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===Martial Arts===

Martial Arts are unique because they do not belong to any particular type of Exalted. Instead they are techniques for shaping essence through the mastery of the mind and body which allow for supernatural effects and thus they are not restricted to the thematic ideas above. A Solar who knows Air Dragon Style Martial Arts can use his martial arts charms for spinning tornado attacks and lightning strike kicks, normally elements he has no control over. Martial Arts comes in three levels which determines what power is required to weild it and how strong the effects are:
*Terrestrial: This is the weakest level of supernatural martial arts. Although it's abilities are supernatural they rarely involve much in the way of pure essence manipulation or control and tend to focus on purely mundane techniques. Their charms rarely go above Essence 3 and never above Essence 4. Mortals can learn Terrestrial Martial Arts with great effort, while any Exalt or natural Essence-user can learn them quite easily. A Terrestrial martial artist might be able to crack a boulder with a punch, or leap over a house.
*Celestial Martial Arts have a greater level of both enlightenment and power and usually focus on more abstract and esoteric concepts. Dragon-blooded who practice for years can learn Celestial Martial arts but it comes naturally to any Celestial Exalted. Celestial martial arts can exceed Essence 5 effects, but rarely go above 6. A Celestial Martial Artist could crack a city wall in half or leap over a castle. 
*Sidereal Martial Arts are the highest and most awe-inspiring of all. At this level actual, physical confrontation may not even be necessary, a martial artist can defeat you with just a gaze. Sidereal Martial arts focus on universal and deep concepts such as sanity, consumption, dreams, or decay. their effects go far above Essence 5 and only Sidereal Exalted can learn them easily. Solars can eventually gain access but only with deep dedication and a willing Sidereal teacher. A sidereal martial artist could split your soul in half with a punch and leap through the border of reality into Yu-Shan, or the Wyld.