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DOMINUS EXXET
C O N T E N T S
Chapter 1: The Origin of Ki

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Ki in Gaa 4
The Origin of Ki 4
Ki in Beings Without Souls 4
Nemesis 5
Martial Knowledge 5
Ki Points and Ki Accumulation 6
Optional Ki Rules: Unif ication of Ki Points 6
Accumulation of Ki: Uses and Explanations 6
Consequences of the Accumulation 6
Ki Recovery 7
Very low Levels of Ki 7
Chapter 2: Advanced Combat Rules

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Excessive Imbalance in Attributes 9
Blindness and Area Attacks 9
Special Methods of Detection in Combat 9
Combination of Situation Modif ier 9
The Effects of Impacts 10
Earthquakes and Similar Effects 10
The Surroundings and High Level Combats 11
Attacks Capable of Penetrating Supernatural Armors and Shields 11
Expanded Perception 11
Combat Maneuvers 12
Multiple Missiles 12
Defensive Fan 12
Anticipate Surprise 12
Masterful Maneuvers 13
Learning Ki 14
Levels of Learning and Diff iculties 14
Insuff icient Martial Knowledge 14
Learning Martial Arts 14
Who is Considered a Master? 14
Chapter 3: New Abilities and Advantages

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New Advantages 16
New Ki Abilities 16
The Abilities of Nemesis 21
Combat Modules 26
Limits 27
Chapter 4: The Martial Arts

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Martial Arts 29
Degrees of Martial Arts 29
The Cost of Martial Arts 29
Combination of styles 29
Martial Arts Damage 29
Martial Arts Limitations 29
Elbow Pads, Knee Pads, Armbands, and Gauntlets 30
Basic Martial Arts 30
Aikido 30
Kung Fu 30
Pankration 31
Shotokan 31
Boxing 32
Muay Thai 32
Capoeira 32
Malla-Yuddha 33
Sambo 33
Kempo 33
Tae Kwon Do 34
Lama 34
Grappling 35
Tai Chi 35
Kardad 35
Xing Quan 36
Kuan 36
Soo Bahk 36
Advanced Martial Arts 37
Emp 37
Selene 37
Suyanta 38
Velez 38
Asakusen 38
Lama Tsu 39
Seraphite 39
Melkaiah 39
Dumah 40
Mushin 40
Hakyokuken 41
Shephon 41
Enuth 41
Hanja 41
Godhand 42
Rex Frame 42
Exelion 42
Weapons in Martial Arts 43
Chapter 5: Creation of Ki Techniques

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Ki Techniques 44
Levels and Trees of Techniques 44
How Is a Technique Created? 45
Altering the Cost in Ki and MK of Techniques 46
Frequency of Effects 46
Action Type for Effects 46
Maintaining Techniques 46
Sustained Techniques 47
Options 47
Improvised Techniques 47
Combinable Effects 47
Effects 48
Offensive Effects 49
Defensive Effects 50
Destructive Effects 52
Action Effects 53
Reaction Effects 55
Special Effects 56
Effects of Durability 58
Increase Effects 59
Varied Effects 61
Disadvantages 69
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Chapter 6: Legacies of Blood

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Legacies of Blood 74
Blood of Aeon: Elemental Link 74
The Eyes of Death 76
Eyes of the Soul 77
Legacy of the Moon (Tsukiyomi) 77
The Blood of Uroboros 77
Blood of the Great Beasts 78
Eyes of Destiny 78
Eternal Blood 79
The Blood of Orochi 79
Existence Eaters 79
Venomous Essence 80
Natural Weapons 80
Blood of the Dead 80
Blood of Kami 81
Blood of the Dragon 81
Latent Blood 81
Chapter 7: Ars Magnus

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Minor Ars Magnus 82
Berserker 82
Yuuse Batojutsu 82
Kiai 84
Guardian 84
Final Attack 84
Special Maneuver 84
Major Ars Magnus 84
Ashuriam: Dimensional Assault 84
Agnitum: Absolute Eye 85
Chaos Meister: Control of Chaos 85
Etherial: Inf inite Attacks 86
Haima: Shadow Of Blood 86
Magnum: Liberation of Power 87
Inf inium: Fluctuation of Space 88
Matrix: Existential Division 88
Mundus: Control of the Surroundings 88
Raikou: Lightning Blade 90
Rem: The Eyes of Destiny 90
Samiel: Final Retribution 90
Shinkyou: Mirror Position 91
Summun: Accumulation of Energy 91
Transformation: The Awakening 91
Transformation: Physical Power 92
Transformation: Eliodon 92
Transformation: Rupture of Destiny 92
Transformation: The Seals of the Dragon 93
Umbra: Attack of Shadows 94
Compendium Of Impossible Weapons 95
Aries: Weapon Swarm 95
Taurus: Giant Double-headed Weapons 96
Gemini: Marionette Weapons 96
Cancer: Monof ilament Weapons 98
Cancer Magister: Monof ilament Weapons 99
Leo: Weapon-Pistols 99
Virgo: Musical Instruments 99
Libra: Variable Weapon 100
Scorpio: Sword-whip 101
Sagittarius: Throwing Objects 102
Sagittarius Magister: Throwing Objects 103
Capricorn: Needles 103
Aquarius: Cape Weapons 103
Pisces: Yo-Yo 104
Ophiucos: Lord of the Inf inite Swords 105
Chapter 8: Seals of Invocation

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Invocation Through Ki 106
The Seals of Invocation 106
Smaller and Greater Seals 106
Learning Seals 106
Invoking Creatures 107
Invocation Checks 107
Failed Invocations 107
Maintaining Summoned Creatures 108
Initial Invocation: Blood Pacts 108
Greater Pacts 108
Types of Invocable Creatures 108
Creatures and Seals 109
Determining an Entitys Seals of Invocation 109
Chapter 9: Compendium of Techniques

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Ormus 110
Hyosetsu Jigoku 111
Hypnos Requiem 112
Le Rose Du Sang 113
Arashido, the Path of Storms 114
Di Quiu 116
Obscuritas 117
Cosmos 118
Kagami 119
Magus Abstergo 119
Gunhell 120
Satyagraha 121
Aarab Zaraq 123
Wushu 124
The Path of Meizo 125
Master of Catastrophes 126
Thanathos 127
Legacy of Solomon 128
Frostkolier 130
Anima, the Song of the Fallen Angels 130
Appendix 1: New Weapons and Armors

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Swords 132
Daggers 132
Lances and Halberds 133
Axes and Blunt Weapons 134
Throwables and Projectiles 135
Armors 135
Appendix II: Index

