25 Lotus Petals

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