Martial Arts - Voidstate

FATE-
KNITTING
POWER
D I A M O N D W E AV E O F D E S T I N Y S T Y L E
(STUDENT TECHNIQUES)
ANOTHER
DESTINY
ATEMI
WEFT-
GRIPPING
MOVEMENT
SENSING THE
TAPESTRY
DIAMOND WEAVE OF
DESTINY STYLE
By Quendalon
This Style involves using Destiny as a
weapon. It is a high-Essence style suitable
for elder Sidereals. While the Solar Exalted
may learn Charms of this Style, many of
them are of little use to those who are
unable to manipulate Fate after the fashion
of the Sidereals. Unless otherwise specified,
the Charms of this Style have no effect
upon targets that exist outside of fate, nor
may they be employed while the character
is outside of fate.
The Charms of this style treat attacks
with the fighting chain and the whip as
unarmed attacks; these represent the
threads of Destiny upon the Loom of Fate.
These Charms are incompatible with other
weapons. Characters cannot use this Style
while wearing armor.
DIAMOND
WEAVE OF
DESTINY FORM
THE BLADE’S
DESTINY
DENIED
PATTERN
SPIDER
ASSAULT
INNOCENT
VICTIM
DEFENSE
STUDENT TECHNIQUES
STAR-
GUIDED
STRIKE
The Student’s Sutra of Destiny: Once,
there was a maiden...
ANOTHER DESTINY ATEMI
Cost: 5 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Simple
Min. MA: 5
Min. Essence: 4
Prereqs: None
Who sat upon a throne in the night sky,
The threads of Destiny shuttle back and
forth across the Loom of Fate, guiding each
and every thing in Creation to its proper
place. The initiate of the Diamond Weave
learns how to rearrange these threads with
her art. With a successful unarmed strike
that inflicts no damage, the character may
shunt the target to a new location where,
as far as anyone can discern, he had been
all along, performing some act or business
appropriate to the new destiny that the
Sidereal has chosen for him.
The chosen destiny must match the
precincts of one of the Sidereal’s colleges.
For example, a destiny associated with the
Messenger might involve bearing a message,
training a hawk, or journeying to a new
city. No greater detail may be set forth; the
new destiny must be vague and arbitrary in
nature, to allow the Pattern Spiders latitude
in working the target’s thread into a new
place upon the Loom. The Sidereal then
rolls her College + Essence. The difficulty
is normally 1; however, if the destiny does
not fit the target’s nature well, set the
difficulty equal to the highest of the target’s
most relevant Virtues. A celibate monk
given a destiny of carnal pleasure would
set the difficulty to his Temperance, for
example. If the target is deeply invested
in his current activities, he may always
set the difficulty equal to his Conviction.
An attempt to impose an unreasonable or
impossible destiny, such as assigning an
illiterate peasant or a horse to design a
Manse, fails outright. Success shunts the
target to his new location and activity, so
that it seems to all involved that the target
was always there. Treat this effect in the
manner of the Arcane Fate.
Note that the new destiny does not create
a new identity or rewrite the target’s
history. Much like the Avoidance Kata
Charm, it simply involves changing a recent
choice on the target’s part. For instance,
if one gets rid of a guard by assigning the
destiny of bearing a message, the message
is most likely that of the arrival of intruders.
Also note that the new destiny is never
guaranteed to lead to the victim’s death,
no matter how dangerous the destiny may
prove to be.
FATE-KNITTING POWER
Cost: 5 motes, 1 Willpower
Duration: One scene
Type: Simple
Min. MA: 5
Min. Essence: 4
Prereqs: None
Far beyond the reach of mortals.
By attuning herself to the threads of Fate,
the character can manipulate the junctures
that tie all things to the Tapestry. For the
duration of the scene, whenever she makes
a successful unarmed attack, she may
spend one mote of Essence to move the
target outside of fate. The target suffers the
usual effects of being outside of fate. These
include immunity to certain Sidereal Charm
effects, as listed on page 129 of Exalted: the
Sidereals, and immunity to ascending and
descending Sidereal Astrology effects. In
addition, the target cannot draw upon the
benefits of the Destiny Merit while outside
of fate, and may die with his Destiny still
unfulfilled. The target remains outside of
fate for the rest of the scene.
Alternatively, when striking a target that
is already outside of fate, the character may
spend one mote to bring the target inside
of fate. Targets brought into fate become
vulnerable to the effects of other Diamond
Weave Style Charms. This effect may be
used in conjunction with other Diamond
Weave Charms, so that the character brings
the target inside of fate and affects her with
other Charms as part of the same attack.
The target remains inside of fate for the rest
of the scene.
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