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Welcome to Dominus Exxet. The book that at this moment you
have in your hands is a supplement for the roleplaying game Anima:
Beyond Fantasy centered on the world of Ki and its incredible powers.
Its objective is to extend the possibilities that all fighters with access to
the Dominion of Ki have at their disposal, also increasing therefore the
spectacular and the dramatic quality of the combats in the game. Each
one of the new abilities that appears in these pages is designed so that
a player can personalize his character in the way that he wants. With
these skills, he will have at his reach an enormous repertoire of unique
capabilities that will allow him to create as he wishes with just a little
desire and imagination.
The truth is that when we began to write this book, we centered
on a very simple objective: to create rules that served to adapt with
freedom any class of character without concern for their origin. That is
to say, although the powers and abilities of Dominus Exxet are located
arguably in Gaa, that is not by far the only setting where they can
appear. With these rules it is possible to emulate any fantasy world, be
they from books, video games, or animated series. Mythical mangas like
Dragon Ball, Bleach, or Naruto, or games like Final Fantasy, Street
Fighter, or Devil May Cry are easily adaptable with the Techniques
and abilities that appear here.
Forget everything that you thought you knew about Ki before now.
With this book in your power, you will be able to create the most
incredible Combat Techniques, to invoke prodigious creatures, or to
awaken ancestral powers that are latent in the blood.
Prepare yourselves. All that and much more is now in your hands.
Ki in Gaa
The world of Gaa is a place filled with supernatural elements, among
which Ki represents only a small part. For the majority of normal people,
there is no difference between the Dominion and magic: both comprise
the same dark and inexplicable forces that so many fear. Nevertheless,
it is also true that, at least in a limited way, people are slightly more
accustomed to the use of Ki than to the other special powers, which is the
reason why they tend to see it slightly less negatively. It is not as troubling
to see individuals able to jump a building, cut bullets in the air, or stop a
rain of arrows by raising a gale with a sword.
In spite of everything, the use of Ki is far from commonplace. Only
a very small part of the fighters of the world really know how to use it,
and even fewer still are those who are able to apply Ki in combat. It is
possible that a few elite soldiers in a squadron might know one or two
Techniques, or that mercenaries of renown or great martial artists may
have developed their own Techniques thanks to arduous training, but
the number of people capable of using Ki in combat is not high.
Naturally, those who really can use Ki effectively in combat can be
considered true masters of Ki.
THE ORIGIN OF KI
The force called Ki is the energy that is present in any form of
life, a kind of vital current that flows through everything. Throughout
history, it has had a multitude of names, like Aether, Ruah, or Ka, and
dozens of philosophical and scientific theories have tried to explain
its nature. In spite of everything, the only fact that can be affirmed
with absolute certainty is that Ki is born of the union between a spirit
and a physical body, hatched of the spark that springs forth when the
material world and the flow of souls intersect. Although everything
that exists has a spirit, Ki only exists in beings who are properly alive,
because they are the only ones who completely fuse their body and
soul.
Ki originates in a person from the moment he is born, because when
a soul is tied to an earthly shell, it extends throughout the body, creating
a powerful physical energy. From then on, Ki crisscrosses the persons
organism like a spiritual current, vitalizing the body until the day of the
persons death. Any living being, and not only creatures composed of
organic material, is able to contain Ki. Elementals, as well as other entities
of an ethereal nature, have it, since they have a soul bound to a physical
element. Only purely spiritual entities or creatures without a soul lack Ki.
It is possible for certain exceptional people to control the flow of
Ki within themselves. When doing so, they break the line that separates
the material world from the spiritual one, granting them the potential
to surpass all established human limits. In a certain way, they imprint on
their bodies the supernatural capabilities that only souls can have. In fact,
the term Dominion of Ki,which is how that collection of capabilities
is generally referred to, comes from the ability that a person has to
dominatethe powers that his soul gives off. That way, somebody
able to control his Ki can use it in the most varied ways, like performing
healing, moving through the air, or utilizing the most improbable Combat
Techniques.
The power of Ki depends on the balance and synchronization
between physical power and spiritual force. An extremely powerful
soul or an exceptional body each can generate an incredible amount of
energy by itself, but balancing both their capabilities provides superior
results. For that reason, someone who wishes to dominate his Ki
completely must cultivate body and soul equally.
Ki in Beings Without Souls
Since Ki is a force that depends on the body and the spirit of living
beings, it is not something that is usable by everyone. Creatures without
a soul itself, like animated golems or basic undead, are completely
incapable of using the forces of Ki. In other cases, through means of
spells like Tie Vital Essence or other supernatural powers, an individual
can partially separate himself from his soul, which reduces his capabilities
considerably. Finally, certain entities exist that, be it by their foreign
nature to reality or by their necromantic essence, have access only to a
shadow part of Ki, which usually is called Nemesis.
In the first cases, basic undead creatures or beings without a soul
simply do not have the capacity to use Ki. Consequently, they do not
obtain MK points or they lose those that they had while still alive.
Supernatural creations, or elementals manifested through magic means,
also fall within this group. Secondly, beings who, for whatever reason,
have broken ties temporarily between their bodies and their souls
continue to have access to Ki, but their Accumulations and their points of
Ki are reduced to half. Finally, specters and greater necromantic beings
that have fallen outside the natural flow also do not have access to Ki,
but they are able to use the Abilities of Nemesis without problems.
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And then, upon looking into his eyes, I understood.
In there, there was no longer anything.
No pain. No suffering. No hope.
All those things had been consumed.
Only power remained.
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The use of the Ki can
manifest itself in the most
incredible ways.
Lacking a soul also has other consequences. To begin with,
similar to the way people with the capacity to feel Ki perceive it like
a spiritual heat, undead beings or those without a soul give off an
intense psychic cold. Therefore, just as the power of a person
can be measured by examining the level of his energy, the
same measuring can be done by examining the glacial aura of a
necromantic creature. Also, if a being without a soul is affected by
some ability or attack that diminishes the creatures Ki points, it suffers
5 points of Damage for each point of Ki that it should have lost.
Nemesis
The nature of Nemesis is an enigma unto itself.
Although there are dozens of philosophical theories
that, in some shape or form, approach the true
origin of Ki, there is not a single one that dares
to assert for sure the same of Nemesis. For
that reason, even for the few occultists
or supernatural investigators who
know something about it, its origin and
function is an unsolvable mystery.
At the moment, the most frequently
proposed theory is that Nemesis is a force opposed to
all the principles of existence, something foreign to the world
and the essence of the vital flow that Ki represents. It is even
beyond the emptiness: an absolute nothing that denies and
devours reality itself. It does not even find itself properly
bound to the undead; even necromantic beings, normally
the most attuned to Nemesis, are not in reality associated
with it.
Just as certain people can control Ki, there
are a few people able to control the energies of
Nemesis (although to a much smaller degree).
When doing so, they use their power to create a
spiritual emptiness in their bodies and souls, vortices
that allow them to annul and destroy any force.
This emptiness is the reason why the
use of Ki and Nemesis are considered
opposite principles: whereas the first
depends on balance and synchronization
between body and mind, the other
completely breaks the ties of the soul and
spirit from any earthly form.
Martial Knowledge
Martial Knowledge or MK is the
value that measures the capacity
of a character to use Ki Abilities
and Techniques. It represents the
characters natural knowledge
about Ki, his innate talent to
understand and use the energy that
comes together in his body and soul
in a balanced way. The higher the MK
value a character has, the greater his
aptitude will be for the use, control,
and understanding of Ki.
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Martial Knowledge is represented by a numerical value, a score that
is used to acquire knowledge of the Ki Dominion, such as Ki Abilities
and special Techniques. Unlike what happens with Development Points,
the Accumulation and the Ki of a character cannot be increased using
Martial Knowledge. Only four ways exist to obtain or increase MK,
which are as follows:
Class: By the mere fact of belonging to a certain class, a character
obtains MK points. Each class provides a certain amount of MK at first
level, and characters obtain additional points every time they go up
a level, as indicated in the description of the classes in Chapter 3 of
Anima: Beyond Fantasy.
Martial Mastery: Using the Martial Mastery advantage, a character
obtains a bonus to his MK. This bonus can only be obtained during the
creation of the character, and it does not get added again when the
character goes up a level. See Anima: Beyond Fantasy, page 17.
Martial Arts: Some Martial Arts grant a certain bonus to the MK of
a character. This benefit is only obtained at the moment the character
masters a certain style, and not every time the character goes up a level.
Investing DP: A character can spend Development Points to increase
his Martial Knowledge. Each 5 DP that he invests for this purpose
provides 5 MK, without concern for the class or Archetype to which he
belongs. This cost falls under Primary Combat Abilities, and it cannot
surpass one tenth of the total Development Points of the character.
That is to say, a 1st-level character could invest up to 60 DP to increase
his MK, whereas a 5th-level character could spend up to 100 DP to
increase his MK.
Ki Points and Ki Accumulation
The number of Ki points establishes the Ki potential of a
character, the overall energy reserve which he has. The
greater the amount, the greater the number of Techniques
and Ki Abilities he will be able to activate. The number of
Ki points generally depends on the Primary Characteristics of
the character (normally, Strength, Dexterity, Agility, Constitution,
Power, and Will), as explained in Chapter 10 of Anima: Beyond
Fantasy. On the other hand, Ki Accumulation is the faculty that
a character has to harness his Ki points for use. The greater the
Accumulation, the faster he will be able to trigger his Techniques
or Abilities. Like Ki, Accumulation depends on Primary
Characteristics, as explained in Chapter 10 of Anima:
Beyond Fantasy.
The Ki points and Ki Accumulation of a character can be
increased by investing a certain amount of DP, at costs defined
by the class of the character in question.
Optional Ki Rules:
Unification of Ki Points
If you prefer, a character can unify the value of all his Ki
points to form a single mass called a Ki Reserve. Using this
method makes calculating how many points a character has left
after using one of his Techniques or Abilities much easier. Characters
still have to use different Accumulations to execute their Techniques,
but instead of spending Ki that depends on certain Characteristics, the
points are subtracted from their total Ki Reserve.
A character has the following Ki amounts based on his
Characterisitcs: Ki Strength 5, Ki Dexterity 9, Ki Agility 10, Ki
Constitution 5, Ki Power 6 and Ki Will 4. If the Unification of Ki
Points optional rule is being used, all these values would be added
together to arrive at a Ki Reserve of 39 points. In the case of using a
Technique that requires Strength 4, Agility 5, and Power 5, using it
would require spending 14 points from the Ki Reserve.
Accumulation of Ki:
Uses and Explanations
When a character wants to make use of an Ability or Technique
that has a cost in Ki points, he cannot simply subtract these points
from his Ki Reserve; first he will have to Accumulate the amount
necessary to activate the Ability or Technique. To do so, he uses the
rules of Ki Accumulation as presented in Anima: Beyond Fantasy.
Thus, a character with a Ki Accumulation of Strength 3 and Agility 4
could use up to 3 points of Ki Strength and 4 of Ki Agility in a single
turn of Accumulation, 6 and 8, respectively, if he Accumulates for two
turns, 9 and 12 if he Accumulates for three turns, and so on. Ki is only
Accumulated from the desired Characteristics and doesnt have to be
drawn from all of them at once.
A character is able to Accumulate Ki at any moment, since doing so is
a Passive and innate Action. Whenever he wishes to do so, he can begin
to concentrate and Accumulate his Ki. In spite of everything, to fully
Accumulate is a Complete Action, so if he takes any other action (even
a passive one like defending himself), the points that are accumulated
during that turn are reduced to half. The reduction of Accumulation
only takes place when a turn is completed, so if the character counts on
having sufficient Accumulated Ki to carry out the Technique or Ki Ability
that he intends to use, he could still use it if he executed other Actions
during that turn.
Finally, it is necessary to keep in mind that a character cannot
stop Accumulating Ki, not even during an action, if he wants to
maintain the points that he has already Accumulated. In the turn
he stops Accumulating, he will have to use the Ki points, or all
the Accumulated points will return to his Ki Reserve, and he will
lose a point in the process.
Consequences of the Accumulation
When a character begins to Accumulate Ki, he
increases his levels of energy enormously, amplifying his
spiritual force to incredible levels. When concentrating
power in this way, a moment is reached when the
power is so great that it is expressed in the physical
world in various ways and can become visible and even
cause alterations in the surroundings. As a result, when a
character begins to Accumulate Ki, it is necessary to know the
total amount of points that he has gathered. The higher the
amount is, the greater the side effects that the triggered power
produces. Keep in mind that the following rules detail merely
collateral effects that the Accumulation of energy entails and not
something that characters can control in themselves. It is also
not viable for a character who is concentrating energy at great
speed to begin to Accumulate it more slowly at a later time to
obtain special benefits because of the Accumulated energy. If
he attempted to do so, his Ki flow would stop and he would
immediately lose any advantage that his energy could provide
to him.
20 points: Starting at this amount, the aura of the character
becomes visible, even to those who do not have the capacity to feel
Ki or to see the supernatural. The atmosphere is disturbed slightly, but
the energy does not really cause repercussions in the physical world
yet. A character who Accumulates this amount of power and does not
release it by giving it some use loses a point of Ki.
40 points: The energy is so elevated that slight tremors occur, the
stones around the character begin to float, and if he is outdoors, a strong
wind also usually rises. A character who Accumulates this amount of
power and does not release it by giving it some use loses 5 points of Ki.
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80 points: The power of the character reaches breathtaking levels,
able to attract storms, trigger lightning in a region spanning several
kilometers, and raise gales. The earth cracks and weak constructions
shudder from the shockwaves released from his body. Any individual
without the capacity to conduct Inhuman Actions will need to pass
an opposed Strength check against the Power of the character to
be able to approach him while he is Accumulating such an amount
of energy. A character who concentrates this amount of energy
and does not release it by giving it some use loses 10 points of Ki.
120+ points: Starting at this amount, it is up to the Game Master
to determine the possible effects that the energy of the character
is able to trigger, but without a doubt they will be as spectacular as
they are powerful. A character who Accumulates this amount of power
and does not release it by giving it some use should lose, at least, half
of his Ki points.
Ki Recovery
Ki generally recovers at a rate of 1 point per hour in each of the six
Accumulating Characteristics (an average of 6 points per hour). If the
Unification of Ki Points optional rule is being used, the player may, if
he prefers, choose to have his character recover a point of Ki every 10
minutes, simplifying the calculations. Using this method, a character with
the Ki Recovery Advantage would recover, depending on the number of
Creation Points spent on the Advantage, 1 point every minute (1 every
20 turns), 1 point every 30 seconds (1 every 10 turns), or 1 point every
six seconds (1 every two turns).
The rate of Ki recovery is an innate capacity in the character that
does not require any kind of action on his part. Nevertheless, an
individual can concentrate or meditate to double his rate of recovery.
This action does not mean that the character rests, but rather quite
the opposite: the fighter makes an effort to regenerate his energies
more quickly, which is why he cannot take any other action while he
meditates, nor recover lost points of Fatigue either.
Very Low Levels of Ki
When a person ends up without Ki points or these diminish to
extremely low levels, it means that his entire body has been pushed
to the limit and is on the verge of collapsing. Therefore, if the Ki of
an individual drops to 10 or less, he loses a point of Fatigue every five
minutes that he remains in that state. If his Ki value reaches 0, the loss
of Fatigue is a point every five turns.
COLORS OF THE AURA
An interesting detail is that the aura of individuals can be a
different color. Although nobody has been able to confirm it,
some suggest that the color of a persons aura is the color of
his soul, a reflection of what he is like inside. Below is a list of the
most common aura colors that a fighter can have, as well as a list
of concepts that they are usually associated with. For example,
a very balanced person might have a bluish aura, even though
his abilities might have little or nothing to do with cold. This list
is only a series of general recommendations; in no case is it an
exhaustive list.
White: Calm, Light, Purity
Red: Fire, Passion, Violence, Wrath
Blue: Balance, Cold, Security, Strength
Green: Life, Nature, Serenity
Yellow: Daring, Energy, Power
Violet: Arrogance, Cruelty, Evil
Black: Darkness, Emptiness, Introversion
Rose: Beauty, Femininity, Gentleness
The aura of Janiel has a
greenish tint because of her
relation with nature.
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Although in Anima: Beyond Fantasy many maneuvers
and options are presented to add variety to combat, often
during a game there can be a multitude of situations that
are not fully covered in the basic book. In this section,
advanced combat rules are presented that have as their goal
explaining many of those eventualities. Keep in mind that
what is presented next is only a set of additional options
that should not be abused. Although sometimes it may be
necessary to know what happens to someone when he takes
a hit of exceptional force, or how the surrounding area could
be affected by a combat involving fighters with extraordinary
abilities, it is not necessary to know the answers to those
questions at all times. A Game Master should only use the
following rules if he thinks that they are appropriate to his
style of gameplay.
Advanced Combat Rules
CHAPTER 2
Forget everything that you thought you knew about combat before now.
I have been witness to things that you will never believe.
With these eyes I have seen a single person destroy entire armies
Squash footmen and gods alike
And laugh, insolently, at the heavens themselves.
Demeter Stratos
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Excessive Imbalance in Attributes
Although combat abilities are usually the fundamental factor in a
fight, there are occasions when such inequality exists in the speed of a
fighter with respect to others that a true imbalance is created among
them. That is to say, no matter how capable a warrior is, when he
faces somebody whose movements are so inhumanely superior to
his that he can hardly see the opponent move, the warriors
body is simply incapable of following the rhythm of the combat.
In order to represent this difference, a character must add
his attributes of Dexterity and Agility and compare his
total against those of his antagonists. If the difference in
totals is significant, the character with superior attributes
obtains a bonus of +10 to all contested physical actions against
his antagonist for each point of the difference over 7. In other
words, if somebody has a total of 9 Dexterity/Agility points
more than his enemy, he receives a bonus of +20, if he has
10 more then he receives +30, and so on. All factors that
modify the Agility or Dexterity of a character (like penalties
from armor) count at the time of calculating the total of the
attributes. Remember that to use these rules there must exist
an overwhelming difference between the Characteristics of
characters, something that is not that common. Generally, it is
unnecessary to make these calculations in every combat; it is
better to reserve them only for those confrontations in which
there is a clear difference in speed.
These rules are not applied to characters who use Magical
or Psychic Projection to attack or defend themselves; simply put,
their powers are not based on such physical combat principles.
Celia, who has 10 Agility and 9 Dexterity (a total of 19),
faces Exodus in combat, whose inhuman attributes of Agility
and Dexterity are 15 (a total of 30). Exodustotal surpasses his
opponents by 11 points, so he applies a bonus of +40 to all
contested physical actions against Celia.
Blindness and Area Attacks
When a blinded fighter knows the approximate position of his
adversary, or the combat takes place in a closed place and an area
attack covers the space completely, the Blindness penalty does not
necessarily need to be applied. An area attack that covers a space
so extensive that the enemy in it lacks sufficient movement to get
out of it should not have to suffer the penalty for Blindness (or, at
the discretion of the Game Master, the penalty should be reduced
to partial Blindness). For example, an immense dragon might fill the
entire area where his enemies are with his breath, or a wizard might
create an explosion in a closed room containing his hidden enemies.
Special Methods of
Detection in Combat
There exist a multitude of occasions in
which, due to the use of various capabilities or
special powers, a character can have located
an adversary he is unable to see. Facing an
invisible enemy or suffering an attack from a
foe in a blind spot while observing that enemy
through Ki Detection is such an occasion. In
any one of these cases, if the fighter has certain
knowledge of the position and the physical
actions of his enemy, he can considerably
reduce the penalties to his Combat Ability for
not being able to see his opponent.
In the first place, it is necessary to determine what is precisely
locating an adversary.
Using Ki: If a character has the ability Ki Detection and makes a
successful roll for detection, he can have an approximate idea of the
position of his antagonist, although he cannot see the enemys every
movement. Consequently, he applies the penalty of Partial Blindness
in place of the one for Absolute Blindness against an invisible
adversary, diminishing by half the penalties for suffering or
making attacks on the Flank and From Behind. If he has the
ability of Ki Erudition and passes the difficulty roll required
for detection by at least 40 points, he is considered to be
seeinghis enemy at every moment. Similarly, such a character
does not apply any kind of penalty for Blindness against invisible
enemies, he eliminates the negative for suffering or making Flank
attacks, and reduces to 20 the penalty for defending himself
against or attacking adversaries located to his back.
Using Magic and Psychic Powers: A multitude of spells
and mental powers, like Detection of Movement or Zone of
Detection, allow a character to locate to varying extents the positions
of invisible enemies or enemies who are in blind spots. In these cases,
the penalty of Partial Blindness in place of Absolute Blindness against
an invisible adversary is applied, reducing to half the penalties for
suffering or making Flank attacks and attacks From Behind.
Combination of Situation Modifiers
Generally, during a confrontation many situations can occur that
modify the Combat Ability of the characters. These situations translate, in
game terms, to a large number of bonuses and penalties that are applied
depending on the context and circumstances of each fighter. Often,
these modifiers are simply added to each other, but there are occasions
when combining these modifiers is more complicated. For example, the
fact that somebody suffers a 80 to his defense when suffering an attack
from the back is as much due to the complicated position in which he
is as to not being able to see the blow well. Therefore, if during a few
moments a character was blinded and suffered an attack from behind,
it would not be very reasonable that the 80 for Blindness and the 80
for attacks From Behind be added together. Logically, the total penalty
should not merely be the sum of those two modifiers. As a general rule,
it is in the hands of the GM to determine the value of these modifiers
when he believes that two or more combat modifiers overlap in part.
Next are presented the recommended modifiers for certain common
situations that can be used as a reference. If a combination does not
appear reflected on the list, then both modifiers should be added with
their complete value.
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The Effects of Impacts
Be it through Ki Techniques, psychic powers, or certain spells, it is
very possible that in a combat a character could suffer an impact that
makes him fly through the air a great distance. In order to measure
the consequences of a blow of such proportions, it is necessary to
consider two fundamental values: the Strength of the impact and by
how much the opposed Strength check has been failed. If the Game
Master wishes it, he can use Table 2 as a reference in order compute
the distance that somebody can be sent through the air. The numbers
that appear in this table reflect the effects of the blows on individuals of
human size and weight. The effects of impacts on individuals smaller or
larger than human size are left up to the GM to determine. Naturally,
it is necessary to never forget certain logical details, because a blow of
Strength 5 could never move a dragon that weighs several hundred tons.
In such circumstances, the Game Master can apply a bonus of between
+1 and +6 to the attribute of the defender if the size and weight of the
combatants are sufficiently disproportionate.
Depending on the surroundings, the resistance, and the weight of
the affected individual, it is possible that he suffers additional damage
from being sent flying. For example, falling into the sea, hitting a tree,
or being punched through a mountain all would have different effects.
Consequently, the Game Master can assign additional Damage depending
on the characteristics and consequences of the impact. GMs can refer to
Table 3 as a quick reference for additional damage, where a list appears
of levels that depend on the conditions of the surroundings and the force
of the impact. In the case of beings with Damage Resistance, this value
must be multiplied by the Damage Resistance Multiple of the creature.
A character always has the possibility of using his abilities of
Acrobatics or Jump to try to diminish the effects of an impact of this
magnitude. For each level of difficulty that a character passes on this
check over Very Difficult, the GM should reduce by a level the damage
from Table 3. For example, if somebody that has taken an impact of
the 4th level of severity is able to pass a check of Acrobatics or Jump of
Almost Impossible difficulty, he would lower the strength of the impact
to level 2. Also, the AT against Impact attacks protects the character
somewhat from the force of the crash: a character subtracts 10 points
from the Damage received for each point of AT against Impact.
1st Level of Severity: Minor impacts that send a character a short
distance (usually 30 ft. or less) or into a surface that is not particularly
dangerous. Normally, the damage of the impact is included with the
damage of the attack itself. Usually this level of severity is recommended
for impacts that do not surpass 10 Strength.
2nd Level of Severity: Impacts of greater power that send a
character more than 30 ft. or make him crash into some hard surface,
although without great consequences. Usually the effect of impacts
between 11 and 13 Strength with a minimal failure on the Strength check
fall into this level of severity.
3rd Level of Severity: These impacts have an extraordinary
power, being able to send somebody more than 60 ft. distance at full
speed. The character will even go through a wall that is not very sturdy,
will knock down a small tree, or will be embedded into a wall. This level
of severity is recommended for impacts of Strength 14 or 15, with a
moderate level of failure on the Strength check.
4th Level of Severity: Blows of heartstopping power that send
a character flying hundreds of feet, often through walls and trees,
fall within this category. Considering the strength of the blow and its
consequences, the character would have to automatically suffer a Critical
with a value equivalent to double that of the Damage received. This level
of severity is recommended for impacts of Strength greater than 15 with
a moderate level of failure on the Strength check.
5th Level of Severity: The maximum level of power, reached
by blows that hurl a character multiple miles of distance while he
rockets through objects as hard and solid as mountains. A normal
character usually ends up automatically destroyed by an impact of this
severity. Obviously, a human body is incapable of resisting such force
and pressure, and certainly the bodys bone structure would become
broken. Consequently, if the Game Master considers it appropriate,
the character would have to pass a Physical Resistance check against a
Difficulty equal to the value of the damage that he suffered or would die
automatically. If he has inhuman capabilities, either through Ki Abilities,
magic, or other powers, the Difficulty of the check is reduced to half. It
remains the discretion of the Game Master to determine when this level
of severity must be used.
Earthquakes and Similar Effects
A combat in which a character of high power and very high strength
participates can produce tremors and earthquakes as collateral effects.
In particular, a character or entity with a Strength Characteristic
of 16 or more has the capacity to, when striking the ground with all
his energy, create powerful tectonic shocks. Depending on the value
of the Characteristic in question, the effects and consequences of the
earthquake can be very different. The duration and radius of effect of
the tremor are increased depending on the strength of the impact, and
anyone trying to maintain his balance is forced to make an Agility check
or fall to the ground and be incapable of moving freely. Depending on
the Strength of the one who caused the earthquake, characters apply
a bonus or a penalty to the check. In addition, many of the structures
within the radius of effect can also suffer considerable damage. All these
effects are listed in Table 4.
Causing an earthquake requires that the character strike the ground
with all his force with the intent to cause one. Doing so is a complete
Combat Action; it is not possible to carry out additional attacks when
this action is being executed. However, the Game Master can determine
that certain especially powerful attacks could cause additional tremors
as secondary effects, even if the attacks did not have that purpose
originally. Naturally, to cause earthquakes in this manner requires Zen.
Failure STR 69 STR 1012 STR 1314 STR 1516 STR 1718 STR 1920
1 110 ft. (G1) 1530 ft. (G1) 3045 ft. (G2) 45100 ft. (G2) 100150 ft. (G3) 150300 ft. (G4)
2 612 ft. (G1) 2045 ft. (G1) 45100 m. (G2) 100150 ft. (G3) 150450 ft. (G3) 3001500 ft. (G4)
3 /4 918 ft. (G1) 3060 ft. (G2) 100150 ft. (G3) 150300 ft. (G3) 4501500 ft. (G4) 1500 ft.1 mi. (G4)
5 /6 1530 ft. (G1) 4575 m. (G2) 150260 ft. (G3) 300600 ft. (G4) 1500 ft.1 mi. (G4) 15 mi. (G5)
7 /8 2045 ft. (G1) 60115 m. (G2) 260360 ft. (G3) 6001500 ft. (G4) 15 mi. (G5) 525 mi. (G5)
9 or more 3060 ft. (G2) 100150 ft. (G2) 360450 ft. (G4) 1500 ft. 1 mi. (G4) 525 mi. (G5) 25+ mi. (G5)
TABLE 2: IMPACTS
TABLE 3: SEVERITY LEVELS
Degree Damage
1st Level of Severity (G1) N/A
2nd Level of Severity (G2) 5 to 10 Damage
3rd Level of Severity (G3) 10 to 50 Damage
4th Level of Severity (G4) 50 to 100 Damage
5th Level of Severity (G5) 100 to 250 Damage
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The Surroundings and High Level Combats
Quite often, it is advisable to indicate what the consequences are of
a combat on a grand scale between adversaries of supernatural abilities.
Depending on the capabilities of the combatants, the most varied results
can occur from simply destroying the room where they are fighting to
completely devastating everything for miles around them. In this section,
various levels of power indicate, at least in general, the most common
consequences of these battles. It is the decision of the Game Master as
to when to apply and how to modify, to greater or smaller degree, the
effects of such battles on the environment. It is important to emphasize
that these rules are only applied when the Base Combat Ability of the
contenders surpasses the values indicated in each level. Someone of
lesser ability who, thanks to a Ki Technique or mere luck with an open
roll, reaches a very high ability total would not cause, not even remotely,
these consequences.
If the fighters choose, they can lower by a level the effects of their
combat on the surrounding area by containingtheir true powers. For
example, two combatants of Ability 300 or greater (third level) can
reduce the harm they cause to their environment to that of Ability 200
or greater (second level) combatants, if both voluntarily wish to diminish
the damage. If only one of them wishes to do so, he must apply a 40
to his Combat Ability to try to palliate the destructive consequences of
the combat.
FIRST LEVEL: Base Ability 150+
A combat between adversaries with this degree of ability produces
a moderate destruction in the place where the fight takes place. Tables,
chairs, and other furniture end up being destroyed after a few turns,
the walls become dented, and it is even possible that the damage causes
greater consequences if the fight is lengthy. For people who see them fight,
the characters demonstrate themselves to be martial artists of incredible
talent whose ability will leave more than one watcher open-mouthed.
SECOND LEVEL: Base Ability 200+
A combat of these dimensions represents the confrontation of two
utmost masters. Normal people can barely follow the movements of
such individuals, and most of the time, normal people will not be able
to perceive anything but blurred movement. Any place in which such
stellar combatants fight will not be intact for long. Some missed blow will
inevitably cut a tree, burst a wall, or puncture the ceiling.
THIRD LEVEL: Base Ability 300+
These combats imply abilities and effects that far surpass everything
that a human being could imagine. When the weapons of the contenders
collide, they cause powerful shockwaves; nearby rocks end up destroyed,
trees split, and weaker constructions shatter into pieces. Anyone too
close to them (between 15 and 80 feet, depending on what the Game
Master considers appropriate) may suffer damage as a collateral effect
of the power released from these blows. Consequently, a character who
is within the radius of effect of the fight will undergo every four or five
turns an attack of a final Ability of 240 (Absurd) with an equivalent
damage to half the lowest base damage of the contenders. All those
whose Combat Ability is on average greater than 140 or who have
access to Inhuman Abilities are able to ignore these effects.
Normal people simply will be incapable of understanding anything
of what is happening; for them, everything that they witness will be an
inconceivable spectacle.
FOURTH LEVEL: Base Ability 400+
During a confrontation of entities whose offensive capabilities reach
this level, even creation shakes. Their blows devastate everything in a
large area, the energy particles that come off the clash of their fists cause
enormous craters, and only the most resistant supernatural constructions
have some capacity to withstand their attacks for any length of time. A
combat among such entities often covers a great distance, because it is
easy for them to go flying with each impact that they give or receive. It
is a fight of divinedimensions. Any individual who is within the area
of the fight (which can easily surpass hundreds of feet) automatically
receives every four or five turns an attack of final Ability between 280
and 320 (Almost Impossible and Impossible, depending on his proximity
to the fighters) and damage the equivalent to half the base damage of
the two contenders. Somebody with Mastery in combat or that has
access to Zen Abilities is able to ignore these effects.
Attacks Capable of Penetrating
Supernatural Armors and Shields
Often, be it by using weapons of quality or Ki Techniques, a character
has the possibility of mounting attacks capable of reducing the Armor
Type of his rivals. Logically, for the same reason, such impacts can easily
break supernatural shields, so such attacks increase their Damage when
they hit such protections. Consequently, a fighter increases the Damage
that his attacks do to supernatural shields with a value equivalent to 10
points for each AT that the attack subtracts from enemies. That is to say,
an attack that produces a 4 to the AT would cause 40 additional points
of Damage to the resistance of supernatural shields.
Expanded Perception
Perception is a mixed Characteristic whose nature is simultaneously
physical and spiritual. Consequently, when this Characteristic reaches
certain extremely high values, it grants the individual that has it certain
extraordinary advantages, the equivalent to the physical capabilities that
somebody could have by virtue of an exceptional Strength or Agility.
Following is a table with the different special capabiities that are obtained
thanks to an extremely high Perception.
Strength Radius
Agi Check
Modifier
Duration Damage to Structures
16 150 ft. +2 1 Turn No structure is damaged.
17 1500 ft. +0 2 Turns
Structures with a Damage Barrier of 40 or less are destroyed. Stronger structures do not
suffer damage.
18 1 mi. 1 3 Turns
Structures with a Damage Barrier of 60 or less are destroyed. Stronger structures suffer
damage equal to that caused by the spell Earthquake from the Earth Path of Magic.
19 3 mi. 2 5 Turns
Structures with a Damage Barrier of 80 or less are destroyed. Stronger structures suffer
damage equal to that caused by the spell Earthquake from the Earth Path of Magic.
20 12 mi. 4 10 Turns
Structures with a Damage Barrier of 100 or less are destroyed. Stronger structures suffer
damage equal to that caused by the spell Earthquake from the Earth Path of Magic.
TABLE 4: EARTHQUAKES
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Immune to environmental luminosity: This ability allows
the character to mostly ignore the effects of light and darkness in his
environment. This way, the character cannot be dazzled by an intense
light, and applies only half the penalties for finding himself in an
environment without light, in an equivalent way to the Advantage Night
Vision. If he already has Night Vision, the penalty disappears completely.
This ability requires access to Inhuman.
Sense the surroundings: The character has the capacity to feel
everything that there is around him, without even being able to see it.
In combat, if the character has Mastery in Notice or Search, all his non-
detectable or invisible antagonists count as located (see Special Combat
Detections) at the time of determining the penalties the character
suffers during the confrontation. This capacity is not effective against
adversaries whose abilities of Subterfuge are superior to the perceptive
ones of the character. This ability requires access to Zen.
Radial perception: The character unifies all his senses at the time
of perceiving his surroundings. He can seeunnaturally in 360 degrees
(he obtains an ability equivalent to the power Radial Vision).
Absolute perception: Having reached this level, the character no
longer perceives the world in a conventional way. He feels everything as
spiritual matter and billions of atoms in movement. Consequently, he can
see through physical bodies and feel invisible supernatural forces without
any kind of penalty. Since he is even able to perceive all that happens
around him before it quite happens, he obtains an additional bonus of +30
to all contested Actions with his antagonists. Only entities with greater
Gnosis than he or the most elevated supernatural protections deny the
character the benefits of this ability. This ability requires access to Zen.
COMBAT
MANEUVERS
Next are presented a series of new optional combat maneuvers
available to all characters. Anyone applying the pertinent modifiers
described in each section can make use of the maneuvers.
Multiple Missiles
Although it makes his precision slightly worse, a fighter has the
capacity to launch several projectiles simultaneously to increase the
destructive power of his attacks. An example of this maneuver in use
would be someone nocking two or three arrows in his bow or hurling a
fistful of daggers with a single hand. By using this maneuver, a character
has the capacity to shoot or throw more than one projectile in a single
attack, increasing his Base Damage by +10 for each additional projectile
up to a maximum of +30 (that is to say, launching up to four projectiles
total). However, using this maneuver reduces the attackers precision
and his speed, requiring him to apply a penalty of 5 to his Attack Ability
and 10 to his Initiative for each additional projectile that he launches.
Naturally, because the maneuver modifies the attackers Initiative, a
player must declare that the character wants to use this maneuver before
he rolls the dice to determine the characters Initiative for the turn.
It must be kept in mind that, being a single attack, this maneuver
does not use the normal rules for Rate of Fire and Reload Projectile
Weapons. In addition, certain Ranged Weapons, like crossbows, pistols,
or muskets, cannot be used in this way due to their own nature.
Celia loads three arrows in her bow, which grants her a bonus
of +20 to the Base Damage of the attack, while simultaneously
producing a penalty of 10 to her Attack Ability and 20 to her
Initiative.
Defensive Fan
Through quick dodges and lightning movements with a weapon, a
fighter is able to create a defensive fan that allows him to defend himself in
an effective way against a great number of projectiles. If a fighter declares
that he wants to make use of this maneuver, he applies a penalty of
40 to his Defense Ability when he is defending against projectiles (both
Thrown and Fired), but in return, the blocks and dodges against these
projectiles do not count as Additional Defenses. This penalty is added to
any other penalty that the character has when defending himself against
the projectiles. For example, somebody that did not have Mastery in
Block who tried to stop several arrows with a sword would suffer a 120
to his Ability (40 for this maneuver and 80 to stop Fired Projectiles).
Celia faces two agents of Selene who throw several stilettos at
her. Anticipating that she is going to be the target of a multitude of
attacks, she declares that she is using Defensive Fan. Although Celias
enemies end up throwing six stilettos at her, she only applies a 40
to her Dodge Ability against each one, and none of her defenses
counts as an Additional Defense.
Anticipate Surprise
Sometimes, a fighter can face an adversary so exceptionally fast
that the adversarys movements can cause him general Surprise. In a
situation like this, a character can use the maneuver Anticipate Surprise
to diminish the effects of the incredible speed of his enemy. The player
must declare that the character wants to use Anticipate Surprise
before anybody throws the dice to calculate Initiative. The player must
determine against which adversary (or adversaries) in particular the
character uses the maneuver on, since the maneuver will only work
against those individuals. Since this maneuver is a conscious action, it
does not work against Surprises that come from unexpected attacks.
TABLE 5: EXPANDED PERCEPTION
Perception Advantage
13 Immune to environmental luminosity
16 Sense the surroundings
18 Radial perception
20 Absolute perception
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After the player declares the use of this maneuver, the character
using it does not suffer the usual penalty of 90 for Surprise against
the enemies who he used it against, but instead applies a penalty of
40 automatically to the first opposed Action that he makes in that turn
against each one of them (even if he turned out not to be Surprised).
The two assassins whom Celia faces use Ki Techniques to increase
their Initiative. Fearing that she will not be able to follow the speed of
their movements, Celia prepares herself by using Anticipate Surprise
against both. Although, in the end, only one of the assassins obtains
Surprise against her, Celia still applies a 40 to the first opposed
Action against each of the two because she used this maneuver
against both.
Masterful Maneuvers
Certain combat maneuvers exist that are beyond what a
conventional fighter can perform. The majority brush the Inhuman, so it
is in the hands of the Game Master whether to allow or not allow their
use. In order to use Masterful Maneuvers, a character must have at least
reached Mastery in his Abilities of Attack and Defense. Otherwise, their
combat abilities are simply not high eneough to carry them out.
Aimed Attack, Clothes: This maneuver has as its objective to
attack the clothes of an adversary, cutting them or tearing them without
damaging the adversarys body in the slightest. The character who
executes the maneuver decides which articles of clothing to try to cut
and which not. For example, he could decide to only destroy the shirt
of an enemy or to leave him only in underclothes. When this maneuver
is executed against a target that uses an armor susceptible to being
cut (be it the metal itself or the strap that holds it), the attacker will
have to make a Breakage check against the Fortitude of the armor. The
character who executes this maneuver must apply a penalty of 150 to
his Offensive Ability if he uses a conventional weapon or of 100 if he
has the Precision Attack Style Module. This attack can be combined with
other Combat Maneuvers, such as Area Attack (which would allow the
character to undress several individuals in a single attack).
Aimed Shot, Ricochet: A character can use this maneuver
to throw or shoot projectiles, have them bounce off objects of the
surroundings, like walls or rocks, and hit targets that are outside their
original shot trajectory. If the shot or throw only requires one bounce,
the character applies a 20 to his Attack Ability, but if it requires more
than one, the penalty is 40. Either way, since the attack loses part
of its power, the value of its Base Damage is reduced by 10 points.
This maneuver allows the attacker to avoid cover that only shields the
front of the target, and it is even possible to attack completely covered
enemies as long as the character has an approximate idea of the enemys
position (but, in that case, the character must apply an additional penalty
of 40 or 80, the equivalent of Partial or Complete Blindness).
Delayed Damage: When reaching Mastery in his Attack Ability, a
fighter can choose to delay the Damage that he causes to his adversary
between one and five turns (that is to say, between three and fifteen
seconds of time) when he carries out a Cut, Thrust, or Impact attack,
being able to make his enemy unaware of the Damage that he has
suffered until moments after receiving it. This effect is due to the fact
that the movement is so inhumanely fast that the enemys body itself
does not initially notice the wounds. The wounds spring up apparently
from nothing seconds later. Normally, organic beings who have received
a cut or impact of this type usually suffer great losses of blood, because
the blood exits pressurized. Consequently, the Delayed Damage always
causes bleeding. Aside from the mere aesthetic detail, this maneuver has
many uses if correctly applied, like allowing an assassin to move away
from a victim he has already killed, even before the victim realizes that
he has been assassinated.
A fighter who executes an attack with Delayed Damage must apply a
penalty of 10 to his Attack Ability, and his player must declare before
rolling the dice the number of turns the wound takes to manifest itself.
Rain of Projectiles: When a fighter reaches Mastery in his
Attack Ability, he is able to throw with a single movement a true wave
of projectiles. This maneuver allows a character to carry out an Area
Attack at a distance. If the character uses weapons with Rate of Fire 50
or less, the attack covers a zone with a three foot radius for each 20
points of Attack Ability that he has, whereas if the weapon has a Rate of
Fire greater than 50, the area is a three foot radius for each 40 points
of Ability. That is to say, a fighter with an Attack Ability of 240 could
carry out an Area Attack with an 18 or 36 foot radius, depending on the
type of weapon he uses. Because of the mass of projectiles, an attack
of this type doubles the Base Damage of the weapon used. In the case
that several types of weapons are used, the GM will have to determine
the average damage of the weapons. In addition to having Mastery in his
Attack Ability, a character who uses Rain of Projectiles must be able to
throw at least five projectiles in a single turn. Therefore, he might only
be able to use the maneuver with some weapons, as other weapons may
be too slow for the maneuver.
This maneuver does not cause any penalty to Attack Ability, but it
is a complete Attack Action. The character who uses it cannot make
additional attacks of any type. If he wants to selectively target certain
spots or people in the area and avoid hitting others, the character
applies a penalty of 50 to his Attack Ability. Keep in mind that in each
attack by a character carrying out Rain of Projectiles, he uses more
than 10 weapons (normally, from 3 to 4 for each three foot radius that
the attack encompasses). Consequently, using this maneuver repeatedly
requires a lot of ammunition.
Immobilize from a Distance: This maneuver allows a character
to paralyze an adversary using projectiles, be it by nailing his clothes to
a wall without causing Damage to him, or fully piercing his extremities.
Unlike what is represented by a simple aimed attack at a sleeve or a hand,
this attack completely surrounds the body of an adversary with dozens
of projectiles, preventing him from making any kind of movement. In
order to make this maneuver, the character must apply a penalty of
80 to his Attack Ability if he does not want to cause Damage to his
target or of 50 if he doesnt care whether he damages the target or
not. This maneuver is a complete Attack Action, and the character who
uses it cannot make additional attacks of any type. Immobilize from a
Distance uses the rules of a conventional Trapping maneuver, but it uses
a Characteristic value of 8, which can be increased or reduced by up to
3 points, depending on the resistance of the clothes of the target and
the type of weapon that the attacker is using. Logically, the target of this
maneuver must be next to a wall or any scenic element susceptible to
being used to hold him.
SACRIFICES
Abilities and Ki Techniques exist that allow the sacrifice
of Life Points to increase certain effects, diminish the cost of
Martial Knowledge, or obtain other similar benefits. These
cases, except if specified to the contrary, fall under the rule
of Sacrifice. Life Points lost in this way are not recovered
in a conventional way; they ignore the natural or mystical
Regeneration of a character as well as the effects of spells,
powers, and healing techniques. The sacrificed points recover
at a rate of 10 a day (in the case of beings with Damage
Resistance, to this amount is applied his Damage Resistance
Multiplier) without concern for other special conditions.
These restrictions occur because the Sacrifices consume the
body and soul of those who make them, so the time necessary
for recovery is something inherent to the person and excludes
other particular effects. Normally the Beings with Damage
Resistance must multiply the indicated amount of Life Points
by their Damage Resistance Multiple to obtain the benefits
of a Sacrifice.
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LEARNING KI

