Jukashi
Four Thousand Club
Cost: 10m, 1w
Mins: Martial Arts 8, Essence 8
Type: Extra Action
Duration: Instant
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Prerequisites: 7-Headed Dragon Strike
Follow-ups: None
Finally, at the peak of mastery, the martial artist who has mastered the Dragon Transcendent Speed Style attains the ultimate technique of time manipulation. Twisting eventuality around themselves, they may remove a piece of change’s flow from the Loom of Fate, allowing them to momentarily step outside Time itself. The world is frozen, light becomes strangely dim, and all things grow still; save only the martial artist.
Activating this Charm grants the user [Essence] ticks in which only they may act. None save the user can perceive this moment; for its duration, the user and their actions are even considered to be outside Fate.
During these “solo” ticks, time flows only within the boundaries of the martial artist’s anima. The martial artist can move freely and may manipulate any inanimate object that can be encompassed by their anima, which fills an area [Essence] square yards around them. Anything which possesses an anima of its own is resistant to the martial artist’s borrowed time, effectively becoming mostly immobile and gaining soak and hardness equal to the creature’s Essence rating. Thus, the martial artist can make attacks, with difficulty, but cannot actually move any living creature more than a few inches. All effects of said attacks, such as health levels of damage, or death, take place when the instant turn ends. As one can imagine, this Charm can be used as a perfect dodge.
Thrown or dropped objects freeze when they leave the reach of the character’s anima, but retain momentum and will continue moving when reintroduced to time. Liquids and gases will become unfrozen within the boundaries of the character’s anima. The solo ticks are like any others, including flurries, save only that no Charms may be activated unless this Charm was used in a Combo with them.
Using this Charm is a delicate mental balancing act with possibly disastrous consequences to the user. If the martial artist botches any roll during the solo ticks, they lose this vital concentration. The field of separated time instantly and chaotically collapses, returning the user to normal time and, as their entire body suffers random time distortion, directly dealing health levels of lethal damage equal to the character’s own Essence rating multiplied by the number of botches rolled. Only natural soak can reduce this damage.
This Charm’s solo ticks count as external ticks for the purposes of the effects of Dragon Transcendent Speed Form, but beware: the more actions rolled, the higher the chances of a botch. Inequitable Action Advantage is also compatible, allowing a user willing to burn huge amounts of essence to lay waste to vast numbers of opponents.
Style: Dragon Transcendant Speed
Mins: Martial Arts 8, Essence 8
Type: Extra Action
Duration: Instant
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Prerequisites: 7-Headed Dragon Strike
Follow-ups: None
Finally, at the peak of mastery, the martial artist who has mastered the Dragon Transcendent Speed Style attains the ultimate technique of time manipulation. Twisting eventuality around themselves, they may remove a piece of change’s flow from the Loom of Fate, allowing them to momentarily step outside Time itself. The world is frozen, light becomes strangely dim, and all things grow still; save only the martial artist.
Activating this Charm grants the user [Essence] ticks in which only they may act. None save the user can perceive this moment; for its duration, the user and their actions are even considered to be outside Fate.
During these “solo” ticks, time flows only within the boundaries of the martial artist’s anima. The martial artist can move freely and may manipulate any inanimate object that can be encompassed by their anima, which fills an area [Essence] square yards around them. Anything which possesses an anima of its own is resistant to the martial artist’s borrowed time, effectively becoming mostly immobile and gaining soak and hardness equal to the creature’s Essence rating. Thus, the martial artist can make attacks, with difficulty, but cannot actually move any living creature more than a few inches. All effects of said attacks, such as health levels of damage, or death, take place when the instant turn ends. As one can imagine, this Charm can be used as a perfect dodge.
Thrown or dropped objects freeze when they leave the reach of the character’s anima, but retain momentum and will continue moving when reintroduced to time. Liquids and gases will become unfrozen within the boundaries of the character’s anima. The solo ticks are like any others, including flurries, save only that no Charms may be activated unless this Charm was used in a Combo with them.
Using this Charm is a delicate mental balancing act with possibly disastrous consequences to the user. If the martial artist botches any roll during the solo ticks, they lose this vital concentration. The field of separated time instantly and chaotically collapses, returning the user to normal time and, as their entire body suffers random time distortion, directly dealing health levels of lethal damage equal to the character’s own Essence rating multiplied by the number of botches rolled. Only natural soak can reduce this damage.
This Charm’s solo ticks count as external ticks for the purposes of the effects of Dragon Transcendent Speed Form, but beware: the more actions rolled, the higher the chances of a botch. Inequitable Action Advantage is also compatible, allowing a user willing to burn huge amounts of essence to lay waste to vast numbers of opponents.
Style: Dragon Transcendant Speed
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