PassengerPigeon/CrimsonAmbuscadeofRosesStyle

Love: The Crimson Ambuscade of Roses

Adepts of this style wear fine silk robes covered with thin metal thorns, in emulation of the rose's only weapons. These robes are called "coats of thorns," or, by the more esoteric, "maiden jackets." These are equivalent to artifact razor harnesses, and are the form weapons of this style. This style treats clinch attempts and clinch rolls as unarmed Martial Arts attacks.

This style is Sidereal Martial Arts.

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The Student's Sutra of Love: This is a sutra about a maiden:

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Whose life had once been sweet;

Blooming/Wilting Dichotomy

Cost: 5m

Duration: One scene

Type: Simple

Min. MA: 5

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The days were triumphant, and the nights exceeded them.

This Charm has two different forms, each having a different effect. The adept must choose one form upon activating this Charm; on her initiative, she may reflexively change to the other form.

• Day Form: Sunlit Glory Exultation

Rejoicing in the wonder of life, the adept moves with ideal abandon. Instead of making a roll, she may choose to take her Essence in automatic successes. She may do this a number of times each turn equal to her Martial Arts.

• Night Form: Starlit Cereus Paradox

Like the cereus, which blooms only in darkest night, the adept displays her true strength only in moments of greatest weakness. When defending against a perfect attack, the adept's successful rolled defenses become perfect.

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But all of a sudden she was bereft;

Love's Unimpeachable Redolence

Cost: 5m 1wp

Duration: Instant

Type: Reflexive

Min. MA: 5

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Nothing she said was of any use,

The perfume of a rose can not be diminished by paltry words. So it is with the adept's earnestness; even her memory cannot be tainted by sly conversation. This Charm perfectly defends against one non-violent action that attempts to affect a relationship between the adept and another party. The adept need not be aware or even present to use this Charm; her scent lingers around those she touches, reminding them of her beauty.

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and so she cried as her love abandoned her.

Crimson Ambuscade of Roses Form

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She knew it was useless, but she did not know how else to bid him farewell.

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The Elder's Sutra of Love: The maiden consoled herself,

Pressed Flower Reminiscence

Cost: 4m

Duration: Instant

Type: Reflexive

Min. MA: 6

Min. Essence: 6

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remembering a friend from her childhood,

In response to an attack or clinch roll affecting her, the adept exudes a scent of memory, and for a moment all around her see her through a halcyon lens, as if she were someone dear to them. A target within her Essence in yards reacts violently to the assault, making an immediate counterattack on the original attacker; he must, if possible, enhance this attack with a Charm. This Charm does not provide an action; the counterattacker may provide one by using an effect that grants a reflexive action, including a counterattack Charm that would not normally be applicable. If he does not, he makes the counterattack, but is drawn out of position, and must spend a simple action recovering before he may take non-reflexive actions again. This is a counterattack charm. It may not be used in response to a counterattack.

Harvesting the Bouquet

Cost: 15m 1wp

Duration: Instant

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Min. MA: 6

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who had been very dear to her;

A single flower does not make an arrangement; a single foe felled does not win a battle. Instead, the adept tugs on her opponent's heartstrings, causing them to resonate with the force of her blow. The attack enhanced by this Charm, if successful, applies its effects both against its target and against everybody they love.

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her heart had broken when she lost them, just as it did today.

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But she knew that her love had never been such a friend;

Dozen Roses Dedication

Cost: 6m 1wp 1hl

Duration: One scene

Type: Reflexive

Min. MA: 6

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He did not stand by her when she faltered,

In concert with its fellows, a rose becomes a bouquet. In a similar fashion, the adept stands by her compatriots. While the adept has an ally within (Ess x 10) yards, she does not suffer from wound penalties, she may act even if Incapacitated, and no effect may reduce her Health Levels below Incapacitated. This is a perfect defense.

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Nor when she was in need of celebration.

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Still, she thought they should wait to see what came of it;

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But he did not agree, and what he wanted was, in the end, what came to pass.

Final Parting Circumscription

Cost: 10m 1wp

Duration: Indefinite

Type: Simple

Min. MA: 6

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So she drew herself up, and said all that she had left to say:

The adept fixes her opponent with a mournful gaze and bespeaks her regret that the two of them must struggle and die here. Her words become rosepetals, defining a circle just large enough to enclose both her and her opponent. Neither of them may be involuntarily forced out of the circle by any means; this is a perfect defense against such effects. If either of them leaves the circle of their own volition, the consequence is heartbreak -- their heart immediately explodes within their chest. Unless they receive supernatural medical aid sufficient to restore at least one Health Level by the end of the turn, they die. Supernatural aid leaves them Incapacitated and unconscious. This Charm remains active until all parties to it that remain living within the circle agree to end it.

Ideal Rose Cultivation

Cost: 10m 1w 1hl

Duration: Instant

Type: Simple

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"You will not have the opportunity to hurt me again."

As a gardener prunes away the refuse to leave only the most beautiful plants, the adept gently corrects her opponents, turning them into dutiful allies. The adept makes an unarmed attack; if it is successful, the target takes no damage. Instead, he falls desperately in love with the adept -- he must spend a Willpower point to resist even a subtle suggestion, he may take no actions affecting her that she disapproves of, and his die pool to resist any actions she takes affecting him starts at 0 before Charms, with a die-adder cap of his Essence. The adept may consider him an ally. This effect persists until Calibration.