MartialArts/TheEwer
Idealism & Obsession - the Ewer
The ewer bears flower and a work of poetry. He is blissfully happy and in love with love. He wears his finest clothing to see his beloved. The Ewer is the sign of the marriage-seeker, the idealist, the revolutionary, and the good monk. Its correlations are love, motherhood, righteousness, idealism, monastic duty, obsession, seduction, dreams and fantasies. (Exalted: the Sidereals, p. 223)
Handsome Distraction Glance
Cost: 2 motes Duration: Instant Type: Reflexive Minimum Martial Arts: 2 Minimum Essence: 1 Prerequisite Charms: Consideration and Evasion Approach
With a flirtatious smile and a beckoning gesture, the Serenity stylist beguiles her opponent, causing his strike to veer right or left, leaving the martial artist unharmed. The character rolls her Charisma + Martial Arts, at a difficulty of the opponent's Wits. On a success, subtract the Charm user's Appearance in dice from one attack directed at her person by said opponent.
Lesser Tantra of the Ewer
Cost: 5 motes Duration: 10+ turns Type: Supplemental Minimum Martial Arts: 3 Minimum Essence: 2 Prerequisite Charms: Handsome Distraction Glance
As the martial artist completes the quick and energetic manuvers required to activate the Tantra, she assumes the manic stance of the revolutionary and the romantic. [mechanics]
Greater Tantra of the Ewer
Cost: 10 motes Duration: 10+ turns Type: Supplemental Minimum Martial Arts: 5 Minimum Essence: 3 Prerequisite Charms:
Serenity's stylist now slips fully into the Ewer's descent, finding herself on the dark side of idealism's shining façade. She weaves a web of obsession and jealousy from her fingers and her Essence, casting it out between herself and her intended through the complex and unsettling array of postures required for the Tantra's activation. For the duration of this Charm, the martial artist may channel Compassion on any attacks made upon a target, designated at the same time the Essence for the Tantra is spent. In addition to this, anyone entering within (the martial artist's Essence *3 yards) becomes the target of a reflexive Dexterity + Martial Arts attack, unaffected by Charms or other bonuses. Beings already within this radius are unaffected. In addition, the martial artist reduces multiple action penalties by two when attacking opponents within this radius other than her intended.
