Martial Arts - Voidstate

BLOSSOMING CHERRY
TREE STYLE
By Haku
This Terrestrial martial arts style calls upon
the strength of the cherry tree as well as the
fluidity of the free-flying blossoms that come
from it. This
particular first
age style is said to
have been part of
the inspiration of
the Immaculate
Wood Dragon
Style. This style
sees some usage
by Dragonblooded
duelists from both
the Realm and
outside.
U n l e s s
s p e c i f i c a l l y
noted, this style is
compatible with
armour. The inform
weapons are
slashing swords
and staves. The
magical variant of
such weapons are
reaper daiklaves
and serpent-sting
staffs as well as
other staff-based artifact weapons.
GRIPPING ROOTS STANCE
Cost: 1 mote per dot added
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Min. MA: 3
Min. Essence: 2
B LOSSOMING C HERRY T REE
S T YLE
FALLEN BLOSSOMS
TRAPPED IN
STORMWINDS
ATTACK
WIND CARRIES
THE BLOSSOM
TECHNIQUE
GRIPPING ROOTS
STANCE
BLOSSOMING
CHERRY TREE
FORM
Prereqs: None
Calling on the strength of a deeply rooted
tree, the martial artist digs in and applies her
strength in a manner like that of a tree resisting
the strong wind.
For the rest of the turn that the exalt activates
this charm in, she may increase her strength
by spending 1 mote per dot up to her essence
rating. However,
AUTUMN FESTIVAL
OF FALLING
BLOSSOMS
FALLING
BLOSSOMS
DEFENSE
LOCKING ROOTS
GRASP
this charm does
have a downside,
by locking down
and increasing her
strength, the martial
artist lose 1 dot of
dexterity for every
dot of strength
gained, down to
a Min. rating of 1.
Due to the nature
of the immobility
of the character,
all attempts for
this character to
dodge requires a
stunt or appropiate
magics (charms,
h e a r t h s t o n e s ,
spells) to do so.
The martial artist
also can NOT move
more then 1 yard
away from her
original position,
doing so terminates this charm.
The nature of this charm prevents the charm
from being activated in the middle of rapid
movement such as an attack; which means
that the charm can’t be activated after the
player has made an attack roll.
LOCKING ROOTS GRASP
Cost: 2 motes per +1
difficulty and 2 motes
Duration: Until released
Type: Supplemental
Min. MA: 3
Min. Essence: 2
Prereqs: None
With this charm, the martial artist grasps her
opponent like a well planted tree locks into
the earth. The clinch of the martial artist is like
that of a tree’s roots and just as hard to break
or escape from.
The character makes a clinch attack like
normal (see Exalted p. 239 or Player’s Guide
p 205), but for every 2 motes spent after
spending the 2 motes to activate the charm,
the difficulty of winning or breaking the
martial artist’s clinch is increased by +1. This
charm CAN be placed in a combo despite its
non-instant duration. However, the combo
effects are only effective in the first turn,
after which only the locking roots grasp’s
effect of increasing the difficulty remains. The
maximum that the difficulty can be increased
to is equal to the exalt’s martial arts rating.
BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREE FORM
Cost: 5 motes
Duration: Scene
Type: Simple
Min. MA: 3
Min. Essence: 3
Prereqs: Gripping Roots Stance,
Locking Roots Grasp
The martial artist does a slow and smooth
kata that resembles a tree growing into its
maturity with hands and weapon(s) held high.
As the kata is performed, the character sents
life reinforcing essence through her body,
granting her body the resilience of a cherry
tree hardened by years of surviving all that
nature has to throw at it. As a side effect of this
charm, the martial artist has the sweet scent of
cherry blossoms around her when this charm
is in effect
When this charm is in effect, the character
gains a bonus to his bashing soak equal to her
martial arts. This protective effect is akin to the
protective bark of a tree, the core of the tree is
also just as hard if not harder; the martial artist
can now soak lethal damage with her bashing
soak. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the
essence flowing through the exalt, any and all
fire damage simply bypasses the soak bonus.
Due to the fact that her body is now hard
as wood layered with bark, all of the martial
artist’s unarmed attacks do lethal damage. The
martial artist can also parry lethal attacks with
her bare hands.
The martial artist can NOT use this charm
with any form of armour, nor can more then 1
martial arts form charm be active at any given
time.
FALLING BLOSSOMS DEFENSE
Cost: 6 motes
Duration: 1 turn
Type: Reflexive
Min. MA: 4
Min. Essence: 3
Prereqs: Blossoming Cherry Tree
Form
In autumn, the cherry tree grows a crown of
gloriously beautiful blossoms. However, it is
their fate to fall after blooming and when they
fall, it can be like a blizzard with pink and white
petals everywhere. And so too, the martial
artist’s fists and weapons are everywhere in
her defense.
The martial artist gets to roll her full dexterity
+ martial arts dice pool against all physical
attacks directed at her in the turn that this
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