One of the more arduous elements that the Game Master and players
can run into is determining how a character is able to learn Ki powers. It is
important to remember that the mere fact that somebody has the necessary
Martial Knowledge points to develop an Ability or Technique does not imply
that he is automatically able to master it. The Ki Abilities are complex,
requiring considerable dedication and training on the part of a character
who tries to learn them. Consequently, it is very difficult for somebody to
master an Ability or Technique from one day to another, without concern
for his existing talent. Above all, it is necessary to remember that Ki is not
something that is learned in an automaticway for belonging to a certain
class. Even a Technician is not necessarily a true expert in Ki from the
beginning; it is possible that he needs to go up a few levels to begin to receive
the benefits of his Martial Knowledge. It can even be possible that the Game
Master does not allow the characters to develop Ki Abilities without their
having certain experiences.
Next, a series of general guidelines is presented that the Game Master
can use to determine the approximate time that a character requires to
develop and perfect his Dominion Abilities.
Levels of Learning and Difficulties
First of all, it is necessary to determine the levels of knowledge and
learning that the character has. Such as it has been explained previously,
Martial Knowledge (MK) measures the talent and experience of an
individual in everything related to Ki, and, consequently, the greater
a characters score, the easier it will be for him to learn Techniques
and Abilities of the Ki Dominion. Therefore, his total MK determines
his level of learning in the way that is indicated in Table 6: Learning
Ki Techniques and Abilities. Next, it is necessary to establish the
complexity of the Ability or Technique that is to be developed. Depending
on its MK cost, it will be classified in one of four different levels of Difficulty,
also reflected in Table 6. Considering both values, it is only necessary
to consult the corresponding table boxes to have an idea of the required
time to develop the desired Technique or Ability. The boxes marked with
N/Aindicate that the character is incapable of learning a Ki Ability
of such complexity, whereas those in which the word Automatically
appears indicate that the character would only require a few seconds to
develop the Technique or Ability in question.
Keep in mind that, to begin to develop any Ki Ability or Technique
with these rules, a character must previously have Ki Control or Use
of Nemesis. Without one of them, the character is simply incapable of
understanding the basic operation of the Abilities and Techniques of the
Ki Dominion.
Celia, who has 150 MK points, would have a level of knowledge of
2. She decides to begin to learn the Ki Ability Elimination of Weight,
whose cost is 10 MK (therefore, Difficulty 1). After consulting the
corresponding box, Celias player discovers that Celia would need
around 10 weeks to learn it.
Supernatural Level: If the Game Masters campaign is one with an
extremely high supernatural level, the character can add an additional
level to his capacity to learn.
Training: The values that appear reflected in Table 6 imply that the
character dedicates most of his time to train and develop his Ki Ability.
If he cannot devote all his efforts to training, increase the Difficulty one
level. If it is already at the 4th level of Difficulty, it is simply not possible
to develop the Technique if the character does not dedicate all the time
he has available.
Masters and Instructors: If the character has an Instructor, he
increases his ability to learn as if his level of knowledge was one higher
than what his MK dictates. If he is trained by a true Master, the characters
level of knowledge increases two levels. In this way, a character with 250
MK points (3rd level of knowledge) who wants to learn would be at a
4th level of knowledge with an Instructor and 5th level with a Master
Instructor.
Lemures, with his 280 MK points, would be a character with
a 3rd level of knowledge. If he wanted to develop without aid a Ki
Technique that costs 50 MK points (that is to say, Difficulty 2), it
would take around 50 weeks (more or less a year) to learn it. If he had
an Instructor, he would learn it in 50 days, whereas if he was taught
by a true Master Instructor, he would not need more than 50 hours.
Insufficient Martial Knowledge
Sometimes there are circumstances that can occur where someone
should have the opportunity to master a Ki Technique or Ability, but
not having sufficient free MK, he is unable to do so. If the Game Master
considers it appropriate, the character can develop up to a maximum of
50 points over his present MK to learn a particular Ability or Technique.
In this instance, the individual has not completely mastered the Technique
or Ability, but he can try to make use of it in limited circumstances.
Unfortunately, serious possibilities exist that he will not be able to execute
it correctly, because he is trying to make use of capabilities that at the
moment are beyond him. For this reason, every time a character tries to
use a Technique or Ability learned under these circumstances, he must first
make a Power check, applying a penalty of 1 to his Characteristic for each
10 extra MK points that he has used to obtain the Ability or Technique.
If he fails the check, not only is he unable to execute it correctly, but he
also loses double the Ki points which it would have cost him to use it
successfully. If it was an Ability that does not consume Ki, instead he loses
a point of Fatigue.
A character who has obtained extra MK using this method will have
to spend, obligatorily, subsequent free points of Martial Knowledge that
he obtains to pay the amount of additional points that he has received.
Once the difference has been paid, the character no longer has to make
the Power check.
TABLE 6: LEARNING KI TECHNIQUES AND ABILITIES
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Although she only had 30 free MK points left, Celia has mastered
a Technique costing 50 MK, 20 points more than that allowed
by her Martial Knowledge. Consequently, whenever she wants to
make use of the new Technique, she will have to pass a Power check
(applying a 2 to the value of her Characteristic for the 20 extra MK
points that it required) or the Technique will fail and she will lose
double the Ki that the Technique costs.
Learning Martial Arts
As with learning Ki Abilities, learning Martial Arts requires an
extensive dedication on the part of its practioners. In the first place,
they are truly complex combat styles, created over the course of many
long years (sometimes, even entire centuries) of absolute dedication.
Consequently, a fighter cannot simply master a martial art on his own
in a day; an extensive knowledge base usually is necessary. The most
common way to obtain that knowledge is from a master or tutor, but
also it is perfectly possible to justify a character gaining that knowledge by
another means, such as by studying old scrolls that hold all the techniques
of a certain style. In principle, the complexity of a martial art is so high
that a normal person would require long months or years to master a
style. However, it is necessary to remember that the characters of Anima
are anything but normal. After reaching a certain level of ability, a martial
artist is able to imitate a combat art in a short time, or to even develop
his own. Although the period of learning required by a character to
master a style must normally be determined by the Game Master, next is
presented a series of guidelines that can serve as a foundation.
Initially, a character just created (be it a first level one or a higher
level one) should have the capacity to know all the Martial Arts that his
Attack and Defense Abilities allow him; generally, this is based on the
fact that in the past he has had the opportunity to learn them in any
way imaginable. In the same way, a fighter is not required to have a
justification for reaching new levels of ability in a Martial Art that he
already knows. Once the requirements are fulfilled, it is assumed
that he has improved sufficiently so as to develop by himself the
desired advances in his style. Thus, it is easy for an individual to
begin knowing some combat styles and to improve them as
he gains ability. Nevertheless, a problem appears when
a character wants to learn a style new to him in the
middle of a game. In such cases, there are two very
important factors to consider: the level of Ability of the
character and the Complexity of the Martial Art that
he wants to learn. In the first place, it is necessary to
add the Attack and Defense Abilities of the character,
and next to determine the level of Complexity of the
Martial Art itself. With both elements, players can
consult Table 7: Learning Martial Arts in order
to have an approximate idea of the time that it would
take a character to master a certain combat style.
Nobunaga has found an Instructor who is able to teach Kardad to
him, whose Complexity is 2. Given that Nobunagas Attack Ability
is 160, his Defense Ability is 170 (which makes a total of 330), and
he knows more than two styles (which increases his ability level by
one level), it will take him a month to learn the martial art correctly.
Supernatural Level: If the Game Masters campaign is one with an
extremely high supernatural level, the character increases his Ability level
by one.
Martial Artist: If the character is an expert fighter who knows at
least two other Martial Arts, he increases his Ability level by one.
Training: The values that appear reflected in Table 7 imply that the
character dedicates most of his time to training. If the character cannot
devote all his efforts to training, his Ability level goes down a level.
Masters and Instructors: It is assumed that the character must have
an Instructor (or some equivalent) to learn a Martial Art. If this Instructor
is a true Master, it increases his Ability level by one.
Who is Considered a Master?
On several occasions throughout this chapter, reference has been
made to having an Instructor or a Master to enormously facilitate the task
of learning and developing Martial Arts, Ki Techniques and Abilities, etc.
This reference leads to the following question: who can really have the
designation of Instructoror Master?
To begin with, any individual who has mastered a Technique, Ki
Ability, or Martial Art that his apprentice does not know has in that case
the designation of Instructor. Therefore, all those who have knowledge
that another person lacks can teachhim that knowledge, enormously
facilitating learning. It does not matter if the MK or the Combat Ability
of the learner of the Technique or the martial style is superior to that
of his Instructor. With respect to the knowledge being taught, the
learners knowledge is smaller and he can still benefit from the
instruction.
A Master, on the other hand, possesses a much higher level
of knowledge and skill than a normal Instructor. He is not only
someone who posseses knowledge that the character does not,
but the Master also has a vast experience that surpasses
by far the capabilities of his apprentice. Consequently,
he can adapt to the needs of his student and teach
him more effectively. For that reason, a character is
considered a Master if he has at least 150 MK points
more than his apprentice, in the case of Ki Techniques
or Abilities. In the case of Martial Arts, he must
have 100 points more than the apprentice in the
sum of the Attack and Defense Abilities, as well as
having mastered the style in Advanced or Supreme
degree. Note that, according to these criteria, a
character can be a Master for some people and a
mere Instructor for others.
TABLE 7: LEARNING MARTIAL ARTS
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In this chapter, reference is made to a multitude of new Ki Abilities,
Advantages, and Style Modules that offer players greater variety and
versatility when creating their characters. All of them work the same
as those in Anima: Beyond Fantasy, and like those, they have certain
requirements and costs. Also appearing for the first time are the
Abilities of Nemesis and Limits, two new supernatural abilities designed
to increase the game options of any character.
NEW ADVANTAGES
In this section appears a list of new Advantages related to the Ki
Dominion and other similar elements. As with those that appear in
Anima: Beyond Fantasy, the cost indicates the amount of Creation
Points that are necessary to invest to have access to them. There is no
restriction in their use; any character, regardless of class, can have access
to them.
TOTAL ACCUMULATION
The character is endowed with the ability to accumulate his physical
energies innately, without having to concentrate to do so. Consequently,
he is able to use his Ki with complete freedom, without seeing his
powers reduced by any circumstances.
Effects: The character does not reduce his Ki Accumulations for
carrying out passive or active actions. For the purpose of play, the
character always enjoys his full Accumulation, no matter what he does
during his turn.
Cost: 2
MARTIAL LEARNING
The character has an amazing facility to master Ki Techniques and
Abilities in a very short time, even those that are incredibly difficult to
learn.
Effects: Someone with this Advantage increases by two levels the
level of learning that his MK grants him on Table 6. In this way, a
character with 120 points of MK (2nd level) would actually learn as if he
is were at the 4th level of learning.
Cost: 1
IMPERCEPTIBLE KI
The physical energy of the character is exceptionally difficult to
detect, because it disappears without leaving a trace.
Effects: This Advantage grants a special bonus of +10 to Ki
Concealment per level.
Limits: This Advantage does not grant any benefit if the character
does not develop the Ability Ki Concealment.
Cost: 1
INNATE POWER
All the physical energy of the character comes from his soul, which
feeds power to his Ki Techniques and Abilities.
Effects: When calculating his initial Ki points, instead of using the
basic value of his Characteristics, the character uses only his Power
attribute and multiplies by six the amount that this grants to him. The
additional points for having a Characteristic value superior to 10 also
are multiplied.
Limits: This Advantage can only be chosen if the optional rules of
Unification of Ki Points are used.
Cost: 1
Using this advantage, a character with Power 11 would have an
initial Ki Reserve of 72 points: six times his initial value of Ki (which
in this case is 12).
UNCONNECTED TECHNIQUES
The Techniques of the character are completely unconnected to each
other, without the need to maintain a correlated structure among them.
Effects: The character can develop or learn Dominion Techniques
freely, without the necessity of following the Tree rules. That is to say,
he does not need Techniques of lower level in order to learn others of
higher level.
Cost: 1
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New Abilities and Advantages
CHAPTER 3
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INCREASED KI ACCUMULATION
When concentrating to accumulate Ki, the
character is able to vastly increase his ability to
gather his energies at great speed.
Effects: If the character does not conduct
any other Action during the turn, active or
passive, than Ki Accumulation, he can add +1
to the value of all his Ki Accumulations during that
turn. The investment of an additional Creation Point
increases this bonus to +2.
Limits: The benefits of this Advantage
cannot be combined in the same turn with
those of the Advantage Total Accumulation,
which increases Accumulation while the
character carries out other Actions.
Cost: 1, 2
KI PERCEPTION
The senses of the character have the natural
capacity to perceive Ki, which increases the
characters abilities of detection enormously.
Effects: This Advantage grants a special bonus of
+10 to Ki Detection per level.
Limits: This Advantage does not grant any
benefit if the character does not develop the Ability
Ki Detection.
Cost: 1
DUAL LIMIT
The character has a dual potential that allows him to bind his
essence to two Limits.
Effects: The character can choose up to two Limits instead of one.
Cost: 1
NO GESTURES
The character does not need to make gestures to perform Seals of
Invocation, since the essence of these is bound directly to his soul.
Effects: The character does not reduce his Ki Accumulation, even if
he is not able to use his hands.
Cost: 1
MASTERFUL SEALS
The Seals of Invocation made by the character enjoy an unusual
power, since his soul reinforces their effects enormously.
Effects: When setting the Difficulty check of an invocation using
Seals, the character is treated as if he has two levels more. Thus, a
character of 2nd level could invoke creatures as if he was level 4.
Cost: 1
NEW KI ABILITIES
The abilities of Ki are unique capabilities and powers that characters
can develop with Martial Knowledge points. Their use, unless an abilitys
description states otherwise, is something innate and does not have a
Ki cost; someone that has a particular ability that does not have an
indicated cost can use it whenever he wishes.
Next, can be found a detailed listing of new Ki Abilities that are
added to the ones that already appear in Anima: Beyond Fantasy.
Each entry provides the abilitys requirements, its cost in Martial
Knowledge, and the special abilities that it confers.
MASS MOVEMENT
The superior control of a characters energy allows
him to increase the value of the mass that he can move
at a distance. In consequence, the weight that he affects
increases at the rate of 110 pounds per Ki point spent, and
he can control several objects instead of being limited to a
single one.
Requirements: Movement of Objects
Cost: 20 MK
ARMOR OF GREATER ENERGY
This ability increases the power of the aura of the character,
allowing him to increase his Energy Armor up to AT 4. The activation of
this ability is not something innate, but instead costs a generic Ki point
for every five turns that it stays active. As with the conventional Energy
Armor, although this armor counts as an armor, penalties are not
applied to Initiative because of it for using additional layers of protection.
Requirements: Energy Armor
Cost: 10 MK
ARMOR OF ARCANE ENERGY
When a character masters this ability, the value of his Armor
against Energy is increased automatically to AT 4 without having to pay
activation or maintenance. In addition, it can be increased up to AT
6 by investing a point of Ki every five turns. As with Armor of Greater
Energy, although this armor counts as an armor, penalties are not applied
to Initiative because of it for using additional layers of protection.
Requirements: Armor of Greater Energy
Cost: 10 MK
ELEMENTAL ATTACK
The absolute control over the characters energy allows the
character to bestow an elemental quality to his attacks, causing his
attacks and blows to be innately tied to a certain element. When a
character first develops this ability, he must choose which element he is
attuned to from among the following ones: Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Light,
or Darkness. A character who has any kind of imbalance towards an
element (be it magical, racial, or Ki) is obliged to select that element if he
wants to develop this ability. If he wishes it, a character that has decided
on Fire, Air, or Water can use Heat, Electricity, or Cold, respectively, as a
Secondary Damage Type. A character that chooses Earth as an element
will be able to use Impact as a Secondary Damage Type, regardless of
which weapon he uses. If the weapons Primary Damage Type is already
Impact, the weapons Base Damage increases by 10 points.
If he wishes it, a character can choose this ability several times,
specializing every time in a different element.
Requirements: Aura Extension
Cost: 10 MK
INCREASED DAMAGE
This ability amplifies the destructive power of physical energy,
elevating by 10 points the Base Damage of the weapon or attack
employed. This ability also works with projectiles.
Requirements: Aura Extension
Cost: 10 MK
INCREASED REACH
This ability allows the control of the shape of the energy that a
character lets flow through his weapon, enlarging the effective size that
he can cover with his attacks. Therefore, the ability doubles the number
of targets that the character reaches using an Area Attack; Small and
Medium attacks affect six and eight enemies, respectively, while Large
attacks affect up to ten.
Requirements: Aura Extension.
Cost: 10 MK
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INCREASED SPEED
This ability represents that the character has learned to use the flow
of Ki to increase in an inhuman manner his speed and the movement
of the weapons he wields. Consequently, he receives a special bonus of
+10 to his Initiative. Increased speed is also used in unarmed combat.
Requirements: Aura Exension
Cost: 10 MK
ABSORPTION OF ENERGY
Mastering this ability allows the character to use his inner energy as
protection, shielding himself with it to absorb Damage that is completely
supernatural or energy. That is to say, this ability could transform the
Damage caused by a Light Beam or a supernatural Technique, but not
that suffered by a sword strike that simply can do Energy damage. That
way, instead of losing Life Points, the character can spend Ki at a rate of 1
generic point for each 5 Damage received. This conversion is completely
voluntary; if he declares it thus, a character can suffer physical Damage
instead of loss of Ki points. This ability does not work against Damage
produced by effects that force one to pass a Resistance check.
Requirements: Presence Extrusion
Cost: 30 MK
Serenade sends a Dark Beam against Exodus, causing him a
total Damage of 100 points. Since Exodus has Energy Absorption
and the attack has a clear supernatural nature, he can choose to
convert this Damage and lose in its place 20 points of Ki. If for
example he only had 12 left in his reserve, he would still lose 40 Life
Points, since he is not able to absorb all the Damage with his Ki.
PHYSICAL SHIELD
The mere residual energy that the character exudes acts like a
physical shield that repels any attack against his body. All hits that lack
the necessary power bounce harmlessly against him without causing the
slightest Damage to him. In game terms, the character gains a natural
Damage Barrier the equivalent of his Base Presence.
Requirements: Presence Extrusion
Cost: 10 MK
SUPERIOR HEALING
This ability increases the effects of Ki Healing, allowing a character
to recover 5 Life Points for each generic Ki that is spent. This ability
cannot completely repair the damage, so it is not possible to recover
more than half of the damage suffered.
Requirements: Ki Healing
Cost: 10 MK
STABILIZE
This ability empowers the character to stop bleeding and to recover
other individuals from the state between life and death. In order to
prevent the effects of bleeding, the character must invest between 2
and 5 generic points of Ki, depending on the severity of the wounds.
If this ability is used to stabilize someone with negative Life Points, this
ability allows the affected person to make a new Resistance check to
come out of the state between life and death. Each 2 additional generic
Ki points that are invested confer to the patient a bonus of +5 to the
PhR to make the check.
Requirements: Ki Healing
Cost: 10 MK
LIFE SACRIFICE
The character is able to consume his life force to turn it into pure
physical energy. In this way, for every 2 Life Points that he sacrifices
using this ability, he is allowed to recover a point of Ki from his reserve.
The Life Points that are spent using this ability count as a Sacrifice and,
consequently, recover at a different rate than other wounds.
Requirements: Ki Transmission
Cost: 10 MK
AURA OF CONCEALMENT
A character using this ability can hide the Ki of individuals who are
next to him or he is in contact with, as well as his own. In game terms,
this ability grants him the ability to use his Ki Concealment with other
people by applying a penalty. If he is in direct contact with someone,
he only suffers a 40 to his ability, whereas if they are within 10 feet
of him, this penalty becomes 120. Each additional individual after the
first who he tries to hide causes an extra penalty of 10. The character
makes one roll to conceal everyone, including himself.
Requirements: Ki Concealment
Cost: 10 MK
Jiang Pao extrudes energy
to increase the speed of his
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ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: FIRE
Thanks to the control of his energy, the character gains a certain
immunity to heat. This ability confers an innate resistance to him against
an equivalent of five intensities of fire, although he can increase that
value by investing a generic Ki point for each intensity greater than five
that the source of heat has. That is to say, to be immune to flames
equivalent to 15 intensities, a character would have to spend 10 Ki
points. The increased cost must be maintained each turn. Anyone
naturally vulnerable to heat or fire cannot choose this ability.
Requirements: Elimination of Needs
Cost: 20 MK
ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: COLD
Thanks to the control of his energy, the character gains a certain
immunity to low temperatures. This ability confers an innate resistance
to him against an equivalent of five intensities of cold, although he can
increase that value by investing a generic Ki point for each intensity
greater than five that the source of cold has. The increased cost must be
maintained each turn. Anyone naturally vulnerable to low temperatures
cannot choose this ability.
Requirements: Elimination of Needs
Cost: 20 MK
ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: ELECTRICITY
Thanks to the control of his energy, the character gains a certain
immunity to electrical currents. This ability confers an innate resistance
to him against an equivalent of five intensities of electricity, although he
can increase this value by investing a generic Ki point for each intensity
greater than five that the electricity has. The increased cost must be
maintained each turn. Anyone naturally vulnerable to electricity cannot
choose this ability.
Requirements: Elimination of Needs
Cost: 20 MK
RESTORE OTHERS
This ability grants the capacity to use Recovery on other individuals,
allowing them to recover from physical exhaustion. The Ki cost is the
same, as is the limitation allowing only one point per turn.
Requirements: Recovery.
Cost: 10 MK
SUPERIOR CHARACTERISTIC AUGMENTATION
The Characteristic can be increased by up to four points over its
original value instead of three. Although the Ki cost of its activation
continues to be the same, its maintenance is reduced to a point every
10 turns.
Requirements: Characteristic Augmentation
Cost: 20 MK
IMPROVISED COMBAT TECHNIQUES
This ability provides the character access to the Table of Improvised
Creation Techniques. The Improvised Combat Techniques are explained
in Chapter 5 of this book.
Requirements: Use of Ki
Cost: 50 MK
TECHNIQUE PUSHING
This ability confers the capability to increase the effects of Combat
Techniques over their original power, by investing in them a greater
amount of energy. That is to say, a character can spend more Ki and
obtain superior effects. In order to push a Technique, it is necessary to
Accumulate double the Ki points of its original cost: one whose cost is
Agility 4 and Dexterity 5 would require an Accumulation of Agility 8
and Dexterity 10.
In doing so, the Technique increases its effects by half of the value
of the Technique, rounding down; thus, a bonus of +100 to Attack
would increase to +150, five Limited Additional Attacks would become
seven, and so on. In the case of Damage multipliers, the value of the
multiplier increases a point, and, with respect to Resistance checks, the
Difficulty to pass the check increases by 40 points. Thus, a Technique
that multiplies Damage by three would multiply by four, and a PhR of
120 would become 160.
Once a character gains this ability, he is able to push all the
Techniques that he knows freely. Also, it is possible to push Maintained
Techniques, but only in their initial activation; it cannot later be applied
to Maintained Effects.
Requirements: Use of Ki
Cost: 20 MK
Lemures masters a Ki Technique that provides him a bonus of
50 points to his Attack Ability and 50 to his Base Damage, with
a Ki cost of Dexterity 5 and Strength 6. If because of an extreme
circumstance he wanted to push it, to do so he would have to
Accumulate Dexterity 10 and Strength 12, which would increase the
bonuses of the Technique to +75 Attack and Damage (50 base plus
half of its value).
COMBAT AURA
Also sometimes called killer instinctby some fighters, more than
a Ki Ability, the Combat Aura is a natural consequence of the elevated
spiritual and combative power of a character. It represents that his
Presence is so extremely potent that, when he externalizes it, he can
influence those around him, even if they are not able to perceive his
energy. Before an overwhelming Combat Aura, a person can feel uneasy,
have an incomprehensible fear, or even remain completely paralyzed,
like a toad that watches the eyes of a serpent.
Individuals who are affected by the Combat Aura of a character
are forced to make a Resistance check using only their Base Presence,
although if they have developed the Secondary Ability Composure,
they can apply the bonus that this offers them. The Difficulty depends
on the Presence of the character who generates the Aura and his Ki
Accumulations. The more powerful he is, the greater the influence of his
Aura. In order to calculate the Auras value, the Base Presence is taken and
a bonus is added to it that depends on the sum of all his Accumulations,
as indicated in Table 8: Combat Aura Modifiers. That is to say, a
character of 10th level (Base Presence 75) whose Accumulations add 14
points would create a Combat Aura of 105 Difficulty. Any penalties to
the Action modify the Difficulty level that the Aura produces, since they
diminish the offensive capability of a character.
If those affected pass the check, they do not suffer any detriment;
otherwise, the level of failure determines the consequences, collected
in Table 9: Effects of Combat Aura. A person who has already
passed the check does not have to make the check again until several
hours have gone by.
This ability does not have an effect on individuals whose Presence
is only 10 points lower than that of the character with the aura; simply
put, their spiritual energy levels are too close. Activating the Combat
Aura is a passive Action that characters can do at will. However, when
a character begins to Accumulate Ki to carry out a Technique or is
very excited before a combat, he normally cannot help but trigger
the Combat Aura unconsciously. Although activating it is a free action,
maintaining the Aura a prolonged period of time (or activating it and
deactivating it continuously) can consume the Ki reserves of a character.
Therefore, each five turns that a character uses his Combat Aura, he
loses a point of generic Ki.
Generally, the range of the Combat Aura is a radius in feet equivalent
to the Presence of the character times 15.
Requirements: Ki Control
Cost: 40 MK
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A group of four guards surrounds Exodus, trying unsuccessfully
to stop him. Tired and without the desire to fight, Exodus, who
at that moment is a level 9 character, triggers his Combat Aura
with a Difficulty of 90 (70 for his Presence plus 20 for the value
of his Accumulations). Perceiving instinctively the power of their
opponent, the guards, all of them of 1st level, roll the dice and add
the result to their Presence, obtaining final values of 39, 45, 49, and
67. Because of the difference between the Difficulty and their total,
three of them instinctively feel fear, whereas the fourth is paralyzed
by the energy of his rival.
Affected: The Combat Aura affects the capacity of the character
to react, in an unconscious way, slowing down his movements and
preventing him from acting with full capacity. He himself does not
know it, but he suffers a penalty to all Actions of 10. He is able
to repeat the check every five turns, although the result cannot
make his state worse.
Fear: An irrational fear takes hold of the character, numbing his
extremities and clouding his mind. Consequently, he suffers the state
of fear and applies the appropriate penalties. Until he has a rationale
for overcoming his fear, he cannot repeat the check. For example,
he could realize that it is possible to defeat his enemy after
one of his companions has struck him, giving the character the
opportunity to roll the dice again.
Paralyzation: The feeling of oppression is so great that
the character is paralyzed, incapable of moving because of the
power that surrounds him. Consequently, he suffers the state of
paralyzation, just as it is described in Chapter 14 of Anima: Beyond
Fantasy. The victim can only try to repeat the check if he sees his
life in danger or is about to witness something that, generally, he could
not stand seeing.
Fainting: The pressure that the Combat Aura produces is so elevated
that the character loses consciousness. He remains unconscious for
several hours or until someone wakes him up.
PHYSICAL DOMINION
This ability provides the character with the ability to fuse his energy
and his body. Thanks to it, a character obtains a bonus of +10 to his PhR
against any type of Damage.
Requirements: Ki Control
Cost: 10 MK
PHYSICAL CHANGE
The character can use his energy to alter his physical appearance
slightly. The change is only superficial, but is sufficient to give the character
a different look. This ability cannot change the actual sex of a character
(although it can make the character appear to be a different sex), nor can
it increase or diminish his height by more than six inches. Keep in mind
that although appearance is altered, the ability does not similarly change
the characters expressiveness or the way he moves, so it would be useful
to combine the ability with the Secondary Ability Disguise.
In order to perceive an alteration and be aware of the use of Physical
Change, it is necessary to pass a Notice check of Impossible, or a Search
check of Absurd. Also the use of this ability can be sensed through a Ki
Detection check of Difficult. If the character using Ki Detection is able to
obtain a result at the level of Absurd, he is even able to discern the true
form that is hidden behind the change.
The activation of this ability costs 10 Ki points and an additional
point for every minute that it stays activated. Because of the continuous
cost of energy that it requires, a character with this ability active applies
a penalty of 80 to his ability of Ki Concealment.
Requirements: Physical Dominion
Cost: 30 MK
SUPERIOR CHANGE
This ability indicates that the character has an absolute control
over his capacity to change, allowing him now to adopt very different
forms. He can increase considerably his dimensions (although not above
Large size), or diminish his height up to half. Also, he is even able to
imitate nonhuman forms that do not have much complexity, including
inanimate elements. Using Superior Change increases the cost of
activation to 20 Ki points and the maintenance to 2 per minute.
Requirements: Physical Change
Cost: 20 MK
MULTIPLICATION OF BODIES
The character is able to create copies of himself, residual
images which he gives solidity with his Ki. In spite of not
being real, these shadowsare tangible and interact with the
world freely, be it by carrying out manual labor, speaking, or
even fighting. They come into being with the same appearance
and equipment as the character who created them, but do not
possess any of his special or mystical qualities. That is to say, even if
the character wields a two-handed sword of quality +10 capable of
inflicting Energy Damage, the weapon with which his copies manifest
would lack such attributes. However, the copies retain in a limited way
most of the characters physical abilities, although their effectiveness
is considerably lower than that of the original character. The copies
apply a negative to all Actions of 80 (and consequently, a 4 to their
Characteristics). The copies are not connected among themselves, but
are connected to their creator, who can control them as a passive Action
even if they are separated by a great distance.
Using this ability is an Active Action that requires a character to
spend a full turn doing so. Therefore, if a character wants to activate
Multiplication of Bodies, he cannot take any other Action at the moment
in which he creates them, not even defend himself. The number of copies
that can be manifested is equal to to a third of the Power Characteristic
of the character, rounding down. Each copy costs 4 generic Ki points
plus 1 additional point every five turns that the copy is maintained.
Noticing that a shadow is not a real person, or differentiating it from
its creator through sight alone, is exceptionally difficult and requires
passing a Notice check of Impossible, or of Absurd using Search. Ki
Detection allows one to recognize instantly the copies from real beings,
although their creator can use Ki Concealment, applying a penalty of
100 to his ability, to try to camouflage them.
Value of the
Accumulations
Bonus to the Difficulty of
the Aura
6 to 8 +0
9 to 10 +10
11 to 13 +20
14 to 16 +30
17 to 22 +40
23 to 27 +50
28+ +60
TABLE 8: COMBAT AURA MODIFIERS
Level of failure Effect
0 to 19 Affected
20 to 49 Fear
50 to 99 Paralyzation
100 or less Fainting
TABLE 9: EFFECTS OF COMBAT AURA
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If used for combat, each copy acts independently, but they can
never have an Initiative roll greater than that of their creator nor ever
use Ki Techniques, magic, or Psychic abilities. As an exception to this
rule, the copies can use Ki Abilities that do not have any cost, like Use
of Necessary Energy. A copy does not have resistance to damage and,
consequently, disappears immediately if it suffers any attack or wound
that makes it lose Life Points (even if it is only 1 point).
Requirements: Physical Dominion
Cost: 30 MK
A character with Power 9 can create up to three copies of himself
by spending 12 points of Ki (4 for each one of them). Every five
turns that he maintains them, he has to spend 4 points to do so.
GREATER MULTIPLICATION OF BODIES
This ability improves Multiplication of Bodies, reducing the cost in Ki
points that the user has to invest in the copiescreation and increasing
the number of total copies that he can make. With this ability, the cost is
reduced to 2 points of Ki per copy, and the maximum number of copies
that he can simultaneously have in existence increases up to a value
equivalent to the characters Power Characteristic.
Requirements: Multiplication of Bodies
Cost: 30 MK
A character with Power 9 can create up to nine copies, spending
18 points of Ki (2 for each copy).
ARCANE MULTIPLICATION OF BODIES
This ability represents the maximum degree of puissance that a
character can reach using Multiplication of Bodies. This ability works the
same as Greater Multiplication of Bodies, except the cost of each copy is
reduced to 1 point of Ki, and the maximum number of copies that can
be maintained simultaneously increases up to a total of five times the
characters Power Characteristic.
Requirements: Greater Multiplication of Bodies
Cost: 40 MK
A character with Power 9 can create 45 copies spending, 45
points of Ki (1 per copy).
MAGNITUDE
Magnitude allows the character to increase the physical capabilities
of the copies that he creates using Multiplication of Bodies. If he wishes,
he can invest 3 additional points of Ki at the moment he forms a copy to
diminish its penalty to Actions to only 60 (and, consequently, 3 to its
Characteristics). This improvement and the additional cost that it entails
are voluntary; that is to say, the character can still continue creating
copies without using Magnitude.
Requirements: Multiplication of Bodies
Cost: 30 MK
A character with Magnitude wants to create three copies of himself.
Thanks to the fact that he has Greater Multiplication of Bodies, each
one only costs him 2 points of Ki. However, because he wishes for
two of them to suffer only a penalty of 60 to all Actions, he invests
6 additional points; to create the three shadows that he intends will
cost him 12 points of Ki (10 for the two that have been improved with
Magnitude and 2 for the one that has not been so improved).
ARCANE MAGNITUDE
This ability works like Magnitude, but it diminishes the penalty to the
Actions of the copy to 20 (and 1 to its Characteristics) in exchange for
investing 6 additional points of Ki at the moment of its creation. As with
Magnitude, the use of Arcane Magnitude is completely optional, and the
character can continue creating copies without it.
Requirements: Magnitude
Cost: 40 MK
AGE CONTROL
The character can influence the effects that the passage of time has
on his body, causing him to age more slowly and even preserving his
physical abilities when he becomes old. Although this ability cannot fully
prevent the deterioration of physical appearance and ability, it increases
by three or four times the life expectancy of a normal person and reduces
by half any physical penalty that he suffers as a result of advanced age.
Requirements: Physical Dominion
Cost: 20 MK
TECHNIQUE IMITATION
Whether by witnessing or being the target of a particular Technique,
the character can master it immediately if he has sufficient free MK to
learn it. From that same turn, the character adds the Technique to his
repertoire, and he is able to use it as his own. All the copied Techniques
have a cost of 10 points less MK than the original if they are of the 1st
level, 20 MK in the case of being of the 2nd, and 30 MK if of the 3rd level.
The character must have enough free MK at the moment of witnessing the
Technique to learn it; he cannot copy this Technique later from memory.
Techniques learned in this way do not count towards determining the
total number that a character possesses with respect to developing his
own ones. That is, if a character copies two Techniques of 1st level, these
do not enable him to create one of 2nd level on his own.
This ability does not work with Techniques that require Legacies of
Blood or depend directly on them.
Requirements: Ki Control
Cost: 50 MK
Lemures faces Exodus, who attacks Lemures with Neo Gnesis,
a 3rd level Technique costing 120 MK points. Lemures survives
with great difficulty and, thanks to having Technique Imitation and
sufficient free MK points, decides to copy Neo Gnesis (even though
he does not have the capacity to develop a Technique of 3rd level on
his own). Since Neo Gnesis is 3rd level, the MK cost that he has to
pay to imitate it is only 90 points.
THE ABILITIES
OF NEMESIS
As with Ki Abilities, characters can develop special Nemesis Abilities.
In game terms, they work in a similar way to Ki Abilities; they have a
Martial Knowledge point cost that is necessary to pay to master each
one of them. However, mere access to Nemesis Abilities does not allow
one to develop Techniques, and Ki Control remains necessary. Naturally,
nothing prevents a character with sufficient MK to try to master in
parallel Ki and Nemesis Abilities.
A detailed list of Nemesis Abilities follows, with their requirements,
costs in Martial Knowledge, and the special effects that these abilities
confer.
USE OF NEMESIS
Use of Nemesis is the basis for all the abilities of existential
emptiness. It is the fundamental pillar of this art, and, once this ability
is accessed, a character has access to his MK to master other Nemesis
Abilities independently. In game terms, this ability is the prerequisite
necessary to be able to access the other Nemesis abilities.
Requirements: None
Cost: 70 MK
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ARMOR OF EMPTINESS
The character gains the ability to use Nemesis like a barrier of
emptiness against any kind of impact directed at him. Consequently, all
attacks that he suffers automatically have their Base Damage reduced by
10 points. If, for whatever reason, this Damage reaches 0, the attacks do
not produce any Damage at all.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 20 MK
A character wielding a long sword with Strength 8, causing a
Base Damage of 60, would see his Damage reduced to 50 if he
attacked somebody protected by Armor of Emptiness.
Power
Characteristic
Maximum
Distance
Power
Characteristic
Maximum
Distance
13 3 feet 1314 150 feet
45 10 feet 15 300 feet
67 15 feet 1617 1500 feet
89 30 feet 18 1 mi
10 50 feet 19 3 mi
11-12 80 feet 20 15 mi
TABLE 10: AREA OF EFFECT
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NOHT
Noht is an amplified version of Armor of Emptiness that grants the
ability to annul more of the strength of attacks. Consequently, it applies
a 30 to the Base Damage of any attack that is directed against the
character.
Requirements: Armor of Emptiness
Cost: 30 MK
KI CANCELLATION
Using Nemesis, the character can generate a powerful spiritual
cold, a gale of negative energy that interferes with and annuls the
Ki of others. When a character activates this ability, he produces an
aura that diminishes the Accumulations of all those around him. The
amount of that reduction is determined by the sum of the characters
own Accumulations, as indicated in the Ki Cancellation column of Table
11: Ki Cancellation. When any of the Accumulations of an individual
affected is reduced to zero, he is incapable of using Ki points of that
Characteristic. Activating the aura is a passive Action, although doing so
has a cost of 2 Ki points per turn that it is maintained.
The cancellation affects all targets equally in the radius indicated in
Table 10: Area of Effect, regardless of whether they are allies or
enemies. If the character makes an effort to concentrate his aura on a
single individual, the Ki cost is increased to 5 points per turn.
A character who masters Nemesis and the use of Ki in parallel
can try to use Techniques while he has this ability active, but his own
Accumulations are reduced to half. Ki Cancellation does not overlap with
itself; if two characters use it on the same target, only the one causing
the severest penalty has an effect on the target. Nothing prevents using
this ability simultaneously with other cancellations.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 30 MK
Faust, who has Accumulations of Strength 3, Agility 2, Dexterity
5, Constitution 1, Will 1, and Power 2 (a total of 14), wants to use
his ability of Ki Cancellation. Consequently, at a cost to Faust of 2
points of Ki per turn, his enemies would suffer a negative of 2 to all
their Ki Accumulations.
GREATER KI CANCELLATION
This ability works the same as Ki Cancellation except the character is
able to increase the power of his aura, causing the penalties suffered by
opponents to be the ones listed in the Greater Ki Cancellation column
of Table 11: Ki Cancellation Level of Reduction. Using the
ability at this level increases the cost of the cancellation to 5 points of Ki
per turn, or 10 if concentrated on a single target. If a character is using
Greater Ki Cancellation, he cannot use Ki Techniques, since it prevents
his own Accumulations completely.
Requirements: Ki Cancellation
Cost: 20 MK
With this ability, Faust could generate an aura of cancellation
that would produce a penalty to the Accumulations of his opponents
of 3 points.
MAGIC CANCELLATION
This ability produces a powerful spiritual cold that interferes with
the fibers of magic, debilitating them and dispersing them as if they were
ash swept away by a powerful wind. When activating this ability, the
character diminishes the power of all spells that are cast at that moment
or that are active within the range of this effect. The amount of Zeon
that the spells lose is determined by the combined value from all the
Accumulations of the character causing the cancellation, as indicated in
the Magic Cancellation column of Table 12: Magic Cancellation. If
the potential of the spell diminishes below its base value at the moment
of its casting, the spell is negated completely. If, on the contrary, the spell
previously was working, it simply stops working while the cancellation is
used. It is important to note that maintained spells are not necessarily
destroyed, but have their affects diminshed solely while the cancellation
remains active. Once the cancellation ends, maintained spells recover
their original power at a rate of an Added Effect per turn. Additionally,
this ability can also interfere slightly in the operation of magical objects of
little power, as long as the Game Master finds it appropriate.
Activating the ability is a passive Action, although doing so costs 2
Ki points per turn that it is maintained. The area of effect is determined
by Table 10: Area of Effect and affects equally any character who is
in its interior, be him friend or foe. If the character makes an effort to
concentrate his aura on a single individual, the cost of the maintenance
is increased to 10 Ki points per turn.
A character with magical abilities can cast spells while he maintains
the cancellation, but suffers a negative to his Accumulation equivalent to
the value of the Zeon magic is being reduced by. Magic Cancellation does
not overlap with itself; if two characters use it on the same target, only
the one causing the severest penalty has an effect on the target. Nothing
prevents using this ability simultaneously with other cancellations, like
the one for matrices or the one for Ki.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 30 MK
Faust, whose Ki Accumulations adds up to a total of 14 points,
activates Magic Cancellation when he faces a powerful Lord of
Darkness. Thanks to it, he reduces by 40 points the potential of all the
spells of his enemy. If the Lord of Darkness had active a spell of Create
Darkness cast with a potential of 100 and another one of Obfuscate
cast with a potential of 120, both would be lowered to a value of
60 and 80 points, respectively. Since in the case of Obfuscate this
diminishes the power of the spell below its base value, it simply stops
working. Next, the Lord of Darkness prepares to cast a spell of Ruin,
spending 120 points of Zeon, but because of the penalty, the spell
would only have 80 points of Zeon and would not work either.
Once the Magic Cancellation ends, both the spell of Create
Darkness and the one of Obfuscate would recover all their potential
with time, since both existed before the activation of the Nemesis
ability. The Ruin spell, on the other hand, was never cast successfully.
Value of the
Accumulations
Ki Cancellation Greater Cancellation
1 to 8 There is no cancellation 1 to the Accumulations
9 to 12 1 to the Accumulations 2 to the Accumulations
13 to 16 2 to the Accumulations 3 to the Accumulations
17 to 20 3 to the Accumulations 4 to the Accumulations
21 to 24 4 to the Accumulations 5 to the Accumulations
25 to 27 5 to the Accumulations 6 to the Accumulations
28+ 6 to the Accumulations 7 to the Accumulations
TABLE 11: KI CANCELLATION
Value of the
Accumulations
Magic
Cancellation
Greater Magic
Cancellation
6 a 8 10 to Zeon 20 to Zeon
9 a 10 20 to Zeon 30 to Zeon
11 a 13 30 to Zeon 50 to Zeon
14 a 16 40 to Zeon 70 to Zeon
17 a 22 50 to Zeon 80 to Zeon
23 a 27 60 to Zeon 100 to Zeon
28+ 80 to Zeon 140 to Zeon
TABLE 12: MAGIC CANCELLATION
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GREATER MAGIC CANCELLATION
An amplified version of Magic Cancellation, this ability allows the
character to use the Greater Magic Cancellation column of Table 12:
Magic Cancellation in order to determine the amount of annulled
Zeon. Also, the cost of Ki per turn is increased to 5, or to 10 if the
cancellation targets a single individual.
Requirements: Magic Cancellation
Cost: 20 MK
MATRICES CANCELLATION
As with canceling magic and Ki, a character can use the energy of
Nemesis to interfere with and to annul the force of Psychic matrices.
The character can trigger a spiritual cold that diminishes the potential of
any Psychic Power within its range of operation (see Table 10), be they
innate or those that are used in that same turn, just as is indicated in
Table 13. In the case of maintained or innate Powers, they recover their
original strength at a rate of 10 points per turn starting the moment
when the cancellation stops. When, on the contrary, this ability is used
at the precise moment a Psychic Power is activated, if the cancellation
lowers the potential of the Power below its base value, the Power
is negated completely. A failure caused by a cancellation does not
produce Fatigue in the Psychic.
Activating the aura is a passive Action, although doing so costs
2 Ki points per turn that it is maintained. The ability affects equally
any character who is in its area of effect, be him friend or foe. If the
character makes an effort to concentrate his aura on a single individual,
the cost of the maintenance is increased to 10 points per turn.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 30 MK
GREATER MATRICES CANCELLATION
An amplified version of Matrices Cancellation,
this ability allows the character to use the Greater
Cancellation column of Table 13 to determine the amount of
Psychic potential that is diminshed by the cancellation. Using Greater
Cancellation increases the cost to 5 points per turn, or to 10 if focused
on a single target.
Requirements: Matrices Cancellation
Cost: 20 MK
BINDING CANCELLATION
The last form of ability cancellation using Nemesis consists of
affecting the structure of existence, preventing the operation of
summoning abilities. While this ability is active, any character within the
area of effect of the cancellation (Table 10) applies a penalty to his
ability to Summon, Banish, Bind, and Control, as reflected in Table 14.
This ability absolutely does not affect bindings or dominations created
previously, nor does it interfere with the control that the summoner has
over his creatures.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 30 MK
Value of the
Accumulations
Minor Cancellation
Greater
Cancellation
6 to 8 10 to the Potential 20 to the Potential
9 to 10 20 to the Potential 40 to the Potential
11 to 13 40 to the Potential 80 to the Potential
14 to 16 60 to the Potential 100 to the Potential
17 to 22 80 to the Potential 120 to the Potential
23 to 27 100 to the Potential 160 to the Potential
28 120 to the Potential 200 to the Potential
TABLE 13: MATRICES CANCELLATION
Value of the
Accumulations
Cancellation
6 to 8 20
9 to 10 40
11 to 13 60
14 to 16 80
17 to 22 100
23 to 27 140
28+ 180
TABLE 14: BINDING CANCELLATION
Justina using her
abilities of Nemesis
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EMPTINESS EXTRUSION
This ability allows the character to extend Nemesis around himself,
causing the energy to surround the body of its user in an imperceptible
way. Thanks to the ability, it is possible to physically touch Energy,
damage intangible beings (up to a value equivalent to double the
characters Presence), or stop immaterial attacks with the Block Ability.
In addition to these effects, the Emptiness Extrusion ability makes all the
attacks of the character, even if they are physical, use the Energy Primary
Damage Type and produce Cold Damage. While a character has this
ability active, the temperature around him seems sligthly lower and the
light a little more tenuous.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 30 MK
BODY OF EMPTINESS
A character using this ability has the capacity to fuse the strength
of Nemesis with his body, causing his vital functions to be fed on that
energy. Thanks to it, the character gains a special bonus of +20 to all his
Resistances and never suffers the effects of bleeding.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 10 MK
NO NEEDS
From the moment he masters this ability, a character absolutely lacks
any kind of physical needs, such as to eat or sleep. Nevertheless, an individual
addicted to food or drink would continue to have a yearning to eat, and
somebody with deep dreams would continue having the psychological need
to sleep from time to time so as not to exhaust himself.
Requirements: Body of Emptiness
Cost: 10 MK
MOVEMENT OF EMPTINESS
This ability allows the character to move through the existential loops
that the power of Nemesis produces. In game terms, the character can use
his Power Characteristic instead of his Agility to determine his Movement
Value, and he does not require Inhuman or Zen to move at a speed
greater than 10. When a character uses this method, his movements look
strange and chaotic, as if sequences or images between one position and
another are missing. This ability also allows the character to avoid the
penalty of 80 to his Stealth ability for moving at his maximum speed.
Requirements: Body of Emptiness
Cost: 20 MK
FORM OF EMPTINESS
Externalizing his power, the character can replace his physical form
with one composed of the pure energy of Nemesis, allowing him to
temporarily become a spectral being. In this state, the character is
completely intangible and can only be damaged or stopped by attacks
or bodies able to affect Energy. In addition, his blows become intangible
and, consequently, can only be stopped by weapons or defenses with the
special capability to do so. In spite of this ability being a passive ability,
it is necessary to invest a point of Ki to activate it and another point for
every 5 turns that it is maintained.
Requirements: Body of Emptiness, Emptiness Extrusion
Cost: 30 MK
ESSENCE OF EMPTINESS
Taking the fusion between his body and Nemesis a step further, the
character feeds himself on the very essence of nothing, separating still
more from existence. Thanks to this ability, he stops suffering penalties
because of pain or fatigue, and he ignores the penalties for Criticals
that do not produce true physical deficiencies, like unusable members
or amputations.
Requirements: Body of Emptiness
Cost: 20 MK
ONE WITH THE NOTHING
As a final step, the body of the character completely fuses with the
energy of Nemesis, causing his physical and spiritual form to be a single
one. Consequently, he finds himself beyond pain, fatigue, or physical
damage; it does not matter the type of wounds that he might suffer,
his energy will always maintain its original form, annulling any possible
reduction. Therefore, if the character receives a wound that mutilates his
arm, Nemesis will keep what is left of it attached. Even if the damage is
so serious that the extremity is amputated, one of pure energy will form
that will work exactly like the original one. Theoretically, a character with
this ability can survive while he has his head and a few vital organs left.
In game terms, the character never receives any kind of penalty for
physical causes, even if it is massive damage. Consequently, all the Criticals
that the character receives are annulled immediately, unless directed to
some of his vulnerable spots. This ability does not work against penalties
produced by magical abilities, Pychic Powers, consequences of the
activation of Magnus, or Legacies of Blood.
Requirements: Body of Emptiness
Cost: 40 MK
AURA OF EMPTINESS
The character can externalize his aura, creating an existential cold
around himself that affects all who come near him. Any living being who
enters it must make a PhR check against a Difficulty of double the Base
Presence of the creator of the aura, or will suffer a penalty of 20 to
all Actions. If a character passes the check, he does not have to take
the check again until a few hours have gone by, while those who fail the
check have a new opportunity to make a check every five turns. This
ability does not overlap with itself; an individual affected by two Auras of
Emptiness would not apply a 40 to his ability.
The radius of the Aura of Emptiness is determined by Table 10.
Aura of Emptiness is an automatic and voluntary ability; the character
who uses it can voluntarily activate it and deactivate it without cost.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 30 MK
UNDETECTABLE
By the mere emptiness that covers his presence, the character
becomes extremely difficult to perceive through supernatural means,
be they magical, Psychic, or Ki. For that reason, he obtains a bonus
equivalent to double his Presence to his MR and PsR against any kind of
magical or Psychic detection. Similarly, those who use the ability of Ki
Detection to find the character automatically suffer a penalty equal to
double the characters Presence.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 10 MK
INHUMAN (NEMESIS)
This ability allows the character to carry out physical actions
impossible for other human beings. With it, it is possible to reach the
level of Inhuman on the Table of Difficulties, and to get the maximum
benefit of the capabilities that his Characteristics allow.
Requirements: Use of Nemesis
Cost: 20 MK
ZEN (NEMESIS)
Zen is the state of complete perfection of body and soul. In game
terms, it acts just like Inhuman, except it enables the character to reach
the Difficulty of Zen in his checks and abilities.
Requirements: Inhuman (Nemesis)
Cost: 40 MK
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COMBAT MODULES
Below is a series of new combat modules that allow characters to
enhance their martial prowess. All of them are considered Primary
Combat Abilities. Therefore, any Development Points (DP) spent to
obtain them count toward a characters point distribution limit.
MULTIPLE MISSILES
This module allows a character to specialize in launching several
projectiles, without reducing his accuracy.
Effects: A fighter can use the maneuver Multiple Missiles without
suffering penalties to his Attack Ability. Therefore, he applies a 10 to
his Initiative for each additional projectile that he launches with that
maneuver, but not a 5 to his Attack Ability.
Cost: 20 DP
SECOND WEAPON: DEFENSIVE STYLE
This module allows the use of additional hand weapons in an
especially defensive way, allowing a character to use it to avoid
aggressions instead of attacking.
Effects: A fighter who carries an additional hand weapon can use it
to improve his defensive capabilities instead of attacking, so that he can
stop a second attack without applying a penalty to his Defensive Ability.
Thus, he does not suffer any penalty defending against a second attack,
suffers only a 30 against a third (treating it as if it were the second
attack), suffers only a 50 against a fourth (treating it as if it were the
third), and so on. If a character wants to use his second weapon in this
way, he cannot carry out an additional attack with it.
Cost: 30 DP
INCREASED CRITICAL
This module allows a character to increase the effectiveness of
his Critical Blows, allowing him to maximize the consequences of any
Damage that he produces with his attacks.
Effects: The fighter applies +10 to his rolls to calculate his Critical
Level for his attacks. This modifier is added to any others he has due to
Ki Techniques, supernatural weapons, and so on.
Cost: 20 DP
UNUSUAL ATTACKS
The character is a true expert at using his weapons in unusual ways.
He can wield any weapon in an outlandish way without suffering a
penalty to his ability for doing so.
Effects: This module allows a character to use the Secondary
Damage Type of the weapons he knows how to wield, without any kind
of penalty to his ability. For example, he could use the haft of a halberd
to make Impact attacks (instead of Cutting attacks) while retaining his
total ability.
Cost: 20 DP
UNUSUAL TRAPS
The exhaustive training of the character allows him to try to
immobilize his adversaries by using the most improbable weapons, even
those that have not been designed for such an end.
Effects: This module allows the character to make a Trap maneuver
with weapons that do not have this special rule, applying a penalty of 60
instead of the usual 40. If the maneuver is successful, the character uses
his Dexterity for the opposed Characteristics check, but with a penalty of
3 to its value.
Cost: 40 DP
BODYGUARD
The character is accustomed to protecting other individuals and can
interpose himself with ease in front of any attack directed at the person
he is protecting.
Effects: This module reduces to 10 the applicable penalties to try to
cover or Push Aside a person who is under attack. This module does not
grant any advantage if the character uses supernatural shields.
Cost: 30 DP
MOVEMENT IN CONFINED SPACES
Even in the smallest spaces, the fighter has the ability to act naturally.
Effects: This module halves the fighters applicable penalties to attack
or defense inside a reduced space.
Cost: 30 DP
DODGING WITH SHIELD
The character is accustomed to maximizing the benefits of
combining the use of a shield with his mobility when defending himself
against attacks.
Effects: This module allows a character who dodges while using
a shield to benefit from the bonus that the shield grants to blocking
instead of its bonus to dodging. That is to say, a fighter who is dodging
receives a bonus of +20 for using a medium shield instead of only a +10.
Cost: 30 DP
FIRM GRIP
The character is particularly skillful in wielding his weapons, so he is
very difficult to disarm.
Effects: This module grants the character who has it a bonus of +3
to the value of his Characteristics when making a check to avoid being
disarmed.
Cost: 10 DP
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Limits are special abilities that some individuals have, in certain
specific occasions, to awaken their energies and allow them to recover
part of the Ki they have lost. It is an innate ability, intrinsically tied to
the soul of each person, which operates differently in each case. If the
Game Master allows it, a player can choose the Limit that he considers
most appropriate to the condition and nature of his character, paying a
cost in MK. Only one Limit may be chosen, and once chosen, it cannot
be changed later or additional Limits chosen. Only natural beings with
Natura 10 or greater can choose a Limit. Entities Between Worlds or
Spirits cannot have one. If the Unification of Ki points rules are not
used, the player can choose the Characteristic the Ki belongs to that he
recovers.
MORS: LIMIT OF DEATH
The fighters energy feeds off of the act of ending the life of his
adversaries, which allows him to recover Ki by killing his enemies.
Consequently, a character with this Limit recovers a point of Ki for each
opponent he kills in combat. For example, if he finishes off
three adversaries with a single attack, he would gain 3
points of Ki automatically. The ability is restricted to a
maximum of 10 Ki points per attack, even if the number
of victims is greater. That is, if a character in an area
attack slays hundreds of people, he only recovers 10
Ki points. It is important to emphasize that the power
of those slain does not influence in the slightest the
amount of recovered Ki, since it is the act of killing itself
that reinforces the energy of the character. However,
he does not benefit from killing inferior forms of life,
i.e., completely inoffensive creatures like herd animals,
insects, etc.
Cost: 20 MK
CENOBUS: LIMIT OF SACRIFICE
The Damage the character suffers increases the natural power
of the character, so the more Life Points he loses, the greater
the amount of Ki he recovers. In game terms, each 5 Points of
Damage he receives allows him to recover a point of Ki. The
maximum number of Ki that a character can recover per day
with this Limit is 60. Even if he receives supernatural healing
or he has an exceptional vitality, he cannot recover a greater
amount of Ki from this Limit.
Cost: 20 MK
CAELUM: LIMIT OF DANGER
When the character finds himself in a
Critical state, the energy of the character
awakens, increasing enormously his power
reserves. Consequently, when his points
of life diminish below a fourth of his
total, he recovers 30 points of Ki
automatically. Once activated,
this ability only takes effect again
after a certain period of time, and
it cannot again be used until the
character has rested, at least, an entire
day.
Cost: 15 MK
AGON: LIMIT OF WAR
The mere act of fighting increases the physical energy of the
character, so he recovers a point of Ki per combat round. This Limit only
works when an individual is truly in combat; simple training or fighting
merely to recover Ki has no effect. This Limit provides a maximum
benefit of 80 Ki points per day.
Cost: 20 MK
CUSTODIUM: LIMIT OF PROTECTION
This Limit is based on the strong desire of the character to protect
his loved ones, and he releases his energy at the most critical moments.
If someone important to him is seriously wounded or is in serious
danger, the character gains 30 points of Ki immediately. If that the loved
one dies (or at least the character believes that he has died), the number
of Ki points increases to 40 points.
Cost: 10 MK
CRUOR: LIMIT OF BLOOD
Critical wounds produce a strong reaction in the
character, transforming the power of the impact into pure
energy that he is able to take advantage of. Whenever
he suffers a Critical (regardless of whether it produced
effects), the character recovers 10 points of Ki.
Cost: 10 MK
TERMINUS: THE FINAL LIMIT
When the character is truly near death and
his life hangs by a thread, the Ki of the character
replenishes almost all of its strength. When a
character with this Limit has negative points of
life, he immediately recovers 30 points of Ki
previously lost. The effects of this ability are
limited to one use per day.
Cost: 10 MK
LIMITS

