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S P I D E R S T Y L E<br />
MIND-<br />
SNARING<br />
WEAVE<br />
UNSEEN<br />
GOSSAMER<br />
DEFENSE STANCE<br />
SPIDER STYLE<br />
By Telgar<br />
DANCE OF<br />
EIGHT SILENT<br />
FEET<br />
BINDING<br />
SILK<br />
STYLE<br />
GAZE OF<br />
EIGHT-FOLD<br />
TERROR<br />
This is a Celestial martial art.<br />
Spider Stylists most often use their bare<br />
fists and feet in combat, but the style can<br />
be used when wearing Brawling Aids such<br />
as Cesti and Khatars.<br />
EIGHT EYES OBSERVATION<br />
METHOD<br />
Cost: 4 motes<br />
Duration: One Scene<br />
EIGHT EYES<br />
OBSERVATION<br />
METHOD<br />
SPIDER<br />
FORM<br />
WEB<br />
DANCING<br />
KATA<br />
WEB-MAPPING<br />
PRANA<br />
POWER<br />
DRAINING<br />
FANG STRIKE<br />
ESSENCE OF<br />
VENOM<br />
PRANA<br />
LIFE-<br />
SNUFFING<br />
EMBRACE<br />
Type: Simple<br />
Min. MA: 2<br />
Min. Essence: 2<br />
Prereqs: None<br />
Much as a spider can see attacks and prey<br />
in almost every direction around it, initiates<br />
of the Spider Style are able to harmonize<br />
their anima with their sense of sight,<br />
gaining normal vision of everything around<br />
them. They can literally see out of the back<br />
of their heads. This improved field of vision<br />
does receive benefits from Awareness<br />
charms and other Awareness-enhancing<br />
magic or items.<br />
WEB-MAPPING PRANA<br />
Cost: 3 motes<br />
Duration: One Scene<br />
Type: Simple<br />
Min. MA: 3<br />
Min. Essence: 2<br />
Prereqs: Eight Eyes Observation<br />
Method<br />
Spiders can feel the slightest vibrations in<br />
their web and using this charm, a Spider<br />
Stylist can feel similar vibrations in the air<br />
and ground around her, even in the essence<br />
that permeates them. While this Charm is<br />
active, the Spider Stylist is impossible to<br />
surprise. They are aware of anyone with<br />
aggressive intent inside (Essence x10) yards<br />
and are instantly alerted to any attack made<br />
against them.<br />
This charm does not allow a character<br />
to know exactly where an aggressor is or<br />
even exactly what he is doing only that one<br />
exists.<br />
DANCE OF EIGHT SILENT FEET<br />
Cost: 3 motes<br />
Duration: Instant<br />
Type: Supplemental<br />
Min. MA: 2<br />
Min. Essence: 1<br />
Prereqs: None<br />
Acrobats of incredible skill are able to<br />
vanish without notice, and Spiders are an<br />
excellent source of inspiration for those<br />
who would fight or move unseen. For 3<br />
motes a character may add her unmodified<br />
<strong>Martial</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> score to one Athletics or Stealth<br />
roll. This Charm can be comboed with<br />
Charms of other abilities.<br />
MIND-SNARING WEAVE<br />
Cost: 2 motes per penalty<br />
Duration: Instant<br />
Type: imple<br />
Min. MA: 3<br />
Min. Essence: 2<br />
Prereqs: Dance of Eight Silent<br />
Feet<br />
Much as spiders trap their prey in webs<br />
of silk, a competent martial artist can trap<br />
her opponent’s mind in webs of Essence.<br />
In order to capture the opponent’s mind<br />
with the Weave, the martial artist makes<br />
a complex series of movements, seeming<br />
to weave her anima into a web and cast<br />
it at the target. Roll Dexterity + Athletics,<br />
the difficulty equal to the targets Essence.<br />
On a successful roll, the target looses one<br />
die from all her actions until next turn for<br />
every 2 motes spent on this Charm (up to<br />
double the user’s <strong>Martial</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>).<br />
SPIDER FORM<br />
Cost: 6 motes<br />
Duration: One Scene<br />
Type: Simple<br />
Min. MA: 4<br />
Min. Essence: 3<br />
Prereqs: Web-Mapping Prana,<br />
Dance of Eight Silent<br />
Feet<br />
Executing a series of seemingly jerky<br />
motions and adopting a somewhat hunched<br />
defensive stance, a martial artist can bring<br />
himself in closer harmony with the Spider,<br />
emulating many of its remarkable traits.<br />
For the rest of the scene, the Spider Stylist<br />
can walk on vertical or horizontal surfaces<br />
(even ceilings) without penalty. Her martial<br />
arts attacks do lethal damage instead of<br />
bashing and her <strong>Martial</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> rating is added<br />
to her Stealth and Athletics.<br />
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