you might see wrestlers with this gimmick trying to find as many of these moves as possible which might create tension between all players.
If you lose or discard this Gimmick, you will have to discard down to 3 Basic moves in play.