MartialArts/OverwhelmingAvalancheStyle

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Overwhelming Avalanche Style

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Charms

Immanent Devastation Prana

Cost: 1m per 2 dots of permanent Essence
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Obvious, Combo-OK
Minima: MA 3, Essence 2
Prerequisites: None

The Exalt fills their hands with Essence, and unleashes it at the moment of impact in a wave of sheer destructive energy. This Charm enhances an unarmed Martial Arts attack. It adds damage dice equal to the caster's permanent Essence, and makes it Overwhelming with a minimum damage of half the caster's permanent Essence, rounded down. Fractional motes spent on this charm are lost.

Mountain-Shredding Essence Gauntlets

Cost: 1m per level of damage
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK
Minima: MA 3, Essence 2
Prerequisites: None

The Exalt allows their Essence to spill forth from their hands, forming a destructive haze around their fingers that tears away at anything they touch. This Charm enhances an unarmed Martial Arts attack. For every mote spent, up to the caster's permanent Essence in motes, one level of bashing damage is converted to 2 levels. It also adds additional damage dice against unarmored targets equal to the caster's Essence.

Crushing Avalanche Barrage

Cost: 5m, 1w
Duration: Instant
Type: Extra Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Minima: MA 5, Essence 3
Prerequisites: Any Martial Arts Excellency

The Exalt strikes at their opponent in a hail of blows that could wear away a mountain. This allows the Exalt to make (the lower of Dexterity or Martial Arts) simultaneous attacks at -1 full dice pool to each, without multiple action penalties. If facing multiple opponents, the Exalt may split the attacks among them as they wish.

Piercing Essence Icicle Strike

Cost: 4m, 1w/2w
Duration: Instant
Type: Simple (Speed 6/3)
Keywords: Obvious, Combo-Basic
Minima: MA 4, Essence 3
Prerequisites: Immanent Devastation Prana, Mountain-Shredding Essence Gauntlets

The Exalt hurls a mighty blow at their opponent, tearing through armor, obstacles, and flesh. The Exalt makes an unarmed Martial Arts attack that inflicts lethal damage equal to their (Strength+Essence), a range equal to their Essence in yards, that ignores any obstacles or obstructions (yes, it can shoot through walls), and counts as piercing. For an extra point of temporary Willpower, the attack counts as Speed 3.

Bring Down The Mountain Method

Cost: (Number of opponents)m, 1w
Duration: Instant
Type: Extra Action
Keywords: Obvious, Combo-OK
Minima: MA 5, Essence 3
Prerequisites: Immanent Devastation Prana, Crushing Avalanche Barrage, any two Martial Arts Excellencies

The Exalt releases their Essence in a crashing wave of blows that sweeps over their foes like an avalanche. Mechanically, this Charm allows an Exalt to make (Essence) attacks at a -1 internal penalty against each one of up to (Martial Arts) opponents. Against only one opponent, add one additional attack.

Overwhelming Avalanche Form

Cost: 10m, 1w
Duration: One Scene
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Obvious, Combo-OK, Form
Minima: MA 5, Essence 4
Prerequisites: Bring Down The Mountain Method, Piercing Essence Icicle Strike

The Exalt surrounds themselves in a crushing cloud of spiritual pressure that terrifies onlookers as if they stood before an onrushing avalanche. All characters within (Martial Arts) yards who fail a Valor roll suffer a -2 internal penalty to all actions except fleeing. The caster receives extra bashing damage dice to all hand-to-hand attacks equal to his permanent Essence. He also gains an additional level of bashing and lethal soak for the duration.

Onrush of the Avalanche

Cost: 2m
Duration: Instant
Type: Simple (Speed 10)
Keywords: Combo-OK
Minima: MA 5, Essence 4
Prerequisites: Overwhelming Avalanche Form

The Exalt focuses their terrible wrath on a single unfortunate individual, bearing down on them with the full pressure of their status as universal sovereigns. The Exalt must make eye contact with the target, upon which they will engage in a contested roll with a dice pool equal to their respective temporary Willpower. If the caster loses, they suffer a -1 internal penalty all that scene unless they pass a Conviction check. On a botch, they suffer a -2 penalty with no avoidance possible. If they are victorious, the target suffers an internal penalty equal to the difference between the number of successes rolled. If the target botches, they must take a conviction check to do anything other than curl into the fetal position and whimper, or run screaming from the Exalt and avoid them with an insane paranoia for one full month.

Art of the Village-Destroying Blow

Cost: 10m
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Obvious, Combo-OK
Minima: MA 5, Essence 5
Prerequisites: Overwhelming Avalanche Form, Onrush Of The Avalanche

The Exalt shrouds themselves in glory, saturating themselves with Essence, and striking with force enough to shatter mountains. This Charm multiplies the pre-soak damage of an unarmed Martial Arts attack made by the caster by the caster's permanent Essence score, and makes the attack Overwhelming with a minimum damage of the caster's Essence.