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The Martial Arts
CHAPTER 4
The body was born being
the greatest of all weapons.
When you learn to master it
To kill is as easy as to breathe.
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Illustrated by Wen Yu Li
MARTIAL ARTS
The martial arts are without a doubt one of the most important
elements in unarmed combat. The mastery of these complex fighting
systems provides characters with countless advantages and benefits
when facing their enemies, so many, that sometimes they can be
superior to even the best of weapons. This chapter presents, in depth,
new martial arts, systems of learning, and optional rules for the styles.
Degrees of Martial Arts
Dominus Exxet introduces an alternative system for the using
and learning of martial arts that allows for the gradual improvement
of abilities of characters who specialize in unarmed combat. Instead of
there being only a single level of knowledge for a martial art, each one
of them is divided into different degrees: three for basic ones and two
for advanced ones. These indicate the various levels of ability that a
fighter can attain when using martial arts and the steps that he has
to follow to perfect his style. The more his abilities grow,
the greater his knowledge and the greater the
advantages and benefits that are provided
by the styles that he knows.
When a character wishes to learn
a basic martial art, first he must learn
it at the Base Degree, which is the
minimum level of knowledge
necessary to use the
martial art. Next, once the
character has fulfilled the
various requirements, he
can continue to the Advanced
Degree and the Supreme
Degree. The advanced martial
arts work in a similar way, although
given their complexity, they have only
two degrees: Base and Arcane. Naturally, it is
always necessary to master the inferior degree
of knowledge of a certain style to advance to the
next higher one.
If a Game Master does not wish to use this system,
he may ignore the existence of the Base and Supreme
Degrees of the martial arts, as the benefits of the
Advanced Degree of the following styles are always
the equivalent of those of the martial arts that appear
in Anima: Beyond Fantasy.
The Cost of Martial Arts
The advantages of a martial art are
completely acquired by investing an amount
of Development Points (DP). The number
of DP varies considerably depending on the
degree to be achieved. The basic martial arts
have a cost of 20 DP for the Basic Degree,
30 DP for Advanced, and 50 DP for Supreme.
If a character decides to develop his ability in
a basic martial art instead of learning to use
his first weapon, the first martial art costs him
half the points in all its degrees (10, 15, and 25
Development Points, respectively). The advanced
martial arts always cost 50 DP, be it for the
Base or the Arcane Degrees. All these costs
are cumulative. For example, since to develop
a martial art at the Advanced Degree, it is first
necessary to know it at the Base Degree, a
character must spend 50 DP altogether (first 20
DP and, afterwards, 30 DP more) to learn it at the Advanced Degree.
Characters of the Tao class enjoy reduced costs when mastering the
different degrees of martial arts (10 DP each for basic martial arts at
the Base and Advanced Degrees, and 20 DP for Supreme Degrees or
advanced martial arts).
These costs are reflected in Table 15. The value that appears after
the slash in the basic martial arts rows corresponds to the cost of the
first style that a character masters if he learns it in the place of his first
weapon.
Combination of Styles
As with the original system for martial arts in Anima: Beyond
Fantasy, a character is free to combine the advantages of any martial
art with those of another one, choosing the benefits that interest him
the most from each one he knows. For example, a character that
knew Shotokan, Lama, and Kempo could benefit from the Damage
of Shotokan, the advantage of additional attacks from Kempo, and
the elimination of defense penalties of Lama. All the special bonuses
to Attack Ability, Block, and Dodge are also cumulative, both with
respect to different martial arts and different degrees of the same style:
a character who reaches the Advanced Degree in Shotokan receives a
bonus of +10 to his unarmed Attack Ability (a +5 for the Base Degree
and another +5 for Advanced). These bonuses are added like innate
bonuses for class when the martial art style is mastered, and they count
towards the maximum limit of +50 in innate bonuses.
Remember that when a character masters different martial arts, he
doesnt use them separately. In fact, he creates his own personal combat
style, extracting the characteristics that interest him from each one.
Martial Arts Damage
All basic martial arts confer a certain Base Damage when they are
used in combat. Any character who masters more than one martial art
can choose the highest Base Damage of the styles that he knows and
use it when fighting. However, unlike what happens with the different
advantages from martial arts, the Base Damage cannot be improved by
combining elements of each one of them. A fighter must simply choose
the Base Damage of the style that he prefers and use it. Therefore,
a master of Muay Thai and Shotokan at Supreme Degree could not
choose a Damage of 50 plus the quadruple of his Strength bonus; he
would only use the higher of the two.
Martial Arts Limitations
The rule that limits the number of martial arts that can be mastered
by a character continues to apply (one for every 40 points that he
develops in his Attack or Defense Abilities), regardless of the degree of
knowledge that the fighter has in each style. That is to say, a character
with an Attack Ability of 140 and a Defense Ability of 160 (300 points
total) can master up to seven martial arts to any degree.
TABLE 15: COSTS OF MARTIAL ARTS
Basic Martial Art Cost Tao
Base Degree 20/ 10 DP 10/ 5 DP
Advanced Degree 30/ 15 DP 10/ 5 DP
Supreme Degree 50/ 25 DP 20/ 10 DP
Advanced Martial Art Cost Tao
Base Degree 50 DP 20 DP
Arcane Degree 50 DP 20 DP
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Elbow Pads, Knee Pads, Armbands, and Gauntlets
Often, a fighter who uses his body in combat will want to use some
device to improve the power of his blows, like gauntlets, reinforced fists, or
metal boots. Although it is certainly possible to increase the Damage that
way, it is also certain that a true martial artist usually requires an absolute
freedom of movement, or will see his reaction speed or ability reduced.
Consequently, a fighter who wants to use combat gauntlets, knee pads,
reinforced elbow pads, and the like has the possibility of increasing by +10
the Base Damage of his attacks in exchange for suffering a penalty of 10
to his Initiative or 5 to his Attack and Defense Ability. Using particularly
heavy equipment allows the character to increase the bonus to Damage
to +20, but in return, the penalties to Initiative or Attack and Defense
Ability are also doubled. Note that a Quality bonus cannot, under any
circumstances, positively modify the offensive or defensive ability of a
combatant when using martial arts. Even if a fighter wears armbands
or leggings of great Quality, he never receives a bonus to his Attack or
Defense Ability from them.
These rules are only used for weapons of a completely physical
nature that are connected directly to the body. Tonfas, claws, or other
weapons of a similar nature do not enjoy these benefits.
BASIC MARTIAL ARTS
Basic martial arts are the simplest combat styles, those to which
characters have access from first level. Each one is divided into three
different degrees of skill (Base, Advanced, and Supreme) and has various
ability requirements. When a character knows a certain martial arts style
and completes the requirements to go up a degree, he is free to spend the
DP necessary to do so when he wants to advance to the next degree.

