25 Lotus Petals

INCOMPARABLE
CONSTELLATION
SHIELD
T R E A D I N G - O N - D I A M O N D S S T Y L E
(STUDENT TECHNIQUES)
AUSPICIOUS
EMBER
MOVEMENT
WORLD-
SPANNING
REVOLUTION
TREADING-ON-
DIAMONDS STYLE
by Four Willows Weeping
STARLIGHT
FUGUE
FASCINATION
This is a Celestial martial art.
The students of the Treading-on-Diamonds
Style are proficient in the use of the flail and
the weighted chain, including their artifact
versions. The Style treats actions made with
these weapons as unarmed. The Essence
chakrams created by certain Charms of
the Style are also treated as unarmed, but
adepts cannot ordinarily use chakrams with
this Style.
This Style is designed for use with Exalted
Power Combat.
BRILLIANT
ATTENTION
EVASION
TREADING
-ON
-DIAMONDS
FORM
CONSTRAINT
OF CELESTIAL
PLAN
CELESTIAL
CADENCE
MANTRA
SILVER
CONJUNCTION
PALM
ENCLOSURE
OF IRON
DESTINY
STUDENT TECHNIQUES
FIST OF ONE
THOUSAND
DAYS
CELESTIAL CADENCE MANTRA
Cost:
3 motes
Duration: Instant
Type:
Reflexive
Min. MA: 2
Min. Essence: 1
Prereqs: None
The Exalted repeats a verse that aligns the
rhythm of his heart and body to the pulse
of the heavens. Each time he activates it,
he adds 2 to his initiative for the remainder
of the scene. He can add no more than his
Wits+Perception in this way. Regardless of
the Charm’s effective duration, it can be
placed in Combos as though it were Instant.
This Charm may be used as many times as
the user’s Essence in a turn.
SILVER CONJUNCTION PALM
Cost:
2 motes
Duration: Instant
Type:
Supplemental
Min. MA: 2
Min. Essence: 1
Prereqs: None
Just like the planets, people move in
patterns. This Charm allows the warrior
to observe his opponents and follow those
patterns, striking slowly but precisely. The
Exalted changes the penalty for holding an
unarmed Martial Arts attack action into a
bonus. However, he cannot hold his action
by more than Dexterity + Martial Arts
initiative tics.
CONSTRAINT OF CELESTIAL PLAN
Cost:
5 motes
Duration: One scene
Type:
Simple
Min. MA: 2
Min. Essence: 2
Prereqs: None
Several whirling rings of light describe
themselves around the astrological warrior,
calibrated with angular glyphs. The
constellations of safety restrict the Exalt’s
motion with their orbits, but while he
moves in this stately dance, he is guarded
by the subtle forces of destiny. He subtracts
his permanent Essence from the dice pool
of all incoming attacks. Attacks reduced to
0 dice miss completely.
AUSPICIOUS EMBER MOVEMENT
Cost:
7 motes
Duration: One Scene
Type:
Simple
Min. MA: 3
Min. Essence: 2
Prereqs: None
An adept in the grips of this Charm moves
as effortlessly as an ember streaking across
the sky. He doubles his movement speed,
but he cannot move in straight lines - he
must always travel in arcs. He also adds his
Essence in dice to all Dodge actions.
STARLIGHT FUGUE FASCINATION
Cost:
5 motes, 1 Willpower
Duration: Varies
Type:
Simple
Min. MA: 3
Min. Essence: 2
Prereqs: None
The Exalted reaches into the sky and pulls
out a handful of stars. They whirl about his
hands in a mesmeric pattern, binding those
around him with subtle chains of harmony
and bemusement. Anyone who witnesses
the invocation of the Starlight Fugue
Fascination or looks upon it while it is in
progress must make an Essence+Willpower
roll at a difficulty of the adept’s Performance
in order to look away. The adept conducts
those entranced by the Charm in a slow
dance. In game terms, they must spend
at least one dice action each turn dancing
along with the adept, and take multiple
actions in order to do anything else. The
kata continues as long as the adept keeps
performing it, and it may be intertwined
with other actions, but the martial artist
must devote a dice action that requires no
roll to maintaining it. If he fails to do this,
the kata ends.
To attack the adept without being
caught in the kata requires a reflexive
Wits + Awareness test at a difficulty of
48