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Creation Carving Step Style

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Who would dare face a student of the Creation Carving Steps? The occult motions of his fearful war dance forge Creation into a world of iron and blood, a battlefield where he is the certain victor!

Inspirado

The Haka dances of the Maori, the Cretan Kouretes, World-Devouring Warlord Sword shaping style, Crimson Pentacle Blade style, FourWillowsWeeping's White Sword of Summer style and his rethinking of Crimson Pentacle Blade style, Troy, Homer's writings, Chinese geomancy/feng shui, and whatever else pops into my head. Essentially, it's dancing and ancient Greek combat used to alter essence flows.

History

The Creation Carving Step style is a martial art born from the battlefield. Its founder was the great warrior-monk Bayyan fahid Salah iban Cemal Ahanu, who later went on to become one of the three celebrated Southern Sand Wind Generals. In his early days, Bayyan was fascinated by the few scattered writings and records of First Age clashes between the massive and mighty armies that had once clashed on Creation's battlegrounds. Bayyan spent many of his early years in and out of various Southern war-colleges and temples, contemplating the concept of the Glorious Brass Lion Hero, the archetypal First Age general, a front line combatant who led his men in an unrelenting dance of blood and blade, a leader who refined the act of martial domination into an art, weilding units of men as a skilled calligrapher weilds a fine brush. This was the ideal that Bayyan would dedicate his life to acheiving, and in doing so, pass on to his followers.

Weapons & Armor

The pyrrhic dance of the Creation Carving Step stylist may be practiced unarmed and unarmored, but is generally performed in full battle dress. It is a dance of the battlefield, of victory, of bloodshed and spilled tears. The stylist may use the short sword, the spear, and the shield as if he were unarmed, and the style is compatible with light and medium armor. This applies to any artifact variants of the above, as well.

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First Step Foundations

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Creation Carving Step Form

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The air around the practitioner becomes heavy and somber as he stomps out a steady kata with grim resolve. Blood flows thicker, blades cut deeper, and the thunderous treading of ten thousand advancing soldiers is heard faintly, as if carried from a distance on the winds.

Comments

No mechanics yet, just fleshing out an idea that's been brewing in my head for the last couple days. One of my goals here is to create a useful martial art that would amplify the user's power in Mail & Steel, without making it in any way tied to the Mail & Steel system, as I know that many people aren't big fans of it, and have their own alternatives.