User:Taurus II/Panoply of the Maiden of Battles Style

Panoply of the Maiden of Battles Style

• This style can be learned natively by Chosen of Battles using the Loom 2.0 charmset; however, as normal, they cannot create expansion charms for it. Its form weapons are the slashing sword and the spear, and their artifact equivalents the reaper daiklave and the dire lance. It allows the use of shields and all types of armor without restriction.
• New Keyword: Panoply: Charms with this keyword may be activated as part of the same action as the Panoply of the Maiden of Battles Form. When activated in this way, their mote costs are halved.

Awareness of the Battle Maiden

• Cost: --; Mins: Martial Arts 2, Essence 2; Type: Permanent
• Duration: Permanent
• Prerequisite Charms: None
• The red eyes of Mars and her Chosen see all conflicts as they grow, and so are swift to act when the time comes. The Stylist's dicepool for Join Battle, Join Debate, and Join War actions is doubled in size.

Lance of the Battle Maiden

• Cost: 6m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 3, Essence 3; Type: Simple
• Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Panoply, War
• Duration: One scene
• Prerequisite Charms: Awareness of the Battle Maiden
• Committing the mote cost of this charm summons a spear of red light with the stats of a Dire Lance made of a magical material appropriate to the user's Exaltation.
• In Mass Combat, a red glow limns the weapons of the Stylist's soldiers, increasing a complementary unit's Close Combat Damage rating by the Stylist's Essence.

Shield of the Battle Maiden

• Cost: 6m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 3, Essence 3; Type: Simple
• Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Panoply, War
• Duration: One scene
• Prerequisite Charms: Awareness of the Battle Maiden
• Committing the mote cost of this charm summons a round shield of red light, which provides the Stylist with a +(Essence) to DVs, and has no mobility penalty.
• In Mass Combat, a red glow limns the armor and shields of the Stylist's soldiers, increasing a complementary unit's bashing and lethal soak (as provided by its Armor rating) by the Stylist's Essence.

Sword of the Battle Maiden

• Cost: 6m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 3, Essence 3; Type: Simple
• Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Panoply, War
• Duration: One scene
• Prerequisite Charms: Awareness of the Battle Maiden
• Committing the mote cost of this charm summons a sword of red light with the stats of a Reaper Daiklave made of a magical material appropriate to the user's Exaltation.
• In Mass Combat, a red glow limns the weapons of the Stylist's soldiers, increasing a complementary unit's Close Combat Attack rating by the Stylist's Essence.

Guise of the General Form

• Cost: 6m; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 4; Type: Simple
• Keywords: Form-type, Obvious, Panoply, War
• Duration: One scene
• Prerequisite Charms: Lance of the Battle Maiden, Shield of the Battle Maiden, Sword of the Battle Maiden
• With this form active, the Vizier's dicecap for taking martial actions is increased by his Martial Arts rating. Martial actions always include those based on Archery, Martial Arts, Melee, War, or Thrown, but other abilities can be included under this Charm's effect with an appropriate stunt.
• In Mass Combat this Charm increases a complementary unit's Drill and Might ratings by half the Stylist's Essence.

Guise of the Judge Form

• Cost: 6m; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 4; Type: Simple
• Keywords: Form-type, Obvious
• Duration: One scene
• Prerequisite Charms: Lance of Mars, Shield of Mars, Sword of Mars
• Mars is impartial and perfectly skilled. Activating this Form, the Martial Artist sanctifies a formal contest (such as a duel or race) between willing participants, one of which must be the Stylist. If she or an opponent attempts to cheat, either themselves or through an ally, the cheater suffers a number of botches equal to (Essence)/2, occurring as per the Eclipse anima power.

Guise of the Sifu Form

• Cost: 15m, 2wp; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 4; Type: Simple
• Keywords: Form-type, Obvious
• Duration: Indefinite
• Prerequisite Charms: Lance of Mars, Shield of Mars, Sword of Mars
• As long as the Chosen of Battles keeps motes and willpower committed to this form, she gains the ability to train soldiers as with the Solar Charm Tiger Warrior Training Technique.

Guise of the Soldier Form

• Cost: 6m; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 4; Type: Simple
• Keywords: Form-type, Obvious, Panoply, War
• Duration: One scene
• Prerequisite Charms: Lance of Mars, Shield of Mars, Sword of Mars
• When Mars takes the form of a common soldier, she fights best with comrades by her side. The Martial Artist and her allies gain +1 to their Parry DVs for every two comrades fighting alongside them, up to a maximum of half the Stylist's (Martial Arts + Essence).
• In Mass Combat, any unit she leads or is part of has Perfect Morale.

Panoply of the Maiden of Battles Form

• Cost: 6m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 5; Type: Simple
• Keywords: Form-type, Obvious, War
• Duration: One scene
• Prerequisite Charms: Guise of the General Form, Guise of the Judge Form, Guise of the Sifu Form, Guise of the Soldier Form
• When activating this Charm, the Stylist can also activate Charms possessing the Panoply keyword as part of the same action, paying half their normal mote costs (as per the effects of the Panoply keyword) in addition to the cost of Panoply of the Maiden of Battles Form. This explicitly allows the Stylist to have more than one Form-type Charm active at the same time.