ReignWulin:Unique Disciplines

Divine Melancholy Palms

These techniques are all used with Coordinated + Unarmed Strike. Some of them allow you to make unarmed strikes with parts of the body that are not normally used for striking. All of them draw upon the practitioner's sorrow and anguish, and function much more effectively if the user is suffering the effects of a thwarted Passion (see pg 38).

• Cherish Hate, Suppress Sobs (1 point): If you know this technique, your attack rolls gain bonuses from thwarted Passions instead of penalties. You still suffer penalties from your thwarted Passions to all other rolls, including Dodge and Parry attempts.
• Meaningless Wanderer (2 points): This eerie movement is an enhanced Feint attempt. If it is successful, you gain a +2d bonus on your next attack against that opponent (instead of the usual +1d). If you are suffering from a thwarted Passion, instead of the usual effects this transforms the die bonus you would usually receive into a Master Die.
• Frightened Heart Spasm (3 points): You may Parry attacks against you even if none of your limbs are available to use. (If used against an armed attack, you suffer the normal penalties for parrying unarmed, unless another technique you know negates them.) If you are currently suffering from a thwarted Passion, a successful Parry using this technique deals a point of Shock damage to the limb striking you.
• Overbearing Sadness (4 points): Your palm strike does an additional two points of Shock damage. If you are currently suffering from a thwarted Passion, it costs two Gobble Dice to remove one die from your attack success. This is the only attack you can make in the round but you may combine this with non-attack actions if you wish (suffering the usual multiple action penalty.)
• Out of Nothing (5 points): You may make as many attacks as you wish without suffering a multiple action penalty, and you may attack even if none of your limbs are available to strike with. If you are currently suffering from a thwarted Passion, all of your Waste Dice become Area Dice against an opponent of your choice as well.

Other stance names from the novel include: Disturbing Oneself, Entangled by the Web of Love, Entering Dead End, Face Without Feeling, Good for Nothing, Hesitating on Return to Empty Valley, Longing for Emptiness, Restless Thought, Six Disturbed Ghosts, Strong Desire Weak Strength, Stupid as a Wooden Chicken, Walking Upside Down, and Wandering the Empty Valley.