MartialArtsKatas/RighteousDevilStyle

Righteous Devil Style Kung Fu (PG, pg. 250 - 252)

This is a Celestial Martial Arts Style updated for the MartialArtsKatas system.

Fire-Aspected Immaculates may learn a Fire-aspected version of this Style dedicated to Hesieh. Non-Fire Aspected Immaculates may also learn this style, but must pay a 1-mote surcharge. Otherwise, the two styles are identical.

Prerequisites

• Abilities required to reach Form: Archery 3, Presence 3
• Abilities required to reach Mastery: Archery 5, Presence 3, Awareness 3

Katas

Kiss of the Sun Concentration</b>

 <b>Cost: 2 Motes
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Supplemental (Combo-Ok)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 1
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite: None

(description in E:PG, Pg. 253)

This Kata must be declared immediately after the Martial Artist declares an Archery attack with a firewand or similar weapon, but before the attack is rolled. It reduces up to the Martial Artist's Essence in external or internal penalties. Immaculate Martial Artists call this Kata the "Kiss of Hesieh Concentration".

Blossom of Inevitable Demise Technique</b>

 <b>Cost: 3 Motes
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Supplemental (Combo-Ok)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 2
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite: Kiss of the Sun Concentration

(description in E:PG, Pg. 254)

This Kata supplements an Archery attack with a firewand or similar weapon, doubling the weapon's total damage before soak is applied.

Lightning Draw Stance</b>

 <b>Cost: 2 Motes
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Reflexive (Combo-Ok)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 3
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite: None

(description in E:PG, Pg. 254)

This Kata allows the character to reflexively perform a Ready Weapon action with a firewand or similar weapon. If used during a Join Battle action, it adds the Martial Artist's Essence in dice to his Wits + Awareness Join Battle roll.

Blessing of Righteous Solar Spark Meditation</b>

 <b>Cost: 2 Motes
 Duration: Until Released
 Type: Simple (Speed 3)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 3
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite: Fire Blossom of Inevitable Demise Technique

(description in E:PG, Pg. 254)

This Charm commits 2 motes into a single ammunition charge of a firewand or similar weapon. It adds the Martial Artist's Essence to the next attack which uses this ammunition charge, and makes that attack Holy. Immaculate Martial Artists call this Kata the "Righteous Blessing of Hesieh Meditation".

Cloud of Ebon Devils</b>

 <b>Cost: 1 Mote
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Reflexive (Combo-OK)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 3
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite: Lightning Draw Stance

(description in E:PG, Pg. 254)

This Kata allows the character to reflexively perform a Reload Weapon action with a firewand or similar weapon.

Righteous Devil Form</b>

 <b>Cost: 1 Mote
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Simple (Speed 6)
 Minimum Abilities: Presence 3
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite:Blessing of Righteous Solar Spark Meditation, Cloud of Ebon Devils

(description in E:PG, Pg. 255)

While this Kata is active, anyone within (Essence x 10) yards is under an unnatural Compulsion to either confront and attack the Martial Artist, or avoid the area.

Phoenix Flies on Golden Wings Attack</b>

 <b>Cost: 1 Mote
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Supplemental (Combo-OK)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 4
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite: Righteous Devil Form

(description in E:PG, Pg. 255)

This Kata doubles the range of a single Archery attack made with a firewand or similar weapon.

Azure Abacus Meditation</b>

 <b>Cost: 4 Motes, 1 Willpower
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Supplemental (Combo-Basic)
 Minimum Abilities: Awareness 3
 Minimum Essence: 3
 Prerequisite: Phoenix Flies on Golden Wings Attack

(description in E:PG, Pg. 255)

This Kata supplements an Aim action made with a firewand or similar weapon. It causes the next attack made with the weapon to be undodgeable, unparryable without Charms, and if the attack misses, it will still strike with a net of 0 successes.

Twin Salamander Fist</b>

 <b>Cost: 3 Motes
 Duration: One Scene
 Type: Reflexive (Combo-OK)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 4
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite: Righteous Devil Form

(description in E:PG, Pg. 256)

This Kata removes the Off Hand penalty for using a firewand in each hand, and reduces the Multiple Action penalty by 1 for attacks involving both firewands for the remainder of the scene.

Dance of the Howling Magma Sprites</b>

 <b>Cost: 4 Motes, 1 Willpower
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Extra Action (Combo-Ok)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 4
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite: Twin Salamander Fist

(description in E:PG, Pg. 256)

This Kata allows the Martial Artist to perform a number of attacks in a magically-enhanced flurry equal to his Essence +1, without a multiple action penalty, and with a DV penalty equal to the highest DV penalty for a single attack.

Phantom Flamebolt Prana</b>

 <b>Cost: 2 Motes
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Extra Action (Combo-Ok)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 4
 Minimum Essence: 2
 Prerequisite: Righteous Devil Form

(description in E:PG, Pg. 256)

This Kata allows the Martial Artist to fire a firewand or similar weapon without ammunition, fueling it with his own Essence.

Caress of the Thousand Hells

 Cost: 7 Motes, 1 Willpower
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Supplemental (Combo-Ok)
 Minimum Abilities: Archery 5
 Minimum Essence: 3
 Prerequisite: Phantom Flamebolt Prana

(description in E:PG, Pg. 257)

This Kata creates a Holy blast from a firewand, supplementing a single attack to allow it to be made without ammunition. The attack is Holy, and lights the target and everything within the Martial Artist's Essence in yards from the target on fire. Each tick after a successful attack, the target and all flammable materials or nearby characters take (Essence)L dice of lethal damage per tick, and remain on-fire until no damage dice roll successful damage for that target. Additionally, for each action that a character remains affected by the magical fire, he must roll Stamina + Resistance at a difficulty of the Martial Artist's Essence, or spend that action Inactive.

Comments

I do wonder, how come "Caress of the Thousand Hells" got such a significant nerf? -Azurelight

It was late, and I misread the text. -Ialdabaoth

I think it is better now, but it's still very diffrent from the original. yours has a much greater chance of incapacitating the target, and if I read it corectly, it hits more targets. on the other hand, the soaked damage is less then the original, but it is per tick instead of turn. is it saokable?

Not that this is a bad thing. I'd just like you to explain your thouts about the changes. -Azurelight

I'm reading two changes: the area of effect (which I might just not have seen before in the text), and that the attack is Holy instead of automatically Aggravated. However, the burning has been made Holy too, as opposed to before where the initial blast was Aggravated and the later burning only Lethal. It's not a bad change. - IanPrice