Editing Golden Barque of the Heavens Style (section)

===Earth and Sky Traversing Celerity===
 <b>Cost:</b> 12 motes, 1 willpower, 1 health level
 <b>Duration:</b> Martial Arts turns
 <b>Type:</b> Simple
 <b>Minimum Martial Arts:</b> 5
 <b>Minimum Essence:</b> 4
 <b>Prerequisite Charms:</b> Vagabond Pilgrim's Endurance, Saffron Meteor Strike, True Course Meditation

Exalted who have mastered <b>Golden Barque of the Heavens Style</b> can
invoke the blinding speed of Mercury, flashing all over the
battlefield, striking foe after foe faster than the eye can follow.
First, add the Chosen's Martial Arts to her base [[initiative]].  This
bonus is cumulative with the bonus from <b>Golden Barque of the Heavens
Form</b>.  Second, double all the character's movement rates and jumping
distances (including jumps arising from other Charms).  If the
character is under the influence of the [[Lesser Sign of Mercury]], the
total movement is quadrupled, not sextupled.  Next, while this Charm
is in effect, double the character's Martial Arts score and increase
the [[difficulty]] of defending against her strikes by one due to their
unnatural speed.  Lastly, each turn, the Chosen of Journeys may dash
from enemy to enemy making an unarmed attack against each until there
are no more valid targets or one of the attacks misses.  The character
may choose the order in which the attacks are made, but each
successive target must be within her enhanced sprinting distance and
no target may be visited more than once on the same turn.  An attack
which hits but causes no [[damage]] is considered [[success]]ful for the
purpose of sustaining the Charm's magic.  The character retains her
normal [[dice]] action and may split it as usual for defense or for
additional attacks against her enemies as she visits them in turn.  As
these are considered fly-by attacks, the Exalted's enemies may defend
themselves normally, but will have a hard time retaliating against the
Chosen while she traces new constellations on the battlefield as if
her foes were stars in the night sky.

[[Sidereal Exalted]] may enhance this Charm with a [[prayer strip]].  When cast into the air above the fray, the prayer strip sheds a rich yellow light which reveals the threads of Fate which bind together combatants in a melee.  It is along these lines, unbent and true, that the Exalted races, creating for herself an auspicious constellation during the hostilities.  Use of a prayer strip doubles the
valid distance between targets and applies [[knockback]] as described under
<b>Saffron Meteor Strike</b> to each attack made while <b>Earth and Sky
Traversing Celerity</b> is active.

[[Category:Exalted]]
[[Category:Martial Arts]]