Advantages: This section indicates the advantages that the martial art
gives a character who masters it. Unless expressly stated otherwise, all
benefits are cumulative with those provided by lower degrees. That is to
say, a practitioner of Aikido at the Supreme Degree also has the benefits
he received from learning Aikido at the Base and Advanced Degrees.
Damage: This section indicates the Base Damage that is granted by
the martial art, and also the Primary Attack Type.
Requirements: In order to master the various degrees of a certain
style, it is necessary for the character to fulfill the requirements indicated
in this section. When Ability requirements are mentioned, they refer to
the Final Values of those Abilities.
Martial Knowledge: Martial arts provide a bonus to the Martial
Knowledge of the character. This section indicates how many points the
martial art grants. These values are not innate class bonuses, and they
are only obtained when a certain degree is reached, not each time the
character goes up a level.
Bonuses: This section presents the bonuses that the martial art
confers to the characters Abilities of Attack, Dodge, and Block. These
bonuses are innate class bonuses. Therefore, they are subject to the
maximum limit of +50 for innate bonuses for those Abilities.
Complexity: This section indicates the Degree of Difficulty to learn
the martial art.
AIKIDO
The martial art known as Aikido is an ancient combat system
invented in the outskirts of Kuon Teikoku. According to certain oriental
tales, its birth was due to the inability of men to deal with inhumanly
strong creatures. In response to that problem, several masters developed
a style that allowed a practitioner to take advantage of an opponents
strength and use it in his own favor. Akin to this legend, Aikido allows
one to defend himself from attacks by using the power of his antagonists
against them. With a few movements, practitioners of Aikido can easily
hold or break the arms and legs of their enemies, send their enemies
flying through the air, or render their enemieslimbs completely
unusable. The basis of the philosophy of this particular combat style is
that a persons own violence, properly harnessed, is more than sufficient
to neutralize that person.
Complexity: 2
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: The Damage of Aikido is 10 plus the Strength bonus of
the user. However, when making a counterattack, double the Strength
bonus of the opponent is also added (with a minimum bonus of +5).
This benefit only applies against enemies of humanoid form. Aikido uses
the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 20.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: Thanks to the efficacy of this styles holds and throws,
the character does not apply penalties when making a Trapping or Take
Down maneuver during a counterattack.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 40, Attack Ability (Unarmed) 100,
Defense Ability (Unarmed) 120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Dodge and Block (Unarmed).
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: Aikido grants a bonus of +2 to opposed Characteristics
checks when determining the result of a Trapping or Take Down
maneuver after or during a counterattack.
Damage: As Base Degree, except that, when making a counterattack,
quadruple the Strength bonus of the opponent is added to the
practitioners damage. If Aikido is used in combination with another
martial art, the practitioner can add the Strength bonus of the attacker
(without multiplying) to the Base Damage of the martial art that the
practitioner chooses.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 80, Master in Defense (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Dodge and Block (Unarmed).
KUNG FU
Kung Fu has been the most important and widespread martial art
in Shivat for thousands of years. Some even assert that the majority of
oriental martial arts practiced today are only offshoots that separated
from it centuries ago. However, considering Kung Fu to be a single style
is not entirely correct either, because hundreds of different systems
fall under this name. The majority of the systems are inspired by the
movements of animals, and masters use them as references to create
flashy, but effective, fighting techniques. Thanks to this great variety,
Kung Fu practitioners enjoy an incredible ability to change their style at
their convenience at any time.
Complexity: 2
REAL MARTIAL STYLES
Some of the martial arts that are presented in these
rules use the names of real styles or make reference to them.
Note that these rules do not provide, by far, completely loyal
conversions of these martial arts, but instead they provide
vaguely inspired adaptations of those martial artsbasic
principles. These real-world names were chosen because they
are more visually recognizable and can simplify the use of
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BASE DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Kung Fu uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Acrobatics 20, Sleight of Hand 20, Style 10.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: A master of Kung Fu can choose to apply a bonus of
+10 to any one of his Abilities of Attack, Block, Dodge, Damage, or
Initiative, depending on what is convenient in each turn. He must decide
where he will apply the bonus before the calculation for Initiative begins.
If he uses it to improve his Attack, Block, or Dodge Ability, it is not
considered to be an innate class bonus, so the bonus can surpass the
innate bonus limit of +50.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Acrobatics 40, Sleight of Hand 40, Style 20, Attack
(Unarmed) 120, Defense (Unarmed) 120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: At this level of skill, the character increases to +20 the
variable bonus he receives. This bonus is not added to the bonus for the
Advanced Degree, but instead replaces it.
Damage: As Base Degree, except the character can choose to use
the Thrust attack type instead of Impact.
Requirements: Acrobatics 120, Sleight of Hand 120, Style 100,
Master in Attack and Defense (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
PANKRATION
Pankration is an ancestral combat style developed by the settlers
of Ilmora, a long time before the arrival of the Messiah. It originated as
a sport to cultivate the body of those who practiced it, but it did not
take long before it became a terribly brutal combat system. Little by
little, it stopped being used in its country of origin, but many fighters
continued using it. There are some who consider it the martial art that
Grappling and Boxing are derived from, because Pankration mixes holds
and brutal fist blows. Visually, it is a fierce style without apparent form,
but in fact, those who use it demonstrate enormous control over their
balance and strength, becoming true masters of holds and grabs.
Complexity: 1
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Pankration allows a character to carry out the Trapping
combat maneuver at only half the penalty (20 instead of 40).
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Pankration uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Athletics 30, Feats of Strength 30.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: Thanks to his perfect control of balance and
movement, a character who reaches this level of mastery in
Pankration does not apply any penalties to his Ability to fight
while he Traps an adversary. That is to say, he retains the
capacity to attack and defend with full Ability, even while
holding an enemy. However, he continues to suffer the
pertinent penalties to his Movement Value if he tries to move
and take his opponent with him.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Athletics 50, Feats of Strength 50, Attack (Unarmed)
110, Defense (Unarmed) 110.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: Someone Trapped by a character with this level of
Pankration suffers a penalty of 5 to the value of his Characteristic,
instead of 3, when trying to free himself of the Trap.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 120, Master in Defense (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Dodge and Block (Unarmed).
SHOTOKAN
Shotokan, the most well-known and practiced martial art in Lannet, is
a combat system in which strong blows are delivered with both hands and
feet. Its style consists of taking advantage of the weak points in the defense
of an adversary to defeat him with a single strike. Instead of using raw
physical strength, a practitioner of Shotokan learns to use his whole bodys
balance when punching and kicking to maximize the impact of his blows. In
this way, even if the practitioner lacks a large body mass, his attacks are still
tremendously effective.
Complexity: 1
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Master of Capoeira
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BASE DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Shotokan uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: None.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: +5 to Attack (Unarmed).
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 30 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Shotokan uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Attack (Unarmed) 120, Defense (Unarmed) 120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +5 to Attack (Unarmed).
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 50 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Shotokan uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Master in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed).
BOXING
Boxing is a traditional combat system that has become very popular
in the heart of the Old Continent during the last seven centuries. It
is a style employing only the fists, using fast combinations of blows of
unusual strength. This style relies equally on the speed, power, and
strength of a fighter, enabling him to practically destroy his opponent
using only the fighters hands.
Complexity: 1
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 10 plus double the Strength bonus of its user.
Boxing uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 30.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: +5 to Initiative when using martial arts.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: When making a counterattack, the
character gains a special bonus of +10 to his Attack
Ability. This modifier is not considered to be an innate
class bonus.
Damage: 20 plus double the Strength bonus of its user.
Boxing uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 60, Attack (Unarmed)
120, Defense (Unarmed) 120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +5 to Initiative when using martial arts.
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 30 plus double the bonus Strength of
its user. Boxing uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 120, Master in
Attack and Defense (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed), +10 to
Initiative when using martial arts.
MUAY THAI
Muay Thai is a powerful martial art that, above all, maximizes the
effectiveness of the physical power of its practitioners. Although not
as visually spectacular as practitioners of other styles, a practitioner of
Muay Thai fundamentally tries to destroy his adversaries by using the
hardest parts of the body, like the elbows, the knees, or even the head.
Taking full advantage of the force of his blows, a Muay Thai practitioners
attacks are usually directed at his opponents joints or ribs, and are able
to break bones as well as dislocate extremities with undeniable ease.
Complexity: 1
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 20 plus double the Strength bonus of its user. Muay Thai
uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 30.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 20 plus triple the Strength bonus of its user. Muay Thai uses
the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 40, Attack (Unarmed) 130.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: Because of the devastating power of his blows, the
practitioner adds +20 to his rolls to calculate the level of the Critical of
an attack using martial arts.
Damage: 20 plus quadruple the Strength bonus of its user. Muay Thai
uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 160, Master in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
CAPOEIRA
Without a doubt, Capoeira is one of the most spectacular
and attractive combat styles that exist. It uses a system of
rhythmical movements, similar to an acrobatic dance. There
are even those who insist that originally it was a traditional
dance, which ended up becoming a martial art. A Capoeira
fighter primarily uses his legs in combat, drawing great arcs
and making lateral impacts, although he leans and maintains
his balance with his arms, so using the whole body is necessary
to make the style truly effective.
Complexity: 1

BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Capoeira uses some movements that are very
pronounced arcs and turns, so when the character makes an
Area Attack, he is treated as using a Medium weapon and can
affect three adversaries with his attack.
Damage: Base Damage 20 plus the Strength
bonus of its user. Capoeira uses the Impact attack
type.
Requirements: Dance 20.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
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ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: As the Base Degree, except the unarmed attack of
the character is comparable to an attack with a Large weapon and can
affect five adversaries with an Area Attack.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Dance 40, Dodge (Unarmed) 120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Dodge (Unarmed).
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: Upon reaching this Degree, the movements of the
fighter have the natural capacity to hit a multitude of enemies with
extreme ease. Consequently, he suffers only a 10 to his Attack Ability
when using the Area Attack maneuver.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Dance 120, Master in Dodge (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Dodge (Unarmed).
MALLA-YUDDHA
Malla-yuddha is a martial arts style developed by the nomads of the
dark lands. It originated as a way to defend oneself using bare hands
against armed attackers. With the passage of time, what began being a
few tricks ended up becoming a very well structured and complex art.
At the present time, the secrets of this martial art are usually transmitted
from family to family as a tradition, so its number of followers is very few.
The style is based on the agile movements of arms and legs, with
the purpose of turning aside or absorbing with ease armed attacks
and finding a hole in the defense of the adversary. On more than one
occasion, an expert swordsman has asked himself how it is possible, with
only the palms of the hands or the fingers, to stop the edge of a sword
in the incredible way the fighters of the Malla-yuddha do.
Complexity: 1
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Thanks to his specialization against weapons, a character
using this martial art gains a bonus of 10 points to his Fortitude when
Blocking attacks using his bare hands.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Malla-yuddha uses
the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 20.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: The character does not suffer any kind of Damage
when Blocking weapons with his bare hands, regardless of what the
Breakage of the attacker is. In this respect, he is treated as though he
has Mastery in Block.
Damage: 30 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Malla-yuddha uses
the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 40, Defense (Unarmed) 120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Block (Unarmed).
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: Having reached this Degree, when making a
counterattack successfully, the character can make a maneuver to
Disarm without a penalty.
Damage: 40 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Malla-yuddha uses
the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 100, Master in Block (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +20 to Block (Unarmed).
SAMBO
Sambo, whose name comes from a combination of words that is
translated as self-defense without weapons,is a defensive and very
precise combat style. Its origins go back to the birth of the Sacred
Holy Empire, and supposedly it was created as basic training for some
military orders. Sambo was not designed to be showy or stylized.
Instead, it focuses on being coldly effective, so its movements include
maneuvers considered dirtyby the practitioners of other martial arts.
Nevertheless, it is undeniable that it is a combat system that is very
flexible, able to be easily adapted to all kinds of situations or attackers.
Complexity: 2
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: The practitioners of Sambo reduce by half the penalties
of the combat maneuvers Take Down and Disarm.
Damage: 10 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Sambo uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: None.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: This Degree also reduces by half the penalties of the
maneuvers Trapping and Area Attack.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Sambo uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Attack (Unarmed) 130.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Block (Unarmed).
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: In its final Degree, a Master of Sambo reduces by half
the penalties of his Aimed Attacks. This reduction is cumulative with the
rule of Precise that unarmed attacks have already, causing the character
to suffer only a fourth of the penalty (rounding upwards in groups of 5).
Damage: 30 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Sambo uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Master in Attack and Defense (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Block (Unarmed).
KEMPO
Kempo is an aggressive discipline of free combat that uses
combinations of blows. Its style consists of attacking the adversary
quickly, hoping to find openings in his guard thanks to the rapid strikes at
vital points. In this way, the fighter is able to debilitate his enemy or to end
him completely. Its origins are disputed, but, at least in theory, Kempo
comes from Shivat and has many common roots with Kung Fu. Ironically,
it is much more practiced in Phaion, where the best dojos are found.
Complexity: 2
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Rapid sequences of blows allow the practitioner of
Kempo to make additional attacks with a penalty of 15 to his Ability,
instead of the normal 25.
Damage: Base Damage 10 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Kempo
uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: None.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
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Advantages: As Base Degree, except the penalty for carrying out
additional attacks is reduced to only 10.
Damage: Base Damage 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Kempo
uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: 120 in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: This Degree grants the practitioner the Ability to make
additional attacks as if the practitioner had 100 points more of Attack
Ability. Thus, a practitioner with 200 Attack Ability could execute up to
a total of four attacks (one to start with, plus one for each 100 points
of Attack Ability three, including the benefit of this Advantage) at 170
Attack Ability (200 Attack Ability 10 for each additional attack as per
the Advanced Degree Advantage).
Damage: As Advanced Degree.
Requirements: Master in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed).
TAE KWON DO
Tae Kwon Do, a combat system created to combine the use of the
body with weapons, is a style developed by the inhabitants of Eien Phaion
Seimon after the first invasion of the armies of the Eternal Emperor. In
Tae Kwon Do, the showiness and perfectionism of the martial arts of
the Island of Varja and the utilitarianism and efficiency of the styles of
the Old Continent are mixed. Tae Kwon Do emphasizes the use of the
legs in combat, specializing in effective kicks directed to open points in
the guard of opponents. There are some who think that the greatest
utility of this style is its ease in using it in conjunction with handheld
weapons, but those who underestimate mastery of Tae Kwon Do often
find themselves eclipsed by the incredible ability of its practioners.
Complexity: 1
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: This style allows a practitioner to carry out Additional
Attacks with the legs once the practitioner has exhausted all his other
attacks. This attack is at a penalty of 30, being treated the same way as
an additional weapon. Contrary to the general unarmed combat rules,
it is even possible to carry out these additional attacks if the practitioner
has used weapons during that turn.
Damage: 10 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Tae Kwon Do uses
the Impact attack type.
Requirements: None.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: As Base Degree, but the penalty for the additional
attack is reduced to 20.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Tae Kwon Do uses
the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Attack (Unarmed) 130, Defense (Unarmed) 100.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: This Degree completely eliminates the penalties for
the additional attack that this martial art grants. In game terms, the
practitioner is able to make an extra attack using his total Attack Ability.
Damage: As Advanced Degree.
Requirements: Master in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
LAMA
If not for being so little-known, Lama would be considered without
the slightest shadow of a doubt one of the most effective systems of
self-defense. Also called the Art of the Crane because of its elegance
and the beauty of its movements, Lama allows a fighter to face without
difficulty several enemies or a continuous succession of blows, thanks to
its perfect coordination of dodges and blocks.
Complexity: 2
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 10 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Lama uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Style 20.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: +10 to Dodge and Block (Unarmed).
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: The perfect ability which the character enjoys allows
him to defend himself from a second attack without applying any kind
of penalty for defending against additional attacks. In game terms, the
second attack does not cause any kind of penalty to defend against it,
the third causes a 30 (as if it were the second attack), the fourth a 50
(as if it were the third), and so on.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Lama uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Style 40, Defense (Unarmed) 130.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
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SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: At this Degree the characters ability to defend
against additional attacks improves further. Consequently, the character
can defend himself without penalty from up to three attacks per turn
(defending against the fourth attack causes a penalty of 30, against the
fifth 50, against the sixth 70, and so on).
Damage: As Advanced Degree.
Requirements: Style 80, Master in Defense (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Dodge and Block (Unarmed).
GRAPPLING
Grappling is a combat system that consists of taking hold and
trapping your opponent in innumerable ways. Its techniques, normally,
specialize in all kinds of throws, blows, kicks, and strangleholds, both
showy and effective. The basis of this martial art consists of engaging the
opponent as much as possible so as to either drag him to the ground,
where it is much easier to finish him, or to trap him and then perform
some kind of technique of enormous force.
Complexity: 1
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Grappling allows the execution of the Trapping and
Take Down combat maneuvers at only half the penalty. Therefore, the
character can Trap at a 20 penalty and Take Down at a 15 penalty.
Damage: Base Damage 10 plus the Strength bonus of its user.
Grappling uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 20.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: This Degree allows the execution of the combat
maneuvers Trapping and Take Down without a penalty.
Damage: Base Damage 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user.
Grappling uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 40, Attack (Unarmed) 130.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: This Degree allows a character who makes a Trap or
Take Down to inflict full Damage instead of half when executing one of
those two maneuvers.
Damage: As Advanced Degree.
Requirements: Feats of Strength 120, Master in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
TAI CHI
More than just a martial art, Tai Chi is a philosophy. It is a combat
system that uses fluid and elegant movements, allowing a practitioner
to attack his enemies not only with his body, but with the practitioners
inner energy as well. Most people are incapable of understanding Tai
Chis principles, but for those who perfect its use, Tai Chi allows them to
marshal overwhelming combat power.
Complexity: 2
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 20 plus the Power bonus of its user, representing the
internal energy used. Since the Ki only functions as an enhancer, Tai Chi
uses the Impact attack type, not Energy.
Requirements: None.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 20 plus double the Power bonus of its user. Tai Chi uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Use of Ki.
Martial Knowledge: +20 MK.
Bonus: None.
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: 20 plus triple the Power bonus of its user. If Tai Chi is used
in combination with another martial art, the Power bonus can be added
to the Base Damage of the chosen style (without multiplying). Tai Chi
uses the Impact attack type.
Requirements: Use of Necessary Energy, Attack (Unarmed) 180,
Defense (Unarmed) 180.
Martial Knowledge: +30 MK.
Bonus: None.
KARDAD
Kardad is a synthesis of different combat styles developed by
the warrior caste of Baho that, at least in theory, introduces the most
rudimentary elements of the complex martial arts used by the Deva.
Kardad requires arduous training to make the body flexible and to build
considerable muscle, as well as to constantly practice its exceptionally
complex movements. Thanks to the high level of training of its practitioners,
Kardad has become a remarkably effective defensive style that enables its
practitioners to avoid attacks easily, to escape any kind of hold, and to
maintain balance at all times.
Complexity: 2
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Because of the defensive control and the maneuverability
of the combat movements of Kardad, a character who practices this
martial art receives a bonus of +1 to the value of his Characteristic checks
when defending against Trapping and Take Down maneuvers, or escaping
a hold he is in. Keep in mind that this bonus is not applied when making
such maneuvers, but only when the character is the target of them.
Damage: 10 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Kardad uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Athletics 40, Sleight of Hand 20.
Martial Knowledge: None
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: As Base Degree, except the bonus to the Characteristic
checks is increased to +3.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Kardad uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Athletics 60, Sleight of Hand 40, Defense (Unarmed)
120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: A supreme master of the Kardad martial art possesses
an incredible versatility in each and every one of his motions, allowing him
to move his body in a way that is almost impossible for a conventional
man. As a result, the character can repeat once per turn any opposed
Characteristic check that he fails when defending himself from a Trapping
or Take Down maneuver or when freeing himself from a hold.
Damage: 30 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Kardad uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Athletics 120, Sleight of Hand 100.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
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XING QUAN
Xing Quan is a style originating in Shivat. It is a tremendously offensive
martial art, in which the practitioner tries at all times to close with the
adversary, to pass inside his guard, and to attack him without quarter.
It is also a combat system conceived mainly for one on one combat, so
that is the circumstance where a fighter can take full advantage of the
true potential of Xing Quan.
Complexity: 2
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: If a practitioner has Initiative in the turn and declares
an Offensive action against a given enemy, he obtains a special bonus
of +10 to his Attack Ability against that enemy. He receives this bonus
because he is able to penetrate the guard of his opponent, increasing
the effectiveness of his blows. If the character is forced to defend himself
for whatever reason, declares additional attacks against other targets,
or executes any combat maneuver that is not an attack against his
immediate opponent, he cannot use this modifier. Nothing prevents
him from declaring several additional attacks and maintaining this bonus,
as long as all his attacks are directed against the same antagonist. If he
does apply the bonus at any time, he cannot attack any other antagonist
during that turn.
Damage: 10 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Xing Quan uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 20.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: As Base Degree, except the special bonus increases to +20.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Xing Quan uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 50, Initiative 100, Attack (Unarmed)
120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: As Base Degree, except the special bonus increases to
+30.
Damage: 30 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Xing Quan uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 100, Initiative 120, Master in Attack
(Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
KUAN
If only a single combat style could exist that specialized in defending
oneself from projectiles with the naked hand, that style should be,
without any doubt, Kuan. It is a martial art originating in Shivat, based
on lightning fast hand and foot movements that allow a fighter to react
instantaneously when something is thrown or shot at him.
Complexity: 1
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Thanks to his training, the character halves the penalty
to his Ability to Block Thrown Projectiles (that is to say, he only suffers
a 25).
Damage: 10 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Kuan uses the Impact
attack type.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 40.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: Due to the incredible defensive precision of a
practitioner of this style, the character halves the penalties he would
suffer for Blocking or Dodging Fired Projectiles.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Kuan uses the Impact
attack type.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 60, Defense (Unarmed) 120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Block (Unarmed).
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: At this level of skill, the character does not suffer any
penalty to his Ability to defend himself from Fired or Thrown Projectiles
(just as if he were using a shield). However, this martial art does not
grant the character the ability to stop attacks that are intangible or
composed of energy.
Damage: As Advanced Degree.
Requirements: Sleight of Hand 140, Master in Defense (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Block (Unarmed).
SOO BAHK
Soo Bahk is an ancient martial art, now almost extinct, that was
very popular during the years before the formation of the Sacred Holy
Empire. The basis of the style consists of controlling the combat space,
preventing at all times attacks from the flanks or from positions that can
pose a problem for the fighter. By definition, this fighting system places a
special emphasis on the use of the legs in combat, like Tae Kwon Do, but
incorporating pushes, lateral blows, and movements to keep opponents
at a distance and out of positions that might give them an advantage over
the practitioner.
Complexity: 2
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Thanks to his mastery of the combat space, the fighter
suffers only half the penalties for attacks originating from his flanks.
Damage: 10 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Soo Bahk uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Notice 50.
Martial Knowledge: None.
Bonus: None.
ADVANCED DEGREE
Advantages: The character does not suffer any penalty to his
Defense Ability for suffering attacks originating from his flank. Also,
he can attack adversaries located at his flanks with full Ability without
needing to face them.
Damage: 20 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Soo Bahk uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Notice 90, Defense (Unarmed) 120.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
SUPREME DEGREE
Advantages: When knocked down, the character no longer suffers
penalties to his Attack or Defense Ability. However, an attacker
continues to receive the benefit of having superior position against a
knocked down defender, even if the defender possesses this martial art
at the Supreme Degree.
Damage: 30 plus the Strength bonus of its user. Soo Bahk uses the
Impact attack type.
Requirements: Notice 120, Acrobatics 60, Master in Defense
(Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
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ADVANCED
MARTIAL ARTS
The advanced martial arts are exceptionally complex styles of
combat that require a considerable level of ability and knowledge
on the part of their practitioners to be mastered. They always
involve certain prerequisities, which require a character to know
particular basic martial arts styles in order to learn advanced
ones. Each advanced martial art is divided in two different
degrees of ability (Base and Arcane). When a character knows a
certain martial arts style and completes the requirements to go
up a degree, he is free to spend the DP necessary to do so when
he wants to advance to the next degree.

