EdgeofHeaven/ExtPatientMason

Patient and Humble Mason
(Massive, Paired)
Qualities: The monks of the Mountain Heart Sect do not spend their days in leisurely meditation. From the lowliest initiative to their Master, Third Mason, each and every one of them works the stone of their underground temple complex, the Thousand Bodhisattva Caves. For these monks, the slow and exacting practice of stone-masonry is meditation; finding form in the mass of lifeless rock is a contemplative practice.

Their characteristic style of kung fu is born of this work. As its name implies, it emphasizes patience and eschews needless movement. When the Mountain Heart monks fight, they rarely seize the initiative, preferring to let their opponents flit about while they themselves prepare to make a telling strike.

Laughs At: The Mason learns infinite patience from his craft, and comes to know both the futility of excessive and hurried motion, and the impermanence of even the hardest stone. He laughs at those who try to overcome him with great speed or flurries of attacks, and those who think they can withstand his attacks.

Fears: The Mason abjures complicated schemes and clever stratagems in his own practice, but this leaves him at a disadvantage against those who employ them. He fears attacks based on subtlety and misdirection, and those that take especially unorthodox approaches.

Combat Statistics

• Speed +0
• Footwork +0
• Strike +10
• Damage +10
• Block +5
• Toughness +10

Techniques
Craftsmanship Perfected (2)
The Mountain Heart monks' craftsmanship informs their kung fu; with this technique, your kung fu comes to inform your craftsmanship.

• You have +5 to Craft skill checks.

Mason Mimics Stone (4)
Stone is perfectly still, but shrugs off all but the hardest blows all the same. You imitate must your material.

• When rolling initiative, you may voluntarily lower your own initiative by 10. If you do, the Toughness bonus of this Style increases to +15 for this round.

Movement is Superfluous (3)
What use is a flurry of activity? Steadiness and care will carry the day.

• Opponents who would normally get bonuses against you for having higher initiative are denied those bonuses.

Patient Craftsman Finds the Weakness (4)
Take your time. Observe your opponent as you observe your material. Find the weak spot. Now strike.

• When rolling initiative, you may voluntarily lower your own initiative by 10. If you do, the Damage bonus of this style increases to +15 for this round.

The Work is Already Done (3)
Though you work slowly, you work efficiently. Your opponents must be doubly quick to interrupt you.

• Opponents must exceed your initiative by 20 to break your Shaping Wave; you have +5 to your Shaping Waves

Universally Appplicable Craft (4)
The monks merely work stone? No. You learn that all the world is stone.

• You may always use Craft for a Shaping Wave, or a Dodge or Disrupt Marvel.