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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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