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Tiger Style

Tiger Style is a fierce and powerful Celestial Martial Arts style developed in the first age by a member of the Dawn Caste known as Righteous Fury of the Crimson Dawn. It is said that the style was inspired by the combat techniques of her lunar mate Ivory Stalker, the Tiger of the West. The style itself is both elegant and terrible in its simplicity allowing its practitioners to rip their opponents to shreds with nothing more then the martial artist’s bare hands. In the modern age, Tiger Style remains a popular form of Martial Arts among Lunars and as it was a rather popular during the First Age many of the returning Solars possess memories of it as well. On the other hand, so do their opposite numbers among the Abyssal Exalted who have a particular affinity for the sheer brutality of the style.

Tiger claws and razor talons are considered form weapons for Tiger Style. They aid practitioners in their attempts to emulate the claws of the great cats the style draws its inspiration from. However, Lunar Exalted have found that shape shifting their hands into deadly claws or using the style in the form of a savage clawed beast is just as effective.

Prax's Note - This version of the Style completely replaces the version found in Scroll of the Monk.

Crimson Leaping Cat Technique:

 

Cost: 3m; Mins: Martial Arts 2, Essence 2; Type: Supplemental

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious

 

Duration: One action

 

Prerequisite Charms: None

 

The character moves with the speed and agility of a leaping tiger. Add the character’s Martial Arts ability to her Dexterity for the purposes of determining how far she can move or dash for a single action. You may also add the character's Martial Arts ability to her Strength for the purpose of determining how far she can jump.

Striking Fury Claws Attack:

 

Cost: 3m; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 2; Type: Supplemental

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious

 

Duration: One action

 

Prerequisite Charm: Crimson Leaping Cat Technique

 

The character's essence infuses her hands with the deadly power of a tiger’s claws. While this charm is active the character’s unarmed attacks inflict lethal damage and gain a rate equal to the character’s martial arts ability. If she is using tiger claws or has Tiger Form active increase the base damage of the Tiger Stylist's attacks by her Essence in addition to the other effects of this Charm.

Tiger Form:

 

Cost: 6m; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 2; Type: Simple (Speed 4)

 

Keywords: Form-type

 

Duration: One scene

 

Prerequisite Charm: Striking Fury Claws Attack

 

Channeling her essence to strengthen her body and quicken her reflexies the character adopts the power and attitude of a raging tiger ready to pounce. While using Tiger Form the character’s unarmed martial arts attacks inflict lethal damage and gain a damage bonus equal to the character’s Martial Arts ability. In addition reduce the Speed of the character’s unarmed martial attacks by 1. Finally may reflexively regain her feet anytime she suffers knockdown, without suffering any penalty to her Defense Values or having to Flurry. This charm is incompatible with the use of armor.

Raging Tiger Pounce:

 

Cost: 3m; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 2; Type: Supplemental

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok

 

Duration: One action

 

Prerequisite Charm: Tiger Form

 

The character can use her Essence to guide her attacks in imitation of a tiger leaping on its prey. Raging Tiger Pounce can enhance any unarmed martial arts attack. For the purpose of closing with her opponent the Tiger Stylist may reflexively take a Dash action or a Jump action. This does not count against the character’s normal movement for the turn, reduce her defense values or count as part of a flurry.

 

If the character’s attack is successful, regardless of whether it inflicts any damage, the martial artist automatically knocks her opponent to the ground. Only charms or similar magical effects specifically designed to maintain a character’s balance can prevent the victim from falling.

Crimson Stripe Devastation:

 

Cost: 4m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 3; Type: Simple (Speed 5, DV -2)

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious

 

Duration: Instant

 

Prerequisite Charm: Raging Tiger Pounce

 

The character focuses her essence into her hands and then strikes with both simultaneously inflicting horrendous and devastating lacerations upon her opponent's body even through his armor. Crimson Stripe Devastation inflicts lethal damage regardless of whether the Tiger Stylist is capable of inflicting lethal damage with her unarmed attacks. In addition Crimson Stripe Devastation ignores a target’s Hardness and inflicts a minimum damage equal to the Tiger Stylist’s Martial Arts + Essence even if this value is greater then the raw damage inflicted by the attack.

Celestial Tiger Hide:

 

Cost: 5m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 2; Type: Simple

 

Keywords: Obvious

 

Duration: One scene

 

Prerequisite Charm: Tiger Form

 

Calling forth the spirit of the Tiger, the Tiger Stylist infuses her skin with the toughness of a tiger’s hide, strengthening it against all forms of damage. This charm manifests as jagged stripes of essence across a character's skin. While this charm is active the character adds her Martial Arts ability to her Bashing and Lethal soak values. In addition she ignore one point of Wound Penalties.

Ferocious Snarl of Defiance:

 

Cost: 3m; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 2; Type: Supplemental

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok

 

Duration: Instant

 

Prerequisite Charm: Tiger Form

 

Leaping forward and crying out sharply as she attacks, the Tiger Stylist inflicts numbing dread upon her foe even as she focuses her own intent. When this Charm is activated roll the Tiger Stylist’s Charisma + Martial Arts against her opponent's Dodge MDV. For each point of Strength the Tiger Stylist has in excess of her opponent's Strength reduce his Dodge MDV by one for the purpose of this Charm. For each point of Strength the target has in excess of the Tiger Stylist's Strength increase his Dodge MDV by 1. Each success on this roll reduces the target’s Defense Values against the Tiger Stylist’s attack by 1 to a minimum of 0.

Righteous Feral Spirit:

 

Cost: 6m; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 3; Type: Simple (Speed 3, DV -2)

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Extra Action

 

Duration: Instant

 

Prerequisite Charm: Celestial Tiger Hide, Ferocious Snarl of Defiance

 

Lunging at her opponent the Tiger Stylist rains unleashes a series of savage blows against him. When this Charm is activated the Tiger Stylist unleashes a magical flurry of three unarmed martial arts attacks against her opponent in rapid succession. These attacks suffer no multiple action penalties and can be made regardless of the normal rate for the character's martial arts attacks. The only exception is that if the character wishes to make a clinch attack she can only use her last action to do so.

Angry Predator Frenzy Style:

 

Cost: 7m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 4, Type: Extra Action

 

Keywords: Counterattack, Obvious

 

Duration: One scene

 

Prerequisite Charms: Righteous Feral Spirit, Crimson Stripe Devastation

 

As the snarling roar of an ethereal tiger echoes in the air, the character lashes out in a frenzy of deadly blows. Once activated this Charm allows the character to make two unarmed martial attacks every action with no multiple action penalty. In addition whenever the Tiger Stylist is successfully attacked she may immediately attempt an unarmed martial arts counterattack against her attacker. Add the attacker's extra successes to the Tiger Stylist's raw damage for the purpose of this counterattack.

 

This Charm cannot be used to retaliate against any other counterattack Charm and is incompatible with the use of armor. If the Tiger Stylist uses another Extra Action type Charm while Angry Predatory Frenzy Style is active she loses the benefits of Angry Predatory Frenzy Style until her next action.