Prax/LunarHero

Lunar Hero Style

The following is a general revision of the Charms composing the Lunar Hero Style of Martial Arts found on pages 194 through 196 of The Manual of Exalted Power: Lunars. These alterations only affect the core style, not the custom Lunar Charms that branch off of it. The intention was to both increase the general usefulness of the Charms composing it and make it more reflective of an inherent Lunar fighting style. This was done by making almost all of the Charms that compose the tree Fury-Ok. While non-Lunars will still find the Charms generally useful, Lunar Exalted themselves will gain a bit more utility from the style.

 

Foot-Trapping Counter

 

Cost: 4m; Mins: Dexterity 3, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok

 

Duration: One scene

 

Prerequisite Charms: None

 

Those who try to flee from the Lunar before he is finished with them are in for an unpleasant surprise if the Lunar has access to this Charm. Should a character in combat with the Lunar attempt a Move action away from the Lunar be it a jump, dash or simple retreat, the Lunar may activate this Charm to prevent that movement.

 

Once activated any opponent within a number of yards of the Martial Artist equal to (the Martial Artist’s Essence) who attempts to flee more then two yards from the Lunar must make a reflexive (Dexterity + Athletics) roll at a difficulty of the Martial Artist’s Dexterity. Success allows the target to move away normally, failure means the character must stay where she is. A botch on the roll causes the character to suffer an automatic knockdown effect.

 

Even if the roll is successful the sudden halting movement imposed by this Charm throws the opponent off-balance imposing a -2 penalty on all Dexterity rolls and a -1 Penalty to the target’s Defense Values, until that character’s next action.

 

Opponents using Charm granted movement actions to escape the Lunar reduce the difficulty of the Athletics roll to 1 if their Essence equals or exceeds the Essence of the Lunar using this Charm.

 

Rabid Beast Attitude

 

Cost: 1m; Mins: Dexterity 3, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok

 

Duration: (Essence) Actions, Fury-Ok

 

Prerequisite Charm: Foot-Trapping Counter

 

Lunars know how to move beyond pain and to at least temporarily ignore their wounds. As long as this Charm is active, the Lunar may reduce all of her wound penalties by an amount equal to half her Dexterity, rounded up.

 

When activated with Relentless Lunar Fury, the effects of this Charm persist for the entire duration of the Fury.

 

Thousand-Claw Infliction

 

Cost: 1m; Mins: Dexterity 3, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok, Fury-Ok

 

Duration: Instant

 

Prerequisite Charm: Foot-Trapping Counter

 

Once this Charm is learned, the Lunar learns to surpass the limitations of his natural weapons. Once activated, the Lunar treats the rate of his weapons as infinite until his next action. This Charm does not affect Clinch actions.

 

When activated with Relentless Lunar Fury, the rate of all of the Lunar’s attacks increase by an amount equal to half of her Dexterity, rounded up for the duration of the Fury.

 

Lunar Hero Form

 

Cost: 6m; Mins: Dexterity 4, Essence 2; Type: Simple (Speed 5)

 

Keywords: Form-type, Obvious

 

Duration: One scene

 

Prerequisite Charms: Rabid Beast Attitude, Thousand Claws Infliction

 

For the duration of this Charm the Lunar reduces Defense Value penalties from Onslaught by 1 and from coordinated attacks by 2. In addition, the Lunar’s attacks ignore Cover and impose an additional -1 penalty to the target’s Defense Values for the purpose of avoiding them due to the shifting, fluid nature of the Lunar’s attacks. As a final benefit the total DV Penalty imposed by a flurry that consists of only unarmed martial arts attacks is reduced by 1. In addition halve the multiple action penalty imposed on each action in the Flurry, rounding down.

 

When a Lunar reaches Essence 4, this charm gains the Gift keyword. This allows a Lunar to commit 3 motes upon assuming her War-Form. If she does so, she gains the benefits of Lunar Hero Form for as long as she remains within her War-Form. However, if she does so, she cannot use any other Form-type Charm until she next changes shape.

 

Armor-Rending Claw Fist

 

Cost: 4m; Mins: Dexterity 4, Essence 2; Type: Simple (Speed 5)

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok, Fury-Ok

 

Duration: Instant

 

Prerequisite Charms: Lunar Hero Form

 

The basic mechanics of this Charm remain the same. When activated with Relentless Lunar Fury, for the duration of the fury the Lunar may elect to reflexively activate the effects of Armor-Rending Claw Fist on any attack at no cost. This decision must be made prior to making an attack roll.

 

Crouching Tiger Stance

 

Cost: 4m; Mins: Dexterity 5, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive (Step 2)

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok, Counterattack, Fury-Ok

 

Duration: Until next action

 

Prerequisite Charm: Armor-Rending Claw Fist

 

The mechanics of this Charm remain the same, except that the dice penalty inflicted upon attacks against the Lunar is equal to half the Lunar’s Dexterity, rounded up. When used with Relentless Lunar Fury, the Lunar may launch a reflexive counterattack against anyone in melee range who attacks him for the duration of the fury regardless of if he successfully parries the attack or not.

 

Den Mother Method

 

Cost: 2m; Mins: Dexterity 4, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive (Step 6)

 

Keywords: Combo-ok, Counterattack, Fury-Ok

 

Duration: Instant

 

Prerequisite Charms: Lunar Hero Form

 

The basic mechanics of this Charm remain the same. When activated with Relentless Lunar Fury, for the duration of the fury the activation of Den Mother Method does not count as a Charm use and it has no cost to activate.

 

Running Through the Herd

 

Cost: 4m, 1wp; Mins: Dexterity 5, Essence 3; Type: Reflexive (Step 2)

 

Keywords: Combo-Ok, Counterattack, Fury-Ok

 

Duration: Instant

 

Prerequisite Charms: Den Mother Method

 

The mechanics of this Charm remain the same. When activated with Relentless Lunar Fury for the duration of the fury, anytime the Lunar completely avoids an opponent’s attack, he may reflexively apply the results of that attack to a valid target of his choice within (the Lunar’s Dexterity) yards of himself.

 

Terrible Wolverine Onslaught

 

Cost: 4m; Mins: Dexterity 5, Essence 3, Type: Reflexive

 

Keywords: Obvious, Fury-Ok

 

Duration: (Essence) Actions

 

Prerequisite Charm: Crouching Tiger Stance, Running Through the Herd

 

The Lunar’s anima flares to life, forming into a looming ferocious totem of her spirit shape. Whenever she attacks her totem then attacks with her, clawing, biting and lashing out with silvery essence. For the duration of this charm, the minimum damage of the Lunar’s attacks become equal to twice her permanent Essence after applying a target’s soak. In addition each success on the Lunar’s attack roll is counted twice for the purpose of determining the raw damage of her attacks. This Charm also allows the Lunar’s unarmed attacks to inflict lethal damage if her attacks were not already capable of inflicting such damage.

 

The effects of this Charm when activated with Relentless Lunar Fury are exactly the same except that the effects of the charm last until the end of the fury.

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