MartialArts/StalkingMantisStyle
Stalking Mantis Style
By Colm Corbec
Note
This has been cleaned up significantly. If, ironically, something was lost in making it legible, I apoligize. ~Jabberwocky
Charms
Stalking Mantis Stance</b>
<b>Cost: 2 motes per -1 Duration: One turn Type: Reflexive Min. Martial Arts: 3 Min. Essence: 2 Prereqs: None
When using two hooked swords, you may reduce the floating difficulty roll up to your permanent Essence on both attack and dodge rolls.
Deadly Blades of the Stalking Mantis</b>
<b>Cost: 4 motes Duration: One scene Type: Simple Min. Martial Arts: 2 Min. Essence: 2 Prereqs: Stalking Mantis Stance
With this charm, the Sidereal Exalted can adds her Essence to raw damage of her weapon. If she is using two hooked swords it applies to both weapons.
Stalking Mantis Form</b>
<b>Cost: 6 motes Duration: One scene Type: Simple Min. Martial Arts: 3 Min. Essence: 3 Prereqs: Deadly Blades of the Stalking Mantis
This is a form charm. The exalted must cover up her eyes. This Charm gives blindsight in a radius of Essence*10 yards and lowers the floating difficulties of attack and dodge rolls by -1 when using hooked swords.
Cleaving Strike of the Stalking Mantis</b>
<b>Cost: 5 motes Duration: Instant Type: Reflexive Min. Martial Arts: 3 Min. Essence: 2 Prereqs: Stalking Mantis Form
Instead of throwing your dice pool, half of your attack dice pool, without rolling, come up as automatic successes. Example: Jozan has 16 dice in his dice pool, so he rolls 8 dice, half his pool, and recieves 8 automatic successes on his attack.
Stalking Mantis Defense</b>
<b>Cost: 5 motes Duration: Instant Type: Reflexive Min. Martial Arts: 3 Min. Essence: 2 Prereqs: Stalking Mantis Form
Instead of throwing your dice pool, half of your dodge or parry dice pool, without rolling, come up as automatic successes.
Stalking Mantis Carapace</b>
<b>Cost: 6 motes Duration: One scene Type: Simple Min. Martial Arts: 5 Min. Essence: 4 Prereqs: Stalking Mantis Form
The Sidereal Exalted adds her permanent Essence rating to her bashing, lethal, and aggravated soak. This charm can be used in light armor as well as unarmored.
Interposing Claws of the Stalking Mantis</b>
<b>Cost: 2 motes Duration: Instant Type: Reflexive Min. Martial Arts: 3 Min. Essence: 2 Prereqs: Stalking Mantis Carapace
This allows the Sidereal Exalted to use his full Dexterity+Martial Arts dice pool to parry or dodge any one incoming hand-to-hand attack.
Counterattack of the Stalking Mantis</b>
<b>Cost: 3 motes Duration: Instant Type: Reflexive Min. Martial Arts: 4 Min. Essence: 3 Prereqs: Interposing claws of the Stalking Mantis
When you´re hit, before any damage roll, you gain an attack against the opponent who hit you.
Razor Claws of the Stalking Mantis</b>
<b>Cost: 2 motes Duration: Instant Type: Supplemental Min. Martial Arts: 4 Min. Essence: 3 Prereqs: Stalking Mantis Form
This charm must be activated before the character attacks. If she makes multiple attacks with her hooked swords, the effect of the charm affects to all the attacks. This charm reduces the soak value of an opponent's armor by an amount equal to her Essence rating. It also adds damage equal to half of her Essence value (rounded down).
Crushing Razor Claws of the Stalking Mantis</b>
<b>Cost: 6 motes, 1 willpower Duration: Instant Type: Extra action Min. Martial Arts: 5 Min. Essence: 4 Prereqs: Razor Claws of the Stalking Mantis
This charm works like Razor Claws of the Stalking Mantis except that it reduces armor value to half and adds your essence rating to raw damage. You may attack with both hooked swords once without splitting your dice pool.
Cut-Throating Stike of the Stalking Mantis</b>
<b>Cost: 15 motes, 1 health level, 2 willpower Duration: Instant Type: Supplemental Min. Martial Arts: 5 Min. Essence: 5 Prereqs: Crushing Razor Claws of the Stalking Mantis
An exalted using this charm counts all of her dice in her Dexterity+Martial Arts pool as successes to hit and for the purpose of extra damage. Used in a Combo with Crushing Razor Claws of the Stalking Mantis, this affects both attacks.
