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Many are the techniques lost to time and strife and the turning of
the Ages. The origins of some are gone forever, though the styles
themselves may resurface. As the pillars of Heaven crack, the gates of
Malfeas groan, the underworld shudders, and deathknights, Lawgivers, and
Exalted of the demon realm stride forth onto the face of Creation, a
potent style thought sealed away in the final years of the First Age
once again rises.
Weapons and Armor: God Slayer Charms treat attacks made
with the spear and the scythe, as well as their artifact equivalents, as
unarmed attacks. It is fully compatible with armor.
Merciless Onslaught Approach
Cost: 2m; Mins: Martial Arts 2, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive (Step 1)
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Until next action
Prerequisite Charms: None
Essence surges from the martial artist
toward his target, drawing his blows onward with irresistable force.
This Charm enhances a flurry. The onslaught penalty inflicted by the
character's unarmed Martial Arts attacks is increased by one for the
duration of the flurry.
Inescapable Judgment Declaration
Cost: 3m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 3, Essence 2; Type: Simple (Speed 3)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: None
Those marked for destruction by the
martial artist may run from righteous justice, but they may never hide,
not even in the places beyond Creation. The character names a target
spirit, and the word rings in the still air. No matter how far away the
spirit is, it experiences a sudden, inexplicable chill. So long as the
character commits Essence to Inescapable Judgment Declaration, he may
freely perceive and make unarmed martial arts attacks against the spirit
while it is dematerialized. In addition, should the spirit flee into a
Sanctum, the character will be able to see and enter the sanctum. This
Charm is not mighty enough to force the gates of Yu-Shan or Malfeas, but
any lesser spirit's Sanctum is fair game. The character must know at
least one name by which, if spoken, the spirit would know it was being
addressed to enact the Charm.
With the Strength of my Enemies Methodology
Cost: 2m; Mins: Martial Arts 3, Essence 3; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Shaping, Stackable
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: Merciless Onslaught Approach, Inescapable Judgment Declaration
Often called upon to stand alone against
mighty foes from the dawn of time, the God Slayer must learn to make
his opponents' strength his own. This Charm is invoked as the character
makes an unarmed martial arts attack. If the attack strikes its target
(it needs not inflict damage), the character reduces one of the target's
Virtues, of his choice, by 1 point, and adds that point to his own
appropriate Virtue. This Charm may not reduce a Virtue below the
minimums required for the Great Curse to operate, nor may it reduce a
Virtue to 0. It may raise a character's Virtues temporarily above 5. The
character may keep stolen Virtues as long as he is willing to commit
Essence to them. The character may 'store' a number of dots of Virtues
in total equal to his Essence. Held Virtues automatically disappear if
their original 'donor' dies. At the moment the character strikes, an
afterimage of himself and his foe are printed upon the air, lingering
for three heartbeats.
God Slayer Form
Cost: 6m; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 3; Type: Simple
Keywords: Form-type, Obvious
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: With the Strength of my Enemies Methodology
The character assumes the posture of an
executioner of heaven, come to enact judgment upon the unrighteous. His
eyes smoulder with unseen fires, his aspect is grim and terrible, his
shadow burns quietly with a nimbus in the color of his anima, and his
blows rend apart his enemies. The character adds his Conviction to the
raw, pre-soak damage of unarmed martial arts attacks. Finally, the light
of his anima, should it flare, reveals all dematerialized spirits
present.
Valor-Wounding Mudra
Cost: 3m; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 3; Type: Simple (Speed 3, DV-1)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Emotion
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisite Charms: God Slayer Form
Inescapable justice lies at the heart of
the God Slayer Style. The character draws a burning mark in the air,
announcing his intent and chilling the blood of those he has passed
judgment upon. The glyph burns with a lambent orange-white radiance,
illuminating an (Essence x 30 yards) radius around the point where it is
set. Any hostile targets struck by the light treat it as a social
attack against their Dodge MDV with a number of successes equal to the
martial artist's Essence + Conviction. A target whose MDV is overcome by
the glyph reduces their Valor by 1 so long as the light of the glyph
touches them. This cannot reduce Valor below the minimums required for
the Great Curse, nor may it reduce it to 0. This is a form of unnatural
mental influence, costing 3 Willpower to resist.
