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== Shinobi Style Martial Arts ==

This style is a terrestrial style that may be used with any weapons or armor. It is designed to form the 
base training for the Ninjas of the hidden villages. They learn this style first, than usually learn 
another style to give them a unique edge. This gives all the Shinobi a baseline of ability and the chance 
to compete with exalted. Like I said, a chance.

 Solid Steps 
Cost: 3m
Duration: scene
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-Ok
Minimums: MA 2 Essence 1
Prerequisites: None

The most basic of charms for the Ninja, enhancing their mobility. This charm reduces the external penalty 
of any roll to balance oneself or avoid falling by the Martial Artists Essence score, if the new external 
penalty would be zero or less than the Artist need not bother rolling. If the Ninja's Martial Arts score is 
higher than their athletic score they may use it instead.

 Flashing Steps 
Cost: 3m, 1wp
Duration: scene
Type: reflexive
Keywords: Combo-ok
Minimums: MA 3 Essence 1
Prerequisites: Solid Steps

Distance between missions can be huge and the shinobi must arrive in time. This charm doubles the speed 
of all dashes and the distance covered by all jumps. This also removes any stamina limit on how long a 
shinobi can dash or jump, allowing them to run or jump for the whole scene if needed. This does not alter 
normal movement. Artist use this to travel between villages and their missions, but some can some up with 
uses in combat.

 Cover and Concealment 
Cost: 3m
Duration: instant
Type: supplemental
Keywords: Combo-ok
Minimums: MA 2 Essence 1
Prerequisites: none

A ninja would be nothing without the ability to achieve supernatural camouflage and ambushes. The artist 
may use this charm to supplement any attempt to hide themselves or something else. This charm doubles the 
attribute plus ability used, but this counts as dice from a charm. This charm counts as a magical attempt 
at concealment for ambush detecting charms and the like. The Ninja may consider themselves as having one 
level of coverage higher than is actually available. Even if no cover is available the Shinobi is considered 
as having 25% cover.

 Ninja Vanish 
Cost: 2m
Duration: Instant
Keywords: Supplemental
Minimums: MA 3 Essence 2
Prerequisites: Cover and Concealment

POOF! This charm supplements an attempt to re-establish surprise. First it removes the +2 bonus on opposed 
rolls. He may also attempt it even if no cover is available. If he beats every witness he may also teleport 
his (Martial arts times ten) yards without passing through intervening space (although he must be theoretically 
able to)

 Shinobi Form 
Cost: 5m
Duration: scene
Type: Simple
Keywords: Form-Type
Minimums: MA 4 Essence 2
Prerequisites: Ninja Vanish, Flashing Steps

With this from the Shinobi steps into the shoes of the exalted, every generic bonus that all exalted have over 
mortals if given to the Martial Artist when this form is adopted. Healing, soaking with stamina, stunts, and 
even resisting disease/poisons, anytime their is a question on whether he is exalted or not with this charm 
active he is considered to be one. Those already exalted or with similar bonuses, gain instead full lethal 
soak with their stamina, but this form only costs 3m for them. Unlike normal form charms this one can be 
adopted with another form charm. This form is adopted first, than the artist spends a willpower point to 
let them adopt another form, this second form must be from a terrestrial martial arts style.

 Transformation 
Cost: 3m
Duration: scene
Keywords: combo-ok
Type: Supplemental
Minimums: MA 4 Essence 2
Prerequisites: Shinobi Form

Ninja can conceal their presence even when standing in front of their enemies. This charm supplements an 
attempt to disguise oneself. This charm makes the disguise instantaneous and require no tools to achieve. 
The Shinobi may also disguise themselves as objects as well as people with no penalty, otherwise the rules 
for disguise are the same. The shinobi can also remove the Transformation instantly as well and when knocked 
out it will fade automatically.

 Substitution 
Cost: 2m
Duration: Instant
Keywords: counter attack, Combo-ok, obvious(after attack hits replacement)
Type: reflexive
Minimums: MA 4 Essence 3
Prerequisites: Transformation

A shinobi warrior has no perfect defense, but they can come close by substituting a transformed object for 
themselves in the nick of time. When subject to an attack or flurry of attacks the artist may try for a 
substitution. They roll Manipulation + Martial Arts + Essence, if there successes beat the attackers MDV 
than they found a gap to insert a substitution in which will take all the attacks. Note this counts as a 
counter attack, and is subject to the rules as such. Note, objects exceptionally smaller or bigger than 
artist can impose an internal penalty on the roll, while very close looking replacements can give a bonus.

