Editing Character:Li Jian Chu (section)

===Custom Charms===
'''Blade of the Battle Maiden'''<br>
'''Cost:''' 2m/die, (1wp); '''Mins:''' Martial Arts 3, Ess 2; '''Type:''' Reflexive<br>
'''Keywords:''' Obvious<br>
'''Duration:''' One scene<br>
'''Prerequisites:''' Secrets of Future Strife<br>
Charging his hands with disruptive essence the Exalt deals lethal internal injuries even with the lightest of touches. Activating this Charm is a complicated process involving difficult internal channeling techniques - after the initial Charm invocation the Exalt can continue to increase the essence flow as a reflexive non-charm action. Spending more than 2m per Action on this Charm requires the additional expenditure of one point of Willpower to control the forceful release of energies. No more than two times the Exalt's Martial Arts rating in motes can be committed to this Charm.<br>
For the rest of the scene the character’s Martial Arts attacks (including clinches) inflict lethal damage. The character can also parry lethal damage from physical attacks (including ranged attacks) without using a weapon or stunt. What’s more, every two motes spent on this Charm add one die to each unarmed Martial Arts attack, and one to the pool used to calculate Parry Defense Value. Neither armor nor weapons (even Form Weapons) can be used with this Charm.<br>
''Example 1: Waiting for his opponent to finish taunting him Li Jian Chu can take his time activating Blade of the Battle Maiden. He invokes this Charm for 2m and on the two following actions spends another 2m each as a reflexive non-charm action. He now has 6m committed and adds three dice to unarmed attacks and PDV calculation.''<br>
''Example 2: Ambushed by dangerous enemies Jian needs the maximum effect and fast! He activates the Charm and commits 10m - his maximum, since he has MA 5. He also has to spend one point of Willpower since he puts more than 2m/action into BotBM. He now adds five dice to attacks and PDV calculation. Let's hope it is enough.''

Comment: I'm balancing this version of BotBM off Water Dragon Form (5m), which in addition to its primary powerful soak effect adds three dice to all Martial Arts rolls. In comparison BotBM costs slightly more essence per die, is either much slower to activate or costs WP, and dealing/parrying lethal damage is much less powerful than Water Dragon Form's soak boost plus reflexive soak adder. On the plus side BotBM can add more than three dice (a maximum of five barring Ess >6), is more flexible and doesn't have the drawbacks of a Form Charm. Disallowing weapons is a neutral factor in Jian's case, since Claws of the Silver Moon (once he learns it) enhances his natural unarmed attacks and is equivalent to using Moonsilver Tiger Claws with Water Dragon Style.