Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade
Basic Information
Name: Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade
Type: Terrestrial Martial Art
Requirements: Martial Arts 2, Athletics 2, Stealth 2
Form Weapons: Ropes & Fighting Chains, Kamas, Daggers & Short Swords (Reverse Grip), Throwing Knives & Darts, Nunchaku, Shruikens, and Improvised Weaponry.
Form Armor: None.
Charms
The Spider’s Web
Cost: 3m
Mins: MA 3, Ess 2
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-Ok
Duration: Until next action.
Prereq: None
The grass spider lets his prey struggle with his web while he avoids his enemies. If a grass spider controls a clinch, he retains his full DV as if he had made an attack with a -1 DV penalty rather than falling to DV 0. Additionally, a spider always knows where to step in his own web, as a result if the Grass Spider initiated a clinch he may use this charm to end it even if he does not control the clinch.
The Spider’s Fangs
Cost: 3m
Mins: MA 3, Ess 2
Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok
Duration: Instant
Prereq: None
The grass spider pounces on his prey from hiding and kills in one blow. The grass spider can make a pouncing attack on anyone within his jumping distance. If this is a surprise attack, add his martial arts to pre-soak damage. Must be a melee, non-clinch attack.
The Spider’s Hairs
Cost: 3m
Mins: MA 3, Ess 2
Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok
Duration: Instant
Prereq: None
The grass spider’s hairs itch and blind their enemies. Every ranged attack that hits the target subtracts one die from the target’s next actions.
Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade Form
Cost: 5m
Mins: MA 4, Ess 2
Type: Simple (Speed 3)
Keywords: Form-Type
Duration: One Scene
Prereq:The Spider’s Web, The Spider’s Fangs, The Spider’s Hairs
The grass spider adds his martial arts to his stealth and athletics. Additionally, the martial artist adds his perm essence to his soak and his unarmed strikes do lethal damage.
The Spider's Silk
Cost:
Mins: MA 4, Ess 3
Type:
Keywords:
Duration:
Prereq: Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade Form
For one mote the MA can produce a strand of essence silk. The silk can become sticky at any point along its length by controlling the essence. It can be used as a grappling hook, a garrote wire, can increase grapple range by Essence feet, can add Essence dice to a clinch attempt, can add Essence dice to disarm attempts, etc. The idea is that all characters have rope, Grass Spiders have better rope. (This is a rough idea of the charms powers not a final description of its' mechanics.)
Delusive Arachnid Trap Prana
Cost:
Mins: MA 4, Ess 3
Type:
Keywords:
Duration:
Prereq: Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade Form
This charm will provide a bonus to a Grass Spider who is attempting to reestablish surprise during combat. (This is a rough idea of the charms powers not a final description of its' mechanics.)
Ranged Charm
Cost:
Mins: MA 4, Ess 3
Type: Simple
Keywords:
Duration:
Prereq: Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade Form
This charm will allow the Grass Spider to make a ranged spitting attack. (This is a rough idea of the charms powers not a final description of its' mechanics.)
Grass Spider Essence Venom
Cost:
Mins: MA 5, Ess 3
Type: Supplemental
Keywords:
Duration:
Prereq: The Spider's Silk, Delusive Arachnid Trap Prana, Ranged Charm
The martial artist adds +(essence)A damage to his strike. If this attack kills an opponent, it leaves a unidentifiable, shriveled husk. This charm can be used as part of a clinch. If the martial artist fails to control the clinch. (This is a rough idea of the charms powers not a final description of its' mechanics.)
Bloodstained Plentiful Harvest Methodology
Cost:
Mins: MA 5, Ess 3
Type: Multiple Action
Keywords:
Duration:
Prereq:The Spider's Silk, Delusive Arachnid Trap Prana, Ranged Charm
This charm allows the Grass Spider to make a single attack with each limb, or anything close enough to the limb that he can justify an extra attack with it. (This is a rough idea of the charms powers not a final description of its' mechanics.)
Spider Tricks The Dragon
Cost:
Mins: MA 5, Ess 5
Type: Simple
Keywords:
Duration:
Prereq:
This charm allows a Grass Spider to strike his opponent but delay when the damage from the strike takes affect, doing so increases the amount of damage done by the attack. (This is a rough idea of the charms powers not a final description of its' mechanics.)
The Spider's Eyes
Cost:
Mins: MA 4, Ess 3
Type:
Keywords:
Duration: Scene
Prereq: Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade Form
Spiders have many eyes and they see many things. The charm will prevent surprise attacks, see immaterial spirits, etc. Can be reflexive activated whenever it would provide a benefit. This charm is not considered part of the primary charm tree, mastery of this charm is not required to obtain mastery of the style. (This is a rough idea of the charms powers not a final description of its' mechanics.)
The Spider's Carapace
Cost:
Mins: MA 4, Ess 2
Type:
Keywords:
Duration: Scene
Prereq: Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade Form
Add the MA's essence to soak and increase hardness by the character's natural soak (works with the form charm and itself). Hardness can not be more than total soak. On the downside, any damage that does get rolled counts 10s twice. Spiders have a hard outer shell, but squishy insides. This charm is not considered part of the primary charm tree, mastery of this charm is not required to obtain mastery of the style. (This is a rough idea of the charms powers not a final description of its' mechanics.)