Editing Xia: Game Systems (section)

===Channelling Trigrams in Defence===

There are four Trigrams you can channel in defence: '''Earth, Mist, Water''' and '''Mountain'''. You can channel each of the four Trigrams only once on each defence, though you can activate multiple different Trigrams on the same defence.

For example, you could choose to activate Earth and Wind on the same defence, but you couldn't choose to activate Earth twice on the same defence.

* '''Channelling '''Mist'' - aka "Chi Evasion"'''
When you channel Mist, spend 1 Yin Chi and add your Mist Trigram to your '''Evasion''' for this attack.<br>'''Keywords''': Defence;

* '''Channelling '''Earth'' aka "Chi Interference"'''
When you channel Earth, spend 1 Yin Chi and add your Earth Trigram to your '''Interference''' for this attack.<br>'''Keywords''': Defence;

* '''Channelling '''Water'' aka "Chi Absorption"'''
When you channel Water, spend 1 Yin Chi and add your Water Trigram to your '''Absorption''' for this attack.<br>'''Keywords''': Defence;

* '''Channelling '''Mountain'' aka "Chi Breaker"'''
When you channel Mountain, spend 1 Yin Chi. If the attack fails to do any damage to you, you inflict a '''"Stop"''' on the attacker. That attacker cannot make any additional attacks against you this round, though he can still attack other targets.<br>'''Keywords''': Defence;

Players might perceive "Chi Breaker" as being quite a weak power at the start of the game, but it is one that grows in utility as they and their enemies advance, as there are many sources of extra attacks available to a skilled Xia.

'''Timing:''' Note that Defence is always declared after Attack, so the active player must finish declaring all his active effects before the defender declares any defence effects. There are specific exceptions to this rule (notably ''Chi Celerity'' above) which are flagged with [[Xia: Glossary of Keywords|Keywords]].
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