Martial Arts - Voidstate

actions are simply doubled. All the Exalt’s
attacks performed while this Charm
are active are enhanced as by Crackling
Disaster Kata. Each turn, the Exalt must
expend at least 5 motes of Essence or the
Charm ends.
If the Exalt has activated both the Student’s
Sutra of Passion and the Elder Sutra of
Passion, she may make a dice action that
requires no roll to snatch them both out of
the air. They wrap around her hands and
their light fades to the milky brightness of
ball lightning. While this Charm is active
and the Sutras are being used thus, repeated
applications of Fragrant Sap Awakening
and Crackling Disaster Kata are cumulative.
This explicitly applies to the wound-penalty
multiplication of Fragrant Sap Awakening
(add 1 to the coefficient each time rather
than doubling; after three applications, the
victim suffers WP x 4, not WP x 8) and
the counting-as-extra-people of Crackling
Disaster Kata, but does not further improve
the duration of its convulsive effect.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
This Style, developed by Sidereals for the
other Celestials, explores the dual nature of
the storms of spring: the destruction they
cause, and the new growth they permit. It
permits long battles between Exalts with
its energy-conservation effects, and with its
atmospheric powers it easily takes mortals
out of the equation.
The student techniques were meant to
be used together; do not forget it. Also
don’t wade into a duel with this style and
expect to be hailed as the victor; a similarlyskilled
opponent working with another
Style is likely to defeat you handily. This
is a Style to be used in the heat of battle,
backed by your Chosen fellows. On the
other hand, intelligent use of Lightning-
Devouring Method and Bounty of Exquisite
Rain will allow you to last longer than your
opponent in a duel, as long as you budget
your Essence expenditures carefully.
Judicious use of Crackling Disaster Kata
will make your Form much more effective,
but take care, as it is costly. If you are a
Sidereal and have Sutras, use them! They
make the final Charm much more costeffective,
and there are cascading benefits
to lesser Charms as well.
If you simply do not want to die, Bloom
Untouched By Storm is good on its
own; Twin Briar Tempest will make it
staggering. Careful use of a lesser Style’s
counterattacking abilities may allow you to
accumulate a doubled, perfect parry pool
while still attacking almost freely.
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