MartialArts/LecherousDevilStyle

Lecherous Devil Style

"Who would dare face a master of the Lecherous Devil Style? They are hungrier than any beast, more tenacious than any disease, and more infuriating th-HEY!"

Whomever invented the many techniques of the Lecherous Devil Style has much to account for - and perhaps because of this, their identity is unknown. It is a Terrestrial style, and permits the use of armour - the martial artist's ravenous hands, however, are more than weapons enough for them.

Charms

Wandering Monkey Paw

Cost: 2m

Minima: MA 3, E 1

Type: Simple

Keywords: Combo-Basic, Emotion

Duration: (Martial Arts) actions

Prereq. Charms: None

Quick and invasive is the hand of the lech, but more distraction than danger. The martial artist makes an attack, or contests for control of a grapple. On a success, they achieve no other effect, but severely annoy their foe. The subject deducts their Temperance as an internal penalty to their next attack or flurry action.

Mental Undressing Technique

Cost: 1m

Minima: MA 3, E 1

Type: Reflexive

Keywords: None

Duration: Instant

Prereq. Charms: None

Where the eyes of the lech cannot pierce modesty, their imagination can. Casting his eyes upon his enemy, the martial artist takes a moment to visualise them unclad. Mmm. The Exalt is immediately made aware of what they look like naked.

Whilst superficially useless, this Charm reveals details like scars or tattoos that would otherwise be hidden, and allows them to identify anyone they have previously fantasised over in this fashion. Shapeshifting and magic disguises will successfully confuse Mental Undressing Technique.

Tit For Tat Approach

Cost: 3m

Minima: MA 4, E 2

Type: Reflexive (Step 9)

Keywords: Combo-Basic, Counterattack

Duration: Instant

Prereq. Charms: Wandering Monkey Paw, Mental Undressing Technique

Whilst his foes may try to attack him, the lech is the true master of assault. Proferring themselves within such easy reach is like putting themselves on display! This Charm may be activated after a successful dodge or parry, awarding an immediate counterattack.

Lecherous Devil Form

Cost: 5m

Minima: MA 3, E 2

Type: Simple

Keywords: Form-type

Duration: One scene

Prereq. Charms: Tit For Tat Approach

Curling over in a craven hunch, pulling back his lips into a grin and flexing his fingers excitedly, the martial artist adopts the irracible hunger of the lech.

His hands seem bizarrely capable of slipping between cracks in armour, accomplishing acts that would require great coordination within even the closest confines. His attacks ignore Hardness, and the penalty for 'showing off'.

Grappling such a foe is an exercise in frustration, for they are always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Opponents contesting for control of a grapple take an internal penalty equal to their Integrity, due to having to protect more vital areas than normal.

Memento-Gathering Assault

Cost: 4m

Minima: MA 5, E 2

Type: Supplemental

Keywords: Combo-OK

Duration: Instant

Prereq. Charms: Lecherous Devil Form

Even when clothing or armour blocks his reach, a truly devilish lech will never come away with his hands empty. A successful attack supplemented by this Charm deals no damage; instead, roll its pre-soak dice and note the number of successes. Reduce the armour soak (bashing and lethal) of the target by this amount. This reduction remains until the armour is repaired. Artifact armour is simply rearranged by this Charm, rather than removed. It can be restored to full effect by making a miscellaneous action (Speed 5, DV-2).

Fiendishly Enrapturing Fantasy

Cost: 3m, 1w

Minima: MA 4, E 3

Type: Simple (5/-2)

Keywords: Combo-OK

Duration: Instant

Prereq. Charms: Lecherous Devil Form

Intricate and unparalleled are the fantasies of one who as so mastered the lech's art. Dropping into reverie, a serene grin opens across the martial artist's face as he activates this Charm. His fantasy is true to the subject of his choice (whom he must have met in person), and from their technique he can deduce these things: their highest Virtue, their highest physical, mental and social Attributes, and their most pertinent Intimacy.

Impish Elusion of Justice

Cost: 3m

Minima: MA 5, E 3

Type: Reflexive (Step 5)

Keywords: None

Duration: Instant

Prereq. Charms: Lecherous Devil Form

The experienced lech has much acquaintance with the anger of others; many a time must he dodge the attacks of an enraged subject, spouse, parent or other associate. By this point, however, he has grown well-accustomed to such retaliation, and nimbly avoids the impassioned blows with supernatural ease. Whenever someone channels a Virtue or spends a point of Willpower to attack the Exalt, he is automatically aware of this. He may activate this Charm in response, reversing the effect – channelled Virtues apply an internal penalty, and channelled Willpower removes one success instead.

Cheeky Devil Steals The Heart

Cost: None

Minima: MA 5, E 4

Type: Permanent

Keywords: Emotion

Duration: N/A

Prereq. Charms: Memento-Gathering Assault, Fiendishly Enrapturing Fantasy, Impish Elusion of Justice

At heart, a lech seeks no harm; he would protest that his crime is but a flaw in others' openness to his advances. As he grows to embody the lecherous way, the martial artist becomes strangely compelling, in his way – lovable, infuriating, contemptible, rogueish; however he is perceived, something is tellingly endearing about his nature.

Whenever he flirts with, peeps at, gropes or otherwise engages with someone in a flirtacious manner, they gain an Intimacy toward him. They may hate him, even despise him, but something prevents them from seeking to truly undo him.

Subjects may resist by spending a point of Willpower, which also protects them from further attempts to create the Intimacy for a day. Once the Intimacy is formed, however, it remains until undone by normal means. Any intentionally hostile or hateful action by the martial artist breaks the Intimacy, and forever immunises the subject to further uses of this Charm by him.

Comments

Is this a Happosai martial art style?!?! o.0;;; - Haku

Zomg Haku! The martial art was written with all manner of perverted animu characters in mind (Happosai included), so as to promote their inclusion in suitably light-hearted games. My true muse on this one, however, was you...DeathBySurfeit

Given that I no longer hang out in certain dens of depravity... I can't say I'm really perverted or have been your muse. And yeah, I could see tracs of other perverted anime characters in there along with Happosai. ~ Haku