Master Bonus: The advanced martial arts at Arcane
Degree grant a character a special modifier, called a Master
Bonus. In many respects, these bonuses are the equivalent of
Quality weapons for martial artists of high level; they grant a
special bonus that is added automatically to his Attack Ability.
Contrary to the general rules, the Master Bonus allows the
character to surpass the limit of +50 to Attack and Defensive
Ability, since it does not count as an innate class bonus.
However, unlike other modifiers that martial arts offer, Master
Bonuses cannot be added together: the character must choose
the one that grants the highest modifier to him in a certain
field. That is to say, if a fighter knows two martial arts that
grant him Master Bonuses of +15 and +20 to his Attack Ability,
respectively, he only applies the highest (+20) instead of adding
them together (for +35). Master Bonuses are not applied when
using weapons.
EMP
Emp is a refined fighting technique that prepares
practitioners to fight against armed enemies. Above all, its
objective is to maximize the use of the body in combat so that
it is superior to any weapon. Visually, the style uses strange
spiral movements, causing the fighter to turn his body and arms
continuously to surround the attacks of his enemies.
Complexity: 3
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: This style allows its practitioners to carry out the Disarm
maneuver without applying any penalty to their ability and to add a bonus
of +3 to the opposed Characteristics checks for that maneuver. If the
character knows Malla-yuddah in Supreme Degree and is performing the
Disarm maneuver during a counterattack, the bonus increases to +4.
Damage: Emp uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art used.
Requirements: Kempo (Advanced Degree), Kuan (Advanced
Degree), or Malla-yuddha (Advanced Degree), Master in Attack
(Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +20 to Attack (Unarmed) and +10 to Initiative when using
martial arts.
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: Whenever the character successfully defends against
an armed attack, he can automatically make a opposed Characteristic
check to disarm his opponent, as if he had carried out the Disarm
maneuver. This benefit derives from the fact that all the defenses that
the practitioner uses absorb the impact of the blow and help to separate
the weapon from the hands of the enemy. This Characteristic check is
direct, without the attacker or defender applying any kind of modifier,
not even the one provided by the Base Degree of Emp.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Kempo (Supreme Degree), Kuan (Supreme
Degree), or Malla-yuddah (Supreme Degree), Attack (Unarmed) 280,
Defense (Unarmed) 260.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Initiative when using martial arts.
Master Bonus: +20 to Attack (Unarmed).
SELENE
According to many historians, Selene may be the first martial art
studied as a structured combat system. It is a style of extreme difficulty,
but its movements are so simple in appearance that not even the best
masters of other styles can grasp the true difficulty of its techniques.
Selene is based on redirecting an attackers own force back upon himself,
causing him to be thrown through the air like a rag doll. However, the
styles defenses and counters are so subtle and fast that those who
witness a practitioner of this style in action are left with the sensation
that the practitioners adversaries fall to the ground or fly through the
air without anyone having touched her.
Selene has been traditionally practiced only by women, and it is
a style kept so secret that men are not allowed to learn its mysteries,
under penalty of death.
Complexity: 5
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BASE DEGREE
Advantages: As a result of the defensive effectiveness of the style, a
practitioner of Selene doubles the bonus of her counterattack if she uses
martial arts to make her counterattack.
Damage: Selene uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art
used.
Requirements: Aikido (Advanced Degree), Master in Defense
(Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +20 Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: Once a practitioner reaches the highest skill level of
Selene, her every move is simultaneously a defensive and offensive
action. Consequently, whenever she successfully defends, a practitioner
at the Arcane Degree can make a counterattack at full Attack Ability,
regardless of whether she has attacks available. In game terms, the
character will be able to counterattack at any moment, as long as she has
obtained an Attack Result that allows it. These counterattacks do not use
up the practitioners actions, so the character can still attack freely when
it is her turn to act, even if she already has made several counterattacks
already. This ability is limited to one counterattack for each attack
suffered, and it cannot be used if the character has been forced to put
herself on the defensive in that turn (that is, if the character loses her
ability to take an Active Action).
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Aikido (Supreme Degree), Inhumanity, Block or
Dodge (Unarmed) 300.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +20 Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
SUYANTA
Known as the Style of Emptiness, Suyanta is a strange martial art
of nonhuman origin. There are some who say that it comes from the
Danjayni, but others attribute its creation to entities much more dark
and old. Regardless, it is a combat system of a supernatural nature,
specializing in the destruction of the internal energy of enemies through
the generation of flows of emptiness inside their bodies. With each
impact, a practitioner of Suyanta takes a part of the essence of the
individual he strikes, until all of the enemys energy is stolen.
Generally, this style is associated with Nemesis.
Complexity: 4
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Suyanta enables the fighter to destroy, not only the
body of his adversaries, but their physical energy. As a result, when
making an attack, the practitioner can choose to damage the Ki Reserve
of his adversary instead of his Life Points. If the practitioner chooses
to use this ability, he must declare its use before rolling the dice. The
attack subtracts from the enemys Ki an amount of Ki points equal to
the Damage produced. If the rules of Unification of Ki Points are not
used, the attacker chooses the Characteristic from which the points are
lost. In the case of creatures with Damage Resistance, the amount of Ki
is divided by the Multiple of Damage Resistance of the being. In order
to use this ability, the character must use the Base Damage of Tai Chi,
instead of being able to choose the Damage of one of the other martial
arts that he knows. Otherwise, the attack is made as normal and the
antagonist can defend himself from it without any special penalty.
Damage: Suyanta uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art used.
Requirements: Tai Chi (Advanced Degree), Presence Extrusion or
Emptiness Extrusion, Master in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +15 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: The character no longer has to choose whether
to attack the body or the physical energy of an adversary. Once the
character reaches this degree of ability, all his attacks reduce an equal
number of Life Points and Ki points from his opponent.
Damage: As Base Degree, but at this skill level, the character adds his
Power bonus to his Damage.
Requirements: Tai Chi (Supreme Degree), Inhumanity, Attack
(Unarmed) 300.
Martial Knowledge: +20 MK.
Master Bonus: +15 to the Attack (Unarmed).
VELEZ
In order to master Velez, its practitioners need to control their
internal energy and know how to channel it. A practitioner of this style
concentrates all his spiritual power when he strikes, allowing him to
create a flow of power able to cross even physical matter. Without a
doubt it is one of the most spectacular and rare martial arts of the
world, and the few who know its secrets are reluctant to transmit them.
At high level, the fighter does not even have to move: he molds the
energy around him and uses it as an extension of his body.
Complexity: 5
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Velez allows a practitioner to strike using the Energy
attack type. Nevertheless, the attacks carried out with this martial art
can be stopped as if they were the Impact attack type, since they are
not intangible.
Damage: Velez uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art used.
Requirements: Tai Chi (Advanced Degree) or Kung Fu (Advanced
Degree), Presence Extrusion.
Martial Knowledge: +20 MK.
Bonus: +20 Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: At this level, the character is able to use his energy as
an extension of his being, striking with it instead of with his own body.
Consequently, the character not only attacks using the Energy attack
type, but his attacks are considered intangible by nature, so they cannot
be stopped except by defenses able to stop energy. Moreover, the
supernatural nature of these attacks make them invisible to those who
cannot feel or see the energy, so any character who lacks Ki Detection,
or is unable to see supernatural elements, applies the penalty for being
blinded against them. Finally, the character can use, if he wishes, his
Power Characteristic instead of his Strength, Dexterity, or Agility to
make the opposed Characteristic checks when executing or suffering
from any maneuver that requires one, such as Take Down, Trapping,
Disarm, etc.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Tai Chi (Supreme Degree) or Kung Fu (Supreme
Degree), Attack (Unarmed) 280.
Martial Knowledge: +20 MK.
Master Bonus: +15 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
ASAKUSEN
Although the word Asakusenis used currently to denote any style
of fighting created to kill, in reality it is one of the most complex martial
arts in the world. It originated in Varja during the years of splendor
of Kuon Teikoku, quickly becoming the most perfect of all the combat
styles of the oriental continent. However, it was a martial art created
solely for killing, and its bloodthirsty character caused it to be prohibited
by the Eternal Emperor himself. Many of the different styles of Kung
Fu are derived from Asakusen, which is still considered the height of
perfection for martial arts.
Complexity: 4
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BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Perfecting each and every aspect of the techniques of the
fighter, Asakusen grants a bonus of +10 to Dodge, Attack, Block, Initiative,
and Damage when martial arts are used. In addition to this general bonus,
the character can continue to add the special variable bonuses for Kung Fu,
as explained in the Advantages sections of Kung Fu.
Damage: Asakusen increases by +10 the total Damage of the basic
martial art used, as previously indicated in the section on Advantages.
Requirements: Kung Fu (Advanced Degree), Attack (Unarmed)
160, Defense (Unarmed) 160.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: None.
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: Despite the focus of Asakusen on perfecting every
aspect of martial arts, a fighter at this skill level can push his techniques
in an inhuman way, adapting perfectly to any situation that presents itself
before him. Therefore, he applies a special variable bonus of +40 to a
chosen Ability, in place of the +20 from the Supreme Degree of Kung
Fu. This modifier is neither an innate class bonus nor a Master Bonus.
Because of its focus on killing, Asakusen grants, in addition, a bonus
of +20 to the calculation of Critical level, as long as they are Criticals
produced by Aimed Attacks to vital points and are not intended merely
to incapacitate the adversary or render him unconscious.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Kung Fu (Supreme Degree), Inhumanity, Attack
(Unarmed) 280, Defense (Unarmed) 280.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed) and +10 to Block and
Dodge (Unarmed). These bonuses are different from those the
character receives in the Advantages section for the Base Degree.
LAMA TSU
Lama Tsu, or Royal Crane, is the original style from which arose the
art known as Lama. As its name suggests, it is a much more complex
version, requiring its user to have a perfect knowledge of Ki and to be
able feel everything that there is around him. As a result, the fighter can
make a rapid series of incredibly beautiful movements (commonly known
as the feathers of the crane) that allows him to defend himself without
the slightest difficulty against any number of adversaries or attacks.
Complexity: 4
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: As an improved version of Lama, this martial art
cancels the penalties for two additional Defenses. This benefit combines
with those provided by the Advanced and Supreme Degrees of Lama, so
a character with this martial art can ignore the penalties for defending
against up to four or five attacks (depending on the knowledge degree
that the fighter has in Lama).
Damage: Lama Tsu uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art used.
Requirements: Lama (Advanced Degree), Ki Detection, Style 120,
Defense (Unarmed) 220.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +20 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: At this level of skill, it does not matter how many
adversaries the character faces, nor how many attacks he suffers
simultaneously: he never applies penalties to his Defense for defending
against additional attacks.
Damage: As Advanced Degree.
Requirements: Lama (Supreme Degree), Erudition, Style 140,
Defense (Unarmed) 300.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +20 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
SERAPHITE
Seraphite, known as the art of fire, is an ancient martial art style
that, according to legend, was developed in antiquity to hunt demons. As
a combat system, it is structured in an extremely complex way, as each
and every one of its techniques is terribly offensive. Conceptually, the
movements of Seraphite are extraordinarily dangerous, because to use them
fully, its practitioners must be willing to put their lives in danger and jump
headfirst into the attacks of their enemies. In return, this style increases in
an exponential way a practitioners effectiveness in combat, allowing him
to eliminate virtually any adversary. At present, Seraphite is not widely
practiced, and only a few members of the Inquisition actively use it.
Complexity: 4
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: If he wishes it, a practitioner can temporarily increase
his Attack Ability by +20 in exchange for suffering a penalty of 30 to
his defense. The use of this ability must be declared before calculating
Initiative. Note that this bonus is special and, consequently, does not fall
within the limits of innate class bonuses.
Damage: Seraphite increases by +10 the Final Damage of the basic
martial art used.
Requirements: Shotokan (Advanced Degree) or Kempo (Advanced
Degree), Presence Extrusion, Attack (Unarmed) 180.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +20 to Attack (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: If he chooses, the character can adopt an offensive
combat mode that allows him to partially ignore the attacks of his
enemies. Therefore, before calculating Initiative, he can declare that he
is applying a special modifier of +30 to his Attack Ability, while suffering
a penalty of 50 to his Defense. In addition, he can attack when it is his
opportunity to act, even if he has suffered an attack that put him on
the Defensive or caused Damage to him. Only attacks that cause him a
Critical prevent him from being able to attack thanks to this ability. This
offensive mode cannot be used in combination with the ability granted
in the Advantages section of the Base Degree of Seraphite.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Shotokan (Supreme Degree) or Kempo (Supreme
Degree), Presence Extrusion, Attack (Unarmed) 280.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +20 to Attack (Unarmed).
MELKAIAH
Melkaiah is a strange fighting system that maximizes the strength
and ability of its practitioners to inhuman levels. Its style is based on
holds, throws, and knockdowns of incredible effectiveness. It is said that
as long as a fighter who knows the art of Melkaiah keeps his feet on the
ground, he cannot be defeated by conventional means.
Complexity: 3
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Melkaiah grants a bonus of +3 to the Characteristic
checks for Strength or Dexterity when the practitioner executes Take
Down and Trapping maneuvers.
Damage: Melkaiah uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art
used.
Requirements: Grappling (Advanced Degree) or Pankration
(Advanced Degree), Inhumanity, Attack (Unarmed) 160, Defense
(Unarmed) 160.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed).
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ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: The absolute mastery of the fighter in the use of holds
and throws allows the character to take advantage of, to near impossible
limits, combat maneuvers that relate to having his adversary held in
some way. Consequently, a character can apply a special bonus of +50 to
his Attack Ability when he executes a Complete Attack maneuver (that
is to say, when he releases his opponent to maximize his attack), and he
obtains a bonus of +3 to his Strength Characteristic checks to execute
maneuvers to Crush or Strangle.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Grappling (Supreme Degree) or Pankration
(Supreme Degree), Attack (Unarmed) 260, Defense (Unarmed) 260.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed) and +10 to Block and
Dodge (Unarmed).
DUMAH
Dumah, also known as the art of the wind,is a martial art style that
teaches its practitioners to use their hands and legs as if they were edged
weapons. As a result of extremely fast movements and mastery of the
use of Ki, the fighter molds the air to practically cut his enemies without
touching them. Dumah is a tribal practice that is not very well-known, and
is usually transmitted solely between members of a family.
Complexity: 4
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: A character who uses this martial art can choose to
attack using either the Cut or Thrust attack type at the time of making
the attack. The sharpness of Dumahs cuts is such that it reduces the
Armor Type (AT) by two points of any defenders armor. In addition, it
also adds +10 to the Breakage of its attacks.
Damage: Dumah increases by +10 the Final Damage of the basic
martial art used.
Requirements: Kempo (Advanced Degree) or Capoeira (Advanced
Degree), Presence Extrusion.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +20 to Attack (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: At this level, the hands and legs of the fighter are able to
cut virtually everything. It does not matter what the defense or protection
is; it will be insufficient to withstand the attacks of the character.
Consequently, when using martial arts, he receives a bonus of +25 to the
Breakage of his attacks and reduces by six points the AT of the defender.
Additionally, any Damage caused using Dumah automatically produces
bleeding, even if the attack did not produce a Critical.
Damage: As Base Degree, except the bonus is +20.
Requirements: Kempo (Supreme Degree) or Capoeira (Supreme
Degree), Inhumanity, Attack (Unarmed) 280.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +20 Attack (Unarmed).
MUSHIN
Buried in the darkness of history is the style of Mushin, the 327
movements of death.It is an ancient art created for the purpose of
killing, and the ability of its practitioners is such that they need merely the
slightest brush of the fingers to destroy an enemy. This combat system
is base on attacking the pressure points of the body of the opponent,
producing a chain reaction capable of disabling him or destroying him
from within.
Complexity: 4
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: The character has the ability to attack, if he wishes,
the pressure points of his adversaries, destroying them from the inside
and considerably weakening their capabilities. Instead of causing direct
Damage, an attack against the pressure points of an opponent forces him
to make a Physical Resistance (PhR) check against a Difficulty equivalent
to the Damage that would have been dealt plus 20 (up to a maximum of
PhR 220). That is to say, if the attack would have caused the loss of 100
Life Points, the PhR check would be against 120. If the adversary fails this
Resistance check, the adversary suffers a penalty to all Actions equal to
the level of failure and loses Life Points equal to twice the level of failure.
For example, if the adversary fails the Resistance check by 40 points, he
suffers a penalty of 40 to his Actions and loses 80 Life Points. The victim
recovers from the penalty to his Actions at a rate of 5 points per turn.
Logically, this ability only produces these effects on organic beings whose
bodies are susceptible to damage from pressure points. Also, creatures
like dragons or other similar entities are not affected by this ability. Using
this ability is completely voluntary. Before rolling the dice, the fighter
declares whether he intends to use the ability or not. If he chooses not to,
he carries out an attack that does conventional Damage.
Damage: Mushin uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art used.
Requirements: Kung Fu (Advanced Degree) or Xing Quan
(Advanced Degree), Medicine 100 (or specialization in Anatomy 60),
Mastery in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +15 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: At this skill level, the practitioners ability to attack
pressure points improves. The Difficulty of the Physical Resistance (PhR)
check increases by 20 points, and the maximum Difficulty increases to
240. In addition, the character can inflict a wide range of special effects
on his adversaries through the use of pressure points (see Mushin
Sidebar).
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Kung Fu (Supreme Degree) or Xing Quan (Supreme
Degree), Inhumanity, Medicine 120 (or specialization in Anatomy 80),
Attack (Unarmed) 300.
Martial Knowledge: +15 MK.
Master Bonus: +20 to Attack (Unarmed).
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HAKYOUKUKEN
Many consider Hakyoukuken to be the closest martial art to perfection
that has ever existed. In fact, its origin is not even human, so its true origin
is a mystery. A practitioner of Hakyoukuken masters the tension in each
muscle of his body and projects his blows with a devastating power, literally
pulverizing his adversaries. The style also teaches practitioners to preempt
any blow: if there is no attacker, there is no need for defense.
Complexity: 5
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: The majority of armors do not offer protection against
Hakyoukukens attacks, so they subtract 2 from their AT if they are soft
armors. Moreover, this style is so destructive that the practitioner adds
+20 to rolls to calculate the level of Criticals caused by attacks with this
martial art. This last ability only works against organic beings.
Damage: Hakyoukuken increases by +20 the Final Damage of the
basic martial art used.
Requirements: Shotokan (Advanced Degree) or Muay Thai (Advanced
Degree), Use of Necessary Energy, Mastery in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +20 to Initiative when using martial arts and +10 to Attack
(Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: Once the practitioner reaches this skill level, Hakyoukuken
becomes one of the most destructive combat styles that exists. Its attacks
have such power that they automatically nullify the protection provided by
soft armor, except for bonuses received for Quality. Thus, a soft armor
+10 only has AT 2 against attacks by a practitioner of this skill level,
regardless of what the armors actual AT is. Similarly, the practitioners
even greater ability to devastate his opponents increases his bonuses for
calculating the level of Criticals to +40 (although this ability continues to
only work against organic beings).
Damage: As Base Degree, except the bonus is +30
Requirements: Shotokan (Supreme Degree) or Muay Thai (Supreme
Degree), Inhumanity, Attack (Unarmed) 300.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +20 to Initiative when using martial arts.
Master Bonus: +20 to Attack (Unarmed).
SHEPHON
Shephon is, probably, the most perfect defense system that exists. It
is called the art of water,because it is inspired by water currents and
seeks to let the movements of practitioners flow freely and naturally. As
a result, a master of this style is able to avoid virtually any attack, letting
himself be carried away by the power unleashed by his enemies without
being hurt by it.
Complexity: 4
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: When the character uses Pure Defense, he increases
the bonus of this defense to +60.
Damage: Shephon uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art
used.
Requirements: Aikido (Advanced Degree) or Kuan (Advanced
Degree), Use of Ki, Mastery in Defense (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10
Bonus: +20 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: As Base Degree, except the bonus increases to +100.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Aikido (Supreme Degree) or Kuan (Supreme
Degree), Defense (Unarmed) 300.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +20 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
ENUTH
The art of the dream, as Enuth is also called, was created
when the War of Darkness took place. A very important faction of
the Sylvain guard of the imperial family adopted the philosophy against
killing advocated by Ciel and created Enuth to be able to confront
the darklings without having to necessarily kill them. Because of the
incredible resilience of the Dukzarist, the style was refined to extreme
lengths to match the offensive power of its antagonists.
Complexity: 3
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Enuth grants a bonus of +20 to rolls to calculate the
level of Criticals, when the character executes a blow with the objective
of rendering the target unconscious. The practitioner can, in addition,
freely reduce the Damage he causes by whatever amount he wishes,
even after both fighters have rolled the dice. Thus, he can, for example,
declare that he wants to leave his enemy with a single Life Point when his
attack would have left the enemy with fewer Life Points than that.
Damage: Enuth uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art used.
Requirements: Sambo (Advanced Degree) or Shotokan (Advanced
Degree), Attack (Unarmed) 160, Defense (Unarmed) 160.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +20 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: Each and every one of the characters attacks are
automatically considered blows able to incapacitate an enemy or render
him unconscious, so regardless of the Damage produced (as long as it
is at least 1 Life Point) or the location hit, the defender must always
make an unconsciousness check following the standard rules. In the
case of beings with Damage Resistance, all the practitioners attacks
are considered Aimed at vulnerable spots. The practitioner applies a
modifier of +50 to calculate the level of Critical of the unconsciousness
effects. Also, the practitioners control over vital energy is so great that,
when he hits an antagonist for Damage, he can calculate the remaining
life that the antagonist has left. As a result, he has the ability to determine
the amount of Life Points his adversary has remaining, as long as the
practitioner is causing Damage to him with the attack.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Sambo (Supreme Degree) or Shotokan (Supreme
Degree), Inhumanity, Erudition, Attack (Unarmed) 280, Defense
(Unarmed) 280.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +15 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed) and +15 to the
Attack (Unarmed).
HANJA
There are some who argue that Soo Bahk and Hanja are not really two
different martial arts, but are two degrees of a same combat system. In more
than one sense, this claim is correct, because Hanja resembles a superior
and more sophisticated version of Soo Bahk. Just like its little brother,
this style specializes in the control of the combat space, creating around
the fighter a zone of absolute defense that allows him to protect himself
automatically from attacks coming from any direction. Its practitioners have
the capacity to unnaturally calculate the trajectory of attacks against them,
sensing everything that is near. They can even feel the movement of the air
around them to determine the most suitable defense.
Complexity: 3
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BASE DEGREE
Advantages: A fighter who uses this martial art does not suffer any
penalty to his Defense Ability for suffering attacks originating from his back,
nor for fighting in confined spaces. Also, he can attack adversaries located
at any position with his full Ability, without the need to face them.
Damage: Hanja uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art used.
Requirements: Soo Bahk (Advanced Degree), Ki Detection, Notice
200, Mastery in Defense (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: At this highest skill level, Hanja grants the fighter
complete mastery of his surroundings, allowing him to defend himself
with full Ability in any situation. Consequently, the character does not
suffer any kind of penalty to his Defense Ability for finding himself
Partially or Mostly Immobilized (even if it is because of a Trapping
maneuver), nor by being Put at Weapons Point.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Soo Bahk (Supreme Degree), Inhumanity, Erudition,
Notice 240, Defense (Unarmed) 300.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +20 to Attack (Unarmed).
GODHAND
Godhand is, in fact, a considerably modern martial art, at least by
the standards of other styles of similar complexity. It was created by the
second Emperor, Lazaro Giovanni, gathering elements of very different
origins. Godhand is a style that consists of concentrating for a moment all
of ones physical and spiritual energy in a single extremity, while looking
for a vulnerability in the opponents guard. That way, the fighter can
obliterate his enemy with a single demolishing blow of matchless power.
Complexity: 4
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Godhand allows a fighter to prepare an attack for a few
seconds to enormously increase its power. The character must sacrifice
one of his attacks, which grants him a special bonus of +30 to his Attack
Ability and +50 to Damage to the first attack he makes in the following
turn. Nothing prevents him from declaring that he is carrying out multiple
attacks during a turn and sacrificing the last one of them with this aim. In
order to activate this ability, the character must have the capacity to carry
out an attack, but must voluntarily decide not to make use of it. For that
reason, a character who has been placed on the Defensive or uses all the
Attack Actions at his disposal in a turn cannot prepare the boosted attack.
Put simply, he does not have an opportunity to prepare an attack.
Damage: Godhand uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art used.
Requirements: Boxing (Advanced Degree) or Shotokan (Advanced
Degree), Mastery in Attack (Unarmed).
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: As Base Degree, except that the prepared attack applies
a special bonus of +60 to Attack Ability and +100 to Damage.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Boxing (Supreme Degree) or Shotokan (Supreme
Degree), Inhumanity, Presence Extrusion, Attack (Unarmed) 300.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Master Bonus: +15 to Attack (Unarmed).
REX FRAME
Rex Frame is a strong combat style that maximizes the capacity of a
character to sustain blows without suffering damage. Through a perfect
synchronization of energy and physical training, practitioners take the
resistance of their bodies to inhuman levels, allowing them to withstand
impacts capable of splitting metal armor in two.
Complexity: 3
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: Due to the extremes to which Rex Frames practitioners
take their bodies, a character with this martial art gains a Natural Armor
Type of 3 against all types of attacks, including those of Energy. This ability
can be combined with any kind of armor as an additional layer, without
applying special penalties to Initiative for that reason. Additionally, this
ability grants Damage Barrier 60 against any kind of conventional attack
that is not able to damage energy.
Damage: Rex Frame uses the Base Damage of the basic martial art
used.
Requirements: Malla-yuddha (Advanced Degree) or Muay Thai
(Advanced Degree), Mastery in Defense (Unarmed), Inhumanity.
Martial Knowledge: +10 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: The value of the Natural Armor Type of the character
increases to 6, and its Damage Barrier increases to 200.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Malla-yuddah (Supreme Degree) or Muay Thai
(Supreme Degree), Defense (Unarmed) 300, Zen.
Martial Knowledge: +20 MK.
Master Bonus: +20 to Block and Dodge (Unarmed).
EXELION
Exelion is a combat system developed by the Deva in antiquity. This
unique style teaches its practitioners to exteriorize the energy of their souls
through their extremities, instead of using physical force, to wield the energy
as a weapon of insurmountable power. When fighting, a master of Exelions
hands (and sometimes his feet) become enveloped in crepitating energy that
leaves a tenuous trail when he moves at great speed.
Complexity: 5
BASE DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: Exelion deals Damage equal to double the Presence of
the character plus his Power Characteristic bonus. No other modifier
originating from martial arts, abilities, Ki Techniques, objects, or other
similar sources is ever added to this amount. Consequently, the Base
Damage of Exelion is always unmodifiable. Although Exelion is a style that
feeds on the soul of its practitioners, its strikes are still physical, so despite
how the strikes appear, they are not of the Energy attack type.
Requirements: Kardad (Advanced Degree) or Tai Chi (Advanced
Degree), Mastery in Attack (Unarmed), Aura Extension.
Martial Knowledge: +15 MK.
Bonus: +10 to Attack (Unarmed).
ARCANE DEGREE
Advantages: None.
Damage: As Base Degree.
Requirements: Kardad (Supreme Degree) or Tai Chi (Supreme
Degree), Inhumanity, Attack (Unarmed) 300.
Martial Knowledge: +20 MK.
Master Bonus: +25 to Attack (Unarmed).
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WEAPONS IN MARTIAL ARTS

Sometimes, some martial arts practitioners also train in the use of
certain weapons, allowing practitioners to use them effectively in combat.
Thus, certain weapons (like nunchakus, tonfa, war fans, etc.) are generally
associated with certain fighting styles. In these cases, a character can
wield these weapons and apply the bonuses to Attack and Defense that
the martial arts provide, just as he does when fighting unarmed. Note
that only the bonuses to combat ability (from the Bonus and Master
Bonus sections) apply when a practitioner uses one of these weapons,
not any of the other associated advantages of the martial art. That is
to say, although a character who knows Kempo or Kung Fu can use
nunchakus or a war fan with his full ability, he cannot carry out additional
attacks while applying only a 10 from the use of Kempo nor add the
variable bonus of +10 from Kung Fu.
A character does not need to know how to handle any of the
weapons associated with a martial art to be able to learn that martial
art. If, once the martial art is known, he wants to use it with its weapons,
he may invest the necessary Development Points (DP), as if he acquired
a general Weapons Module. Characters of the Tao class can acquire
Weapons Modules for the styles they know for only half the DP.
The following is a list of Weapons Modules that are associated with
the various martial arts and the modulescosts in DP. Note that not all
the combat styles are necessarily associated with weapons.
SELENE
Weapons: Stiletto, Dagger, Sai, Kunai, Kogai
Cost: 40 DP
MELKAIAH
Weapons: Kerambit, Cestus, Kukri
Cost: 20 DP
EMP
Weapons: Jitte, Blocking Dagger, Sai,
Lujiaodao, Tonfa
Cost: 40 DP
SERAPHITE
Weapons: Cestus, Falcata, Breaker,
Broadsword
Cost: 30 DP
SHEPHON
Weapons: Sai, Blocking Dagger, Rodela
Cost: 20 DP
ENUTH
Weapons: Staff, Combat Cane
Cost: 10 DP
HAKYOUKUKEN
Weapons: Staff, Tonfa, Nunchaku
Cost: 20 DP
SUNYATA
Arma: Dirk, Dagger, Short Sword
Cost: 20 DP
HANJA
Arma: Sanjiegun (Three Sectional Staff),
Kau Sin Ke, Shuanggou
Cost: 20 DP
MUSHIN
Arma: Dirk, Pata
Cost: 10 DP
REX FRAME
Arma: Two handed sword, Montante, Two
handed axe, Claymore, Grosse messer
Cost: 40 PD
ADVANCED MARTIAL ARTS
AIKIDO
Weapons: Jitte, War Fan, Staff, Sai, Tonfa,
Lujiaodao
Cost: 40 DP
KUNG FU
Weapons: War Fan, Shuanggou, Hu Die
Dao, Guandao, Pudao, Chui, Liu Xing Chui,
Nunchaku, Tiger Claws, Long Sword
Cost: 60 DP
SHOTOKAN
Weapons: Katana, Tanto, Lanza
Cost: 20 DP
MUAY THAI
Weapons: Cestus, Ram Dao
Cost: 20 DP
CAPOEIRA
Weapons: Saber, Urumi, Talwar, Bracamarte
Cost: 30 DP
KEMPO
Weapons: Hu Die Dao, Tonfa
Cost: 10 DP
GRAPPLING
Weapons: Cestus, Dirk
Cost: 10 DP
SAMBO
Weapons: Kerambit, Dirk, Dagger, Sai
Cost: 30 DP
TAE KWON DO
Weapons: Staff, Bastard Sword, Bracamarte,
Pudao, Combat Cane
Cost: 40 DP
TAI CHI
Weapons: Lujiaodao, Hu Die Dao,
Lajatang, Naginata
Cost: 30 DP
PANKRATION
Weapons: Dagger, Kerambit, Cestus
Cost: 20 DP
KARDAD
Weapons: Pata, Short Sword, Katar, Kris,
Lance
Cost: 40 DP
MALLA-YUDDHA
Weapons: Lujiaodao, Blocking Dagger, Sai
Cost: 20 DP
LAMA
Weapons: Tonfa, Staff
Cost: 10 DP
KUAN
Weapons: Tiger Claws, Lujiaodao, Hu Die
Dao, Kerambit
Cost: 30 DP
SOO BAHK
Weapons: Sang Kauw, Dagger
Cost: 10 DP
BOXING
Weapons: Cestus, Katar
Cost: 10 DP
XING QUAN
Weapons: Katar, Pata, Tiger Claws,
Sanjiegun (Three Sectional Staff), Hu Die Dao
Cost: 40 DP
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After the power, nothing is so sublime as
the knowledge of having mastered its use.
Jean Paul
CHAPTER 5
Creation of Ki Techniques
KI TECHNIQUES
The Techniques of Ki are some of the most powerful elements that
a character can make use of. These incredible abilities allow characters
to carry out impossible actions, from being transported miles of distance
to cutting air with a sword so as to reach an enemy located far away.
Although Anima: Beyond Fantasy presents the most common rules
for creating Ki Techniques, this chapter provides a multitude of new
effects and capabiities available to characters.
Levels and Trees of Techniques
Each Technique is delineated by a level that indicates how powerful
it is. There are three levels: Basic (level 1), Major (level 2), and Arcane
(level 3). Basic (level 1) Techniques are the most general, granting
characters special abilities of minor power. Major (level 2) Techniques
are reserved for much more powerful effects; they are the classic
finishing moves that are available to most fighters. Arcane (level
3) Techniques represent an extraordinary degree of power. Arcane
Techniques are only accessible to the most powerful martial artists,
because with them entire armies can be exterminated or mountains can
be demolished with terrible ease. The level of a Technique defines the
minimum and maximum cost in Martial Knowledge (MK) points that a
character can invest in the technique, as well as the
number of disadvantages that it can have.
When a character begins to develop Ki Techniques,
he cannot jump directly to second or third level ones. The
process usually involves building what is called a Technique
Tree, or what is the same, creating a series of Techniques
related to one another. As a basic rule, to develop a Major
Technique (second level), it is necessary that the character know
two Basic (first level) ones, and to possess an Arcane (third level)
one, he must know two Major (second level) ones. Once
these requirements have been reached, a character can
have as many Techniques as his MK points allow him. For
example, a character who already knew two Techniques
of first level could develop as many of second level as
he wanted, or could continue to create more first level
ones, without having to obligatorily know any third level ones.
TABLE 16: TECHNIQUE LEVELS DND TREES
Level Maximum MK Minimum MK Disadvantages
1 50 20 1
2 100 40 2
3 200 60 3
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How Is a Technique Created?
As discussed in Anima: Beyond Fantasy, in order to create a Ki
Technique, the first thing that needs to be done is to choose its level.
The level indicates the minimum and maximum amount of MK that can
be spent on the Technique. Once a player knows the MK spending limit,
he can decide what the effects will be. Every Technique has a single main
effect, which may or may not be accompanied by several secondary
effects. The main effect represents the core purpose of the Technique,
while secondary effects are added abilities of a more diverse nature and
lesser importance. Every effect has a specific MK and Ki cost. There is
no difference in MK points for main or secondary effects, but Ki Point
costs follow different rules. Main effects have Ki Point costs lower than
secondary effects, since they are the true essence of the Technique. If
the amount of MK is too high for the level of the Technique, various
Disadvantages can be chosen (as many as the level of the Technique) to
reduce it.
The Ki cost of each effect of the Technique is based
on specific related Characteristics. In other words, to
use certain abilities, the character must accumulate Ki
with the Characteristics on which the abilities are based (the closest
to the nature of the powers that the Technique uses). For example,
an effect that increases the mobility of a character would be based on
Agility, whereas one that multiplied the Damage of an attack would be
based on Strength. However, it might not be convenient for a character
to base a Technique on the effects original Characteristics. Therefore, he
has the option of basing the effects on different optional Characteristics,
but doing so increases the Ki point cost of the effect. Each Technique
effect description lists the additional Ki point cost incurred next to the
optional Characteristic (see sidebar for more details).
CREATION OF A TECHNIQUE STEP BY STEP
Following are detailed instructions for creating a Technique.
Step 1: Choose Technique Level
Chooses the level of the Technique to determine how many MK
points can be spent on it and how many Disadvantages it can have.