Wheel of Justice
Cost: 6m; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 3; Type: Extra Action
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: God Slayer Form
The martial artist whirls his weapons
high overhead, gathering Essence, or engages in a series of powerful
overhand blows. His strikes are drawn toward and fueled by the
convictions of his foe— the stronger his opponent, the more heavily
Heaven's judgment shall fall upon him. This Charm causes the character
to perform a flurry of extra action attacks against a single target. The
number of unarmed martial arts attacks in the flurry is equal to the
target's highest Virtue at the time Wheel of Justice is invoked. These
attacks are made regardless of the weapon's Rate, and with a DV penalty
equal to the highest penalty for any one attack.
Unbowed Executioner Technique
Cost: 3m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 3; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: God Slayer Form
Justice is a difficult path to follow;
Creation is filled with countless temptations to distract a martial
artist from the path of righteousness. Those with the focus to still
their minds and spirits, however, may stand against any opposition,
unbowed and unbroken. This Charm adds twice the character's Temperance
to his natural lethal and bashing soak.
Sin-Finding Scrutiny
Cost: 1m; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 3; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisite Charms: God Slayer Form
By experiencing his target's convictions
and passions, the martial artist comes to know the weaknesses of their
owner. For each dot of Virtues the character steals from a target
through the use of With the Strength of my Enemies Methodology, he gains
an "Against (Virtue's original owner)" artificial specialty. This
specialty only endures so long as Sin-Finding Scrutiny is active and the
character holds Virtues from the target. The character cannot under any
circumstance gain more than three dice from specialties on any single
roll. As artificial specialties, these dice are not considered bonus
dice added by a Charm.
Essence Eruption Blow
Cost: 5m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 3; Type: Simple (Speed 4)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: God Slayer Form
The martial artist, knowing he will
often face foes far more mighty than he, learns to turn an opponent's
strength against him. He injects a white-hot mote of explosive Essence
into the target's Essence flows, igniting the target's own enlightened
power in a devastating attack from within. The character makes an
unarmed martial arts attack. If it is successful, the character adds
(target's own Essence) dice of damage, after soak has been resolved.
Double the number of dice added against spirits. This Charm is
ineffective if hardness stops the attack altogether.
Wrath of Heaven Mantle
Cost: —; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 4; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Valor-Wounding Mudra, Wheel of Justice, Unbowed Executioner Technique, Sin-Finding Scrutiny, Essence Eruption Blow
The character reaches a plateau of
enlightened revelation, folding together his understanding of the myriad
techniques of the God Slayer Style into a greater, synthesized whole.
Creation bows down before the martial artist, recognizing him as an
agent of divine retribution. This Charm permanently enhances the Charms
of God Slayer Style in the following ways:
- Merciless Onslaught Approach: The character's Strength is increased by one during the flurry.
- Inescapable Judgment Declaration: The character gains an
instinctive knowledge of which direction he must travel in to locate
his target, unless the target uses supernatural means to hide or confuse
tracking efforts.
- With the Strength of my Enemies Methodology: The
character may pay 1 experience point to consume a held virtue,
immediately regaining 10 motes of Essence or 1 Willpower. The target
does not immediately regain a Virtue so destroyed, but must instead pay 1
experience point to restore it, or wait a year and a day for it to
restore itself from scraps and memories of Essence wafting through
Creation.
- God Slayer Form: All spirits revealed by the light of
the character's anima may, for a reflexive cost of 1 mote, be made
tangible only to the practitioner for one action.
- Valor-Wounding Mudra: The character may draw the burning glyph over his own caste mark, permitting the mark to move with him.
- Wheel of Justice: The character may guide his blow
against either a target's convictions or the might of its soul. He may
make a number of attacks equal to the target's highest virtue or its
Essence rating, whichever is higher.
- Unbowed Executioner Technique: This Charm also adds natural aggravated soak equal to the character's Temperance.
- Sin-Finding Scrutiny: The character may retain all
artificial specialties for the duration of the Charm, even if he has
released or destroyed the Virtues those specialties originated in.
- Essence Eruption Blow: This Charm will now function even through hardness.
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