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Prismatic Arrangement of Creation
One of the more common martial arts learned by the Chosen of Secrets, Prismatic Arrangement of Creation represents their hopes for the continuation of Creation. Working its way from the most basic concepts, it reminds those who tend towards arrogance that their power grows out of the power of Creation's own natural events. Within the thousandfold refractions of the Prismatic Arrangement, the Sidereals see the unity and connectedness between all things, and they learn to emulate first the magic inherent in the materials of the world, and then in those who use it. Because of this, and because it derives its power from knowledge, it is a popular choice, and there are well over a dozen masters of the style in the Sidereal ranks.
There are two oddities to Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Style that set it apart from most other styles. First, it has two Form Charms - something almost unique in Sidereal experience. Secondly, the Form Charm that best emulates the style is not in its centre, but at its peak. Sidereals accept these oddities as a fragment of how Unity operates, and move on.
Limitations
Characters must have an Lore score of 3 and a Temperance score of 2 to learn Prismatic Arrangement of Creation. They must have Temperance 3 to learn Four Magical Materials Form, and Temperance 4 to learn Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Form.
Prismatic Arrangement of Creation is an unarmed style, and cannot be used with weapons or in armor.
Charms
Student's Sutra of Unity: Once there was a maiden, who found herself in a field of flowers.
Five Jade Fury</b>
<b>Cost: 8 motes, Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 4, Type: Reflexive Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious Duration: One Scene Prerequisites: None She watched as they drew nutrients from the ground, and felt its warmth and stability.
The character take on the nature of jade in its authority over Creation. Whenever the character makes an unarmed Martial Arts attack, she may choose one of the following benefits, each of which is based on one of the five colours of jade:
- Green Jade allows the character to deal lethal or bashing damage with any attack. The damage type changes after soak is applied.
- Black Jade allows the character to increase the Accuracy rating of her attack by her Essence score.
- Red Jade allows the character to strike with swift fury, reducing her Speed by 1.
- White Jade strikes with terrible force, increasing raw damage by the character's Martial Arts rating and her minimum damage by half that rating (rounded down).
- Blue Jade sends enemies ricocheting away. It forces a test against knockback at a difficulty of the character's Essence rating, regardless of whether the attack connects.
Orichalcum-Sheathing Stance</b>
<b>Cost: 6 motes, Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 4, Type: Reflexive Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious Duration: One Scene Prerequisites: None She closed her eyes and felt the sun caress her skin as it coated the flowers' leaves.
With a shifting stance, the martial artist takes on the nature of orichalcum, protecting herself from harm. This Charm functions identically to Orichalcum Sheathing Stance from Scroll of the Monk (pg. 134).
Flickering Moonsilver Approach</b>
<b>Cost: 5 motes, Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 4, Type: Reflexive Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious Duration: One Scene Prerequisites: None She removed her robes and let the wind ruffle across her body as the plants around her bent and swayed.
The character's gestures and movements shift and blur like moonsilver. The character can make all of her unarmed attacks at a range of (Essence + Martial Arts) x2 yards.
Deadly Starmetal Offensive</b>
<b>Cost: 6 motes, Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 4, Type: Reflexive Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious Duration: One Scene Prerequisites: None She opened her mouth, and drank in the rains with the same hunger as the field...
The character's fingers become infused with Essence, turning into devastating claws. The character's fingers can now make unarmed attacks with the following traits: Speed 4, Accuracy +3, Damage +7L, Defense +3, and Rate 3. The character may also parry lethal damage unarmed.
Four Magical Materials Form</b>
<b>Cost: 1 mote, Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 5, Type: Simple (Speed 4) Keywords: Form-type, Obvious Duration: One Scene Prerequisites: Five-Jade Fury, Orichalcum-Sheathing Stance, Flickering Moonsilver Claws, Deadly Starmetal Offensive ...and when her enemies came, the field itself rose against them as one.
The character draws all of the power of the magical materials into herself, and her body becomes as one with them. When the character activates this Charm, she may reflexively activate any or all of its prerequisites. Each costs one less mote than usual. In addition, the character's tough nature gives her a Hardness rating equal to three times the number of prerequisites activated along with this Charm, as the magical materials course over her.
Elder Sutra of Unity: The Maiden awoke from the field, and looked about her.
(Type) Exalt Ways</b>
<b>Cost: 5 motes, Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 5, Type: Simple (Speed 5) Keywords: Combo-Basic, Obvious Duration: One Scene Prerequisites: Four Magical Materials Form She went to her former enemies, one by one, and she pulled them to their feet.
The character reshapes her anima and nature to briefly mimic that of another type of Exalt. The character must purchase this Charm once for each Exalt type and caste that she wishes to mimic (such as Eclipse-Caste Solar or Full Moon Lunar). When this Charm is active, the character replaces her own anima banner and castemark with that of the chosen Exalt type. Her anima expands based on peripheral Essence for her own anima, but appears to be the chosen type. She also draws on the anima power of her chosen caste, rather than her own.
Unlike usual Charms, (Type) Exalt Ways may be purchased repeatedly. Normally, it can only be purchased for Solars, Lunars, Dragon-Bloods or Sidereals. However, a Sidereal given enough time to study other Exalt types might be able to mimic the effect for Abyssal, Alchemical or Infernal Exalts as well.
God Ways</b>
<b>Cost: 6 motes, 1 Willpower, Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 5, Type: Simple (Speed 5) Keywords: Combo-Basic, Obvious Duration: Indefinite Prerequisites: Four Magical Materials Form She spoke to the world, calling its spirits to witness her pact...
The character names herself the new god of an object, and displaces its usual patron. She must roll her (Intelligence + Martial Arts), at a difficulty of the Essence rating of the current owner of an object. Usually, this will be merely Difficulty 1 (for a Least God), but any object that is part of the panoply or territory of an Essence-User will be much higher.
The character dematerializes immediately, inhabiting the object. Attacks that can harm possessing beings may strike her directly - otherwise, the object must first be destroyed. Within the object, the character may take actions with unnatural flexibility. She treats the object's Strength and Stamina ratings as half the Strength + Athletics rating necessary to lift it, uses her own Dexterity halved (rounding up), and treating the object's damage rating as the damage bonus for unarmed attacks. The object takes all damage normally. If it is destroyed, the character promptly materializes next to it, taking an unsoakable level of aggravated damage from her sudden rematerialization.
Anyone capable of seeing immaterial spirits can tell that the character is within the object, even if they do not have attacks capable of affecting her.
Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Form</b>
<b>Cost: 12 motes, Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 5, Type: Simple (Speed 6) Keywords: Form-Type, Obvious Duration: One Scene Prerequisites: Any (Type) Exalt Ways, God Ways ...as she and her new friends departed together.
The character moves through the one-hundred and eight perfect motions of the Prismatic Arrangement of Creation. In the instant that a character activates this Charm, she may activate up to two other Form Charms, from any Martial Arts style. She must pay the usual cost to do so, but does not require additional time. For the duration of this Charm, the character may use any form weapons from any Style as form weapons for all styles that she has a Form Charm active for. In addition, the Prismatic Arrangement gives the character incredible awareness over her surroundings. Whenever she and others act on the same tick, she automatically goes first. Furthermore, she adds her Essence in automatic successes to any Wits + Awareness rolls to detect something attempting to establish surprise against her, and applies an external penalty equal to her Essence to any attempts to use Illusion Charms against her.