The player wants to create a second-level Technique, and
therefore the MK he can spend on it cannot be less than 40 MK
nor more than 100 MK. In addition, it cannot have more than
2 Disadvantages.
Step 2: Choose Main Effect
Choose the main effect of the Technique. Its cost in Ki points is
located in the Primary column (1) of the effects table.
The player determines that the Technique he is creating is an
Attack Technique, which is going to have as a main effect +125 to
Attack. He looks at the effects table and sees that the effect has a
cost of 18 Ki points (Dexterity) and 35 MK points.
Step 3: Choose Secondary Effects
Choose the secondary effects of the Technique, if any. The player
may choose as many as his MK and the MK limits will allow. The
cost in Ki points of the secondary effects is located in the secondary
column (2) of the effects table.
The player chooses two secondary effects: Distance attack 300
feet and Aim -100. He looks at the effect tables and discovers
that the costs are 8 Ki points (Power) and 20 MK for the first
effect, and 9 Ki points (Dexterity) and 15 MK for the second.
Step 4: Calculate Technique MK
Once a player has chosen the effects of the Technique, he adds
the cost of each one to determine the final MK necessary to develop
the Technique. If the costs exceed the points allowed by the Technique
level, he must modify the effects or choose Disadvantages to lower the
MK cost. Note that if the cost in MK of the effects chosen is lower than
the minimum value allowed by the level of the Technique, the player
can still create it, but its cost will be the minimum for its level.
Adding the costs of the three effects that the player chose
for his Techniques, he discovers that it has a total cost of 70 MK
(which is permissible for a Technique of second level).
Step 5: Calculate Accumulation Cost
Determine the cost in Ki of the effects chosen and the
Characteristics on which they are based. If a player chooses four
effects, he will have four different costs potentially tied to four
different Characteristics. If two effects are based on the same
Characteristic, the player adds their costs together.
Adding the costs of the three effects, the player discovers
that the Technique has a total cost in Ki of 27 points of Dexterity
(18 + 9) and 8 points of Power.
Step 6: Modify Accumulation Costs Between
Characteristics
This it is the final step, and the most complex of all. Once the
player knows what each effect costs in Ki points, he can distribute
that cost among optional Characteristics. For each effect of the
Technique, the player can take all (or just a portion) of the Ki
point cost and share it among as many optional Characteristics
as he wishes. However, each optional Characteristic possesses
an additional Accumulation cost that the player must add to the
Techniques total cost if he chooses to distribute the Ki point cost to
that Characteristic.
Since the player feels 27 is too high a cost to Accumulate
only from Dexterity, he decides to distribute to another two
Characteristics the 18 points for the cost of the bonus to Attack.
He chooses Strength and Agility, both of which have an added
cost of +2, making the 18 Ki points of Dexterity become 22. He
distributes 10 of those points into Strength and the other 12 into
Agility. After these modifications, the final cost of the Technique
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Altering the Cost in Ki and MK of Techniques
There exists a general rule that allows players to increase or reduce
the Ki cost and Martial Knowledge of Techniques at the moment that
they are created. By making a Technique more complex (increasing its
MK cost), its creator can reduce the consumption of Ki for its activation.
On the other hand, a Technique could be simplified (reducing its MK
cost) by increasing its Ki cost disproportionately for its effects.
For every 10 points of MK by which the cost of a Technique is
increased to reduce the Ki cost, a point can be subtracted from the cost
in Ki for one of the connected Characteristics. This ability has several
limitations. Firstly, the maximum amount of points by which the Ki cost
can be reduced cannot be greater than 5 (that is, 50 points of MK is
the maximum amount that can be spent for this purpose). Secondly,
lowering the Ki cost drawn from a Characteristic below half of the
base cost, rounding up, is not allowed. Finally, the Technique must be
sustained by at least three different Characteristics to be able to reduce
its cost in this manner.
In contrast, a player can lower by 5 the cost in MK of a Technique
for every 2 additional points that he adds to its Ki cost, up to a
maximum of 20 MK (in other words, +8 to the Ki cost). These points
can be distributed freely between the different Characteristics that the
Technique uses.
In no case can these costs increase or reduce the MK cost of a
Technique above or below the limits that its level allows.
Imagine that a player has developed a Technique of level 2, for
40 MK, whose cost in Ki are AGI 7, DEX 7, and POW 3. As the
character has a lot of unspent Martial Knowledge and the player
wants to make sure the character can carry out the Technique very
quickly, the player invests 50 points of MK to lower the Ki cost by
5 points. Since he cannot reduce the base cost below half (rounding
up), the limit is AGI 4, DEX 4, and POW 2, which comes out to be 5
points less than the base cost. After investing the points in this way,
the final cost in MK of the Technique is 90.
Frequency of Effects
The effects that appear listed in this chapter for creating Ki
Techniques fall within two different types of frequencies, depending
on whether the effects are applied only to a specific Action or, on the
contrary, apply to multiple Actions during a turn. A further explanation
of both types of frequencies follows.
Action: As its name indicates, these effects are tied to a single specific
Action. If, for example, they modify an Attack, the Technique grants its
benefits only to the next Attack that is executed, and not to any others
that the character makes in that same turn (even if the Technique is a
maintained Technique). In order to trigger these effects, the character
must have the opportunity to use the Action the Technique is tied to.
Turn: Unlike effects linked to a single Action, these effects grant an
advantage to the character throughout the entire turn, regardless of the
number of times that they are used in that period of time. For example,
an Attack effect of the Turn frequency modifies all the Natural Attacks
that a character makes during a turn and one that increases his Armor
protects against all the hits he suffers that turn.
Mixed: When a particular Technique mixes elements of the Action and
Turn frequencies, these maintain their basic characteristics, allowing some
effects to modify one Action and others to last the rest of the turn.

Take, as an example, a Defense Technique that grants an Action
bonus to the Block Ability and increases the Type of Armor Type
throughout the entire turn. The character who executed the
Technique receives a modifier to his Defense Ability only at the
moment he blocks the first Attack, but the Technique increases his
Armor for the rest of the turn.
Action Type for Effects
Effects usually depend on a particular type of Action, which
determines whether the Technique is Active or Passive. Each is associated
with one of the four categories that are presented next:
Attack: This effect is tied to an attack Action. The character must
have the capacity to attack in order to use the Technique. By its nature,
it is an Active Action. These effects also are called Offensive.
Counterattack: This type of effect is similar to the previous type,
but the attack needs to be a counterattack. The character can only
use this Technique if the character obtains a result that allows him to
counterattack and has an Action to do it. It is possible for this type of
effect to be in a Defense Technique (and, therefore, in a Passive Action),
giving the pertinent bonus if the character obtains a counterattack.
Defense: This type of effect grants the character benefits at the time
of blocking or dodging attacks. Techniques that possess this type of
effect are Passive and can be used at any time.
Variable: Effects of this type are of a diverse nature and can be tied to
different Actions. According to what Action in particular the Technique
is associated with, the Technique can be Active or Passive.
Maintaining Techniques
Although Techniques are generally instantaneous, it is possible to
create some that last a prolonged period of time, staying active for
several turns in exchange for a certain expenditure of Ki. In order to
create a Technique that can be maintained, the player must declare that
that is his intention when he develops it. Any Ki Technique that can be
maintained has an additional cost of 10 MK points if it is first level, 20 if
it is second level, or 30 if it is third level. In addition to this increase in
the MK cost, the Ki point cost is also increased, although it is possible
to distribute the additional cost freely among the various Characteristics
that the Technique uses. It is also possible to maintain only some of the
effects of a Technique, while letting other effects end.
In order to maintain Techniques in later turns, the character must
spend as many Ki points each turn as the ability to maintain the Technique
added to the base cost. Thus, if making a Technique maintainable
increased its base Ki cost by 5 points, during each subsequent turn after
it was activated, the character must spend 5 Ki points to maintain it. This
amount must be paid using the Characteristics associated with the effect,
and doing so is completely innate, regardless of what the Accumulation
of the character is.
A player wants to create a maintained Technique that grants
a bonus of +50 to the Damage of one attack each turn. Since this
it is the main effect, the Technique costs 15 MK to create and 5 Ki
points to activate. Because it is a first level Technique, the player adds
10 MK points to its cost to make it maintainable, so its final cost is 25
MK points. The player then determines that making the Technique
maintainable increases the activation cost by 2 Ki points, causing the
final activation cost to be 7 Ki points. After the turn the Technique is
activated, the +50 to Damage costs 2 Ki points to maintain.
Note that the effects of a maintained Technique work as if the character
executed them again every turn, but does not grant other additional
benefits. For example, if a Technique provides +100 Attack Ability to a
single attack per turn (an effect of the Action frequency), even if it were
maintained, the character using it could not add the bonus to the rest of his
attacks in a turn. To do so, he would have to maintain a Technique of the
Turn frequency, which would affect all his attacks in that turn.
TABLE 17: MAINTAINING TECHNIQUES
Level Added MK
Level 1 +10 MK
Level 2 +20 MK
Level 3 +30 MK
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Sustained Techniques
Similar to maintained Techniques, sustained Techniques have the
capacity to last after being executed. However, unlike with the case
of maintenance, sustained Techniques do not have a cost in Ki points
per turn, but rather have a preset duration; after being executed, they
remain active until their effects extinguish on their own.
Techniques can be sustained at two different levels: Minor and
Greater. Techniques sustained at the Minor level last 5 turns (15 seconds),
whereas Techniques sustained at the Greater level last 20 turns, or what
is the same, a whole minute. Sustained Techniques are always of second
and third level, and they can only cause effects that are of a lower level:
a third level Technique can only use first and second level effects, and
a second level Technique can only use first level effects. For example,
+150 to Attack Ability (an effect of second level) can only be used in a
sustained Technique of third level.
In order to create a sustained Technique, the player must declare
that intention when he creates the Technique. Creating a sustained
Technique increases the MK cost and Ki point cost, as with maintained
Techniques. Techniques of second level cost 40 points of additional MK
if they last 5 turns (Minor Sustenance), or 60 MK if their duration is
20 turns (Greater Sustenance). In the case of third level Techniques,
these costs are increased to 60 and 90 MK, respectively. With respect
to Ki cost, each one of the effects has an associated cost that must be
distributed among the Characteristics that the Technique uses.
As with maintained Techniques, sustained Techniques work as if the
character executed them again every turn, but does not grant other
additional benefits. Consequently, a sustained Technique of the Action
frequency would still only affect one attack each turn; a Technique of the
Turn frequency would be required to affect all his attacks in a turn.
Maintained effects cannot be combined in a single Technique with
Sustained effects.
A player wants to create a level two Technique (sustained for 5
turns) that increases the Damage of one attack by 100 points. After
distributing the Ki cost among the various optional Characteristics,
he allocates the base cost of the effect as 6 Strength and 6 Power.
Next he distributes 10 points more, as indicated by the column of
Minor Sustenance in the table of effects, resulting in the total cost
of the Technique being Strength 11 and Power 11. The cost in MK
of the Technique is 70 points, 30 for the effect and 40 for being a
Technique of level 2 that is sustained for 5 turns.
Options
Some effects have different optional Advantages and Disadvantages
that can be chosen. These increase or reduce the MK cost of the
Technique and its cost in Ki points, as indicated in each description. The
player may freely divide the extra cost in Ki among the Characteristics that
the selected options are associated with. As with Techniques, the optional
Advantages also have an added cost if they are to be maintained.
A player creates a Technique costing 40 MK and 8 Dexterity and
10 Strength. Next, he chooses an option for one of its effects that
increases its MK cost by 30 and its Ki cost by 12. Since he can freely
divide those 12 points among Dexterity and Strength, he adds 4 points
to Dexterity and 8 to Strength, so the final Ki cost of the Technique is
Dexterity 12 and Strength 18, and it has an MK cost of 70.
Improvised Techniques
Some charactersmastery of Ki is so great that they can improvise
special attacks and defenses at the most unexpected moments. These
attacks and defenses, in fact, are not true Combat Techniques. These
individuals simply have an enormous natural power and a great creativity
that allows them to shape their Ki in the most varied ways. For example,
a fighter could manipulate his energy to increase his offensive ability or
project it at a distance if he needed to.
In order to make use of these Techniques, a character must have
developed the Ki Ability of Improvised Techniques. It is the essential
prerequisite, and without it the character lacks the necessary faculty for
innovation.
A fighter who has Improvised Techniques is free to use any effect of
first level that is presented in the tables for creating Techniques. To use
one of the effects, the character simply declares what effect he is trying
to emulate and begins to Accumulate Ki. In order to determine the cost
in Ki points, the cost is taken from the Secondary effect column. That
amount cannot be distributed among any optional Characteristics. The
character must accumulate using only the Primary Characteristic of the
effect. Thus, a character wanting a bonus of +100 Damage in one of
his attacks has to accumulate 13 Ki points from Strength, whereas if he
wants Armor Type 4, he must accumulate 9 Ki points from Constitution.
Naturally, these improvised actions never are as powerful as true
Combat Techniques, so they have several limitations and disadvantages:
1. Effects cannot be mixed nor combined among themselves in any way.
Each Improvised Technique can only have one effect and it must be of f irst
level (effects of second and third level cannot be used).
2. Two Improvised Techniques cannot be carried out in the same turn, even
if they are tied to different actions, nor it is possible to combine them with
normal Combat Techniques either.
3. The effects of the Improvised Techniques can never utilize optional
Advantages. Consequently, those effects that require them as a basis, like
Supernatural States, cannot be used in an improvised way.
4. Because of the Techniques improvised nature, a character using one of
these Techniques increases by 2 points his chance to Fumble. That is to say,
a character who attacks or defends with one of them would obtain a Fumble
result with a roll of 5 or less (4 if he has Mastery).
5. The Improvised Techniques are immediate; they cannot be maintained
or sustained.
A character wants to execute a distance attack of 300 feet using
an Improvised Technique. To do so, his player consults the pertinent
table and discovers that the secondary cost of this effect is 8 Power.
To make use of the Technique, the character has to accumulate 8 Ki
points using only his Accumulation of Power.
Combinable Effects
Some Techniques exist that, by their nature or execution, can be
used in combination with others, creating as a result a different and
much more powerful effect. These Techniques are called Combinable
Techniques.
Combinable Techniques allow a character to use two or more of
them simultaneously in a single movement, causing different effects with
a single Action. That is to say, two Techniques with a multitude of effects
that are Combinable can be used in unison for multiple simultaneous
effects. It is even possible to combine two Techniques that apparently do
not have anything to do with each other, as long as both are Combinable.
Still, even with two or more Techniques that are Combinable, the same
effects are never added: the highest is used. That is to say, a character
who uses two Combinable Techniques that have increase Damage by
+50 and +100, respectively, would not apply +150 to the Damage of his
attack, but only +100.
TABLE 18: SUSTAINED TECHNIQUES
Sustained Level Level 2 Level 3
Minor Sustenance +40 MK +60 MK
Greater Sustenance +60 MK +90 MK
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Celia knows two Combinable Techniques: one that allows her to
attack at a 750 foot distance, applying a bonus of +75 to her Attack
Ability, and another that multiplies her Base Damage by two, adding
+100 to her Attack Ability. Since both Techniques are Combinable,
Celia can simultaneously use the two in one Action. In doing so,
she carries out an attack at a 750 foot distance that doubles her Base
Damage and adds a bonus to her Attack Ability of +100 (the higher
of the two modifiers for the same effect).
To create a Combinable Technique, the player must declare he is
doing so when the Technique is created. The Ki point costs and MK costs
for creating a Combinable Technique increase differently depending on
the level of the Technique. Table 19: Combinable Effects presents
the various Ki and MK costs for making a Technique Combinable. The
cost in Ki points can be distributed freely among all the Characteristics
that the Technique uses, as decided by the Techniques creator. These
costs are inherent to the Technique itself and are added even when the
Technique is not being used in combination with another.
A Technique of second level whose cost
was AGI 7, DEX 7, and POW 3 that a player
wants to make Combinable would increase
its cost by 6 Ki points. Those additional points
can be distributed among the three associated
Characteristics as the player wants: for example, by
adding 2 to each Characteristic cost (AGI 9, DEX
9, and POW 5), or adding the 6 points to a
single Characteristic such as Power (AGI 7,
DEX 7, and POW 9).
EFFECTS
This section presents the different effects that can be used when Ki
Techniques are created. Although the list is extensive, it does not pretend
to be exhaustive, so if a player wishes his Technique to have an ability that
does not appear collected among those presented, the Game Master must
determine whether he will allow it or not and what its cost will be. In the
descriptions, the following elements are presented:
Effects: These are the abilities that the Technique confers to those
who use it.
Primary (1): This number is the Ki point cost if the effect is the main
effect of the Technique.
Secondary (2): This number is the Ki point cost if the effect is the
secondary effect of the Technique.
MK: This number is the Martial Knowledge cost for the Technique.
Level: This number is the power level of the effect. There are three
levels: Basic, Major, and Arcane. In the table, Basic effects do not have
any numeral, Major effects are marked with a 2, and Arcane effects are
marked with a 3. Effects can only be chosen if they are not higher than
the level of the Technique they are in. That is to say, an effect marked
with a 2 can only be in second or third level Techniques.
Primary Characteristic: This is the base Characteristic for the effect.
Optional Characteristics: These are the Characteristics among
which the cost in Ki points of the effect can be distributed. Each optional
Characteristic has an added cost, which indicates the extra Ki points a
character must pay for distributing points to that specific Characteristic.
Elements: These are the elements related to the effect.
Maintenance (Maint): This is the cost of maintaining the effect over
several turns. This numbers use is two-fold: it shows how much the effect
increases the activation cost and the amount to be paid per turn.
Minor Sustenance (MiS): This number is the cost in Ki points that must
be added to the base cost of the effect for it to be sustained for 5 turns. If no
value appears, that effect cannot be used in a Sustained Technique.
Greater Sustenance (GrS): This number is the cost in Ki points
that must be added to the base cost of the effect for it to be sustained
for 20 turns (1 minute). If no value appears, that effect cannot be used
in a Sustained Technique.
Frequency: : This is how often in a turn the effect takes place. If the
effect modifies only one Action in a turn, the word Action
appears, whereas if the benefits are applied during
the whole turn, the word Turnappears.
Action Type: This is the kind of
Action the effect is linked to.
Four different Action Types
exist: Attack, Counterattack,
Defense, and Variable.
High Inquisitor Nero
Level Added Ki Cost Added MK Cost
1 +3 Ki +10 MK
2 +6 Ki +20 MK
3 +9 Ki +30 MK
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MODIFIED COSTS
Many of the costs of the effects that appear in this chapter
are slightly different from those that appear in Chapter 10 of
Anima: Beyond Fantasy. Those costs have been altered
to adapt better to the new abilities described in this book.
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THE USE OF AUTOMATIC
TRANSPORTATION IN COMBAT
The effect of Automatic Transportation can be tied to an
Attack or Defense, varying greatly in its application depending
on its case. In order to avoid incorrect interpretations of the
effects, the advantages and disadvantages of that linking are
presented below.
Tied to an Attack: When a character tries to use an
Automatic Transport Technique to obtain an advantageous
position against an adversary (like a Flank or Back Attack), it
is not enough for him simply to use the Technique to directly
grant him the bonus. Although automatic movement allows the
character to instantly arrive at a destination, his enemies have
the natural capacity to pivot freely to face him. However, it is
also true that when a character uses Automatic Transportation
against an antagonist for the first time, it is very possible that
this antagonist will be surprised by the unexpectedness of the
Action (simply, because at first he does not know how to place
himself). Therefore, anyone who is not accustomed or does
not expect to receive an attack of this type needs to pass a
Notice check against a Difficulty of Very Difficult or Absurd to
avoid suffering either the penalty for Surprise or the one for the
appropriate disadvantageous positioning.
Naturally, this check is only required the first or second
time that a character uses Automatic Transportation this way
against that particular opponent.
Tied to a Counterattack: A transportation effect
also can be tied to a counterattack, which has enormous
utility against Long-distance Attacks. If a character uses a
counterattack Technique that allows him to transport himself,
he can use it to appear instantly by the attacker (as long as the
position is within the range of the transportation Technique)
and gain the counterattack bonus indicated by his Defense,
despite what the general rules dictate.
Tied to a Defense: A transportation effect tied
to a Defense grants the character the ability to retreat
automatically from a combat in which he is engaged, if he
obtains a successful Defense result. This withdrawal interrupts
any series of attacks initiated against him by his adversary. If
the character is engaged in combat against more than one
enemy simultaneously, his other antagonists can try to prevent
his retreating from the combat if they still have the capacity
to attack. However, they can only carry out one standard
attack each, and the defender does not suffer penalties
for suffering additional attacks or for a disadvantageous
position; he enjoys at all times his Full Defense.
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TECHNIQUES OF
MAINTAINED TRAPS
It is possible to use a maintained Trapping Technique to
immobilize an adversary. In doing so, the character continues
using the Characteristic value of the Technique in the checks
to prevent his adversarys escape. Even if the Technique is
not maintained, the trapped opponent does not free himself
immediately. Instead, once the Technique ends, the character
uses his own Dexterity and Strength values if he wants to
maintain the trap.
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Ages ago, when the impossible walked the world and differences
between fairy tales and reality did not exist, a small number of people
developed capabilities beyond the imagination of man. In more than one
sense, those individuals took a step beyond human evolution, changing
their bodies and souls forever. The origins of these gifts are as varied as
the powers they grant. Some of the individuals made blood pacts with
powers or forgotten gods to receive the gifts, surendering in return a part
of their humanity. Some gifts were born of impossible unions, the heritage
of children of mortals and entities that should never have descended to
the world. Other gifts arose spontaneously, with no known origin.
Even today, centuries or millennia later, some of the descendants
of those people still retain a part of those incredible gifts. These
descendants are the Legacies of Blood.
LEGACIES OF BLOOD
The Legacies of Blood are a special category of Advantages (and also