 Clone 
Cost: 4m
Duration: Scene
Keywords: none
Type: Simple
Minimums: MA 5 Essence 3
Prerequisites: Transformation

The ultimate in Shinobi distraction technique. This charm allows a Ninja to create multiple illusory 
clones which can distract enemies from the real attack, as well as numerous uses outside of combat. 
Roll wits + Martial arts. Each success creates a clone that the original can control fully, however 
they will suffer a -1 internal penalty for each clone they are actively controlling. These clones can 
not hurt or be harmed by anything.

 Essential Development 
Cost: -
Duration: permanent
Keywords: none
Type: permanent
Minimums: MA 4 Essence 2
Prerequisites: Shinobi Form

This charm begins a series where the Shinobi has learned to modify the basic pathways of the body to make 
themselves closer in power to the Exalts, gods, and demons, who are their common enemies and oppressors. 
This charm and those that follow from it have little benefit to an actual Supernatural learning them, so 
most don't, even if they learn the rest of the style, unless they wish to teach another. With this charm 
the Artist learns secret techniques to enable easier peripheral essence flow. After purchasing this charm, 
a mortal martial artist no longer needs to spend a willpower point to use peripheral essence. If the artist 
is somehow stopped from performing the needed katas, they lose these advantages after one month, if they are 
somehow stopped from even performing the internal only exercises the powers fade after only one week. The 
charm is not lost, they will regain their ability as soon as they can perform the exercises again.

 Enhanced Transmutation 
Cost: -
Duration: permanent
Keywords: none
Type: permanent
Minimums: MA 4 Essence 3
Prerequisites: Essential Development

This charm enhances the exercises developed in its prerequisite. This Shinobi gain additional motes to 
their peripheral pool equal to their two highest virtues (this does not apply to exalts). This mote pool 
can only be refilled by spending time training, every hour spent training refills one mote. This refilling 
can refill normal mote pools as well (this part can apply to exalts)

 Masterful Evolution 
Cost: -
Duration: permanent
Keywords: none
Type: permanent
Minimums: MA 5 Essence 3
Prerequisites: Enhanced Transmutation, Clone

Developing their body and spirit to the breaking point, shinobi can reach levels that scrape just beyond 
the humanly possible, and thus render themselves no longer completely human. After learning this charm 
the Artist counts as a god-blood or mutant, or something, rather than a simple human Martial Artist. 
Learning this charm grants 3 effects to humans (only one small one to exalts) First, the may make comboes 
as long as they are composed only of terrestrial martial arts. Second, the may create new terrestrial MA 
styles, although it may be long and difficult. Third, and this can help exalts, the may now purchase TMA 
charms with a Essence Four Prerequisite. This opens up the most powerful TMA charms out there to the 
mortal reach. Of course an exalt would do better to simply gain essence 4, but most shinobi don't have 
that option.
=== Comments ===

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2009-02-23T03:22:51Z

@@ Line 66: / Line 66: @@
   Keywords: Form-Type
   Minimums: MA 4 Essence 2
-  Prerequisites: Ninja Vanish, Flashing Steps
+  Prerequisites: Ninja Flash, Flashing Steps
 With this from the Shinobi steps into the shoes of the exalted, every generic bonus that all exalted have over<br>
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 the Artist learns secret techniques to enable easier peripheral essence flow.  After purchasing this charm,<br>
 a mortal martial artist no longer needs to spend a willpower point to use peripheral essence. If the artist<br>
-is somehow stopped from performing the needed katas, they lose these advantages after one month, if they are<br>
+is somehow stopped from performing the needed katas, they lose this advantage after one month, if they are<br>
-somehow stopped from even performing the internal only exercises the powers fade after only one week. The<br>
+somehow stopped from even performing the internal only exercises the power fades after only one week. The<br>
 charm is not lost, they will regain their ability as soon as they can perform the exercises again.

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