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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>= Sword Hands Kata =<br />
By [mailto:menndt@hotmail.com Purefire]<br />
=== Charms ===<br />
<b><i>Knife Hand Meditation</b></i><br />
<b>Cost:</b> 2 motes<br />
<b>Duration:</b> Instant<br />
<b>Type:</b> Simple<br />
<b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 2<br />
<b>Min. Essence:</b> 2<br />
<b>Prereqs:</b> None <br />
First in a line of hard martial arts charms that focus on the strength and speed of darting steel rather that the forms and behaviours of animals, the martial artist can wrap their hand in a concentrated nimbus of essence that give the hand edges the sharpness of a knife. The next attack causes lethal damage. <br />
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<b><i>Speed of the Dueling Sabre</b></i><br />
<b>Cost:</b> 2 motes<br />
<b>Duration:</b> Instant<br />
<b>Type:</b> Reflexive<br />
<b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 3<br />
<b>Min. Essence:</b> 2<br />
<b>Prereqs:</b> Knife Hand Meditation <br />
Riding the flows of essence, the Exalted can move her body in combat with the speed of a sabre. Adds martial arts to initiative for the one coming round <br />
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<b><i>Hands of the Adamant Blades</b></i><br />
<b>Cost:</b> 4 motes<br />
<b>Duration:</b> Instant<br />
<b>Type:</b> Supplemental<br />
<b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 3<br />
<b>Min. Essence:</b> 2<br />
<b>Prereqs:</b> Speed of the Dueling Sabre <br />
By focusing essence around her hands, the exalt can lend the lethality of a sword's edge to her attacks. Once spending the motes of essence for am attack, the exalt can add her essence to the damage of her next attack <br />
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<b><i>Sword Hands Kata</b></i><br />
<b>Cost:</b> 6 motes<br />
<b>Duration:</b> One scene<br />
<b>Type:</b> Simple<br />
<b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 4<br />
<b>Min. Essence:</b> 3<br />
<b>Prereqs:</b> Hands of the Adamant Blades<br />
By performing a series of movments, the exalt takes on the demeanor of a swordfighter; no longer acting as though she is fighting unarmed, but as though she has a blade in each hand (this is still an unarmed attack). The martial artist adds her dots in martial arts to her initiative and to her defence (for the purpose of blocking only). Attacks do lethal damage. <br />
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<b><i>Double Feint Razor Strike</b></i><br />
<b>Cost:</b> 3 motes<br />
<b>Duration:</b> Instant<br />
<b>Type:</b> Simple<br />
<b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 4<br />
<b>Min. Essence:</b> 1<br />
<b>Prereqs:</b> Sword Hands Kata <br />
With the speed of a straight razor, the martial artist makes her attack, feigning one way then another. The exalt's opponant subtracts the exalt's essence from the next attack <br />
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<b><i>Death By a Thousand Cuts</b></i><br />
<b>Cost:</b> 6 motes, 1 willpower<br />
<b>Duration:</b> Instant<br />
<b>Type:</b> Extra Action<br />
<b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 5<br />
<b>Min. Essence:</b> 3<br />
<b>Prereqs:</b> Double Feint Razor Strike <br />
The exalt player rolls Dex. + Martial arts the number of successes equals the number of attacks. <br />
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<b><i>Way of the Flesh Blade</b></i><br />
<b>Cost:</b> 5 motes<br />
<b>Duration:</b> One scene<br />
<b>Type:</b> Simple<br />
<b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 5<br />
<b>Min. Essence:</b> 3<br />
<b>Prereqs:</b> Sword Hands Kata <br />
From studying the qualities of a sword, the exalt learns it's secrets. The exalt adds 1/2 permanent essence to the speed, accuracy, damage, and defence of all her unarmed attacks. This Charm is incompatible with the use of weapons.<br />
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<b><i>Stiletto's Strike Method</b></i><br />
<b>Cost:</b> 5 motes<br />
<b>Duration:</b> Instant<br />
<b>Type:</b> Supplemental<br />
<b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 5<br />
<b>Min. Essence:</b> 3<br />
<b>Prereqs:</b> Way of the Flesh Blade <br />
From studying the principles of the piercing quality of the blade, the exalt understands how useless armour realy is. The exalt's next attack ignores armour as she finds the weakest spot to hit. This Charm is incompatible with the use of weapons.<br />
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<b><i>Coup de Grace Strike</b></i><br />
<b>Cost:</b> 7 motes, 1 willpower<br />
<b>Duration:</b> Instant<br />
<b>Type:</b> Simple<br />
<b>Min. Martial Arts:</b> 5<br />
<b>Min. Essence:</b> 4<br />
<b>Prereqs:</b> Stiletto's Strike Method, Death By a Thousand Cuts<br />
Gaining the insight to the secret of steel, the martial artist delivers a strike that is the very definition of perfection in combat. So perfect and demoralizing is the attack that the Exalt can add 1/2 essence to any intimidation rolls against any who observe the attack for the current scene.<br />
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Summoning the essence and focusing it in this manner is taxing, so no splitting dice pools (charms for extra actions in a combo are fine though, but the cost of this charm has to be paied for every attack). The manner of the strike is always dramatic, and very noisy as the essence is focused with a final scream upon attacking.<br />
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This attack is aggravated, and the victim is at double wound penalties, caused by this attack, for the duration of combat. As with other charms in this set -- no weapon can be used nor can brawling aids.</div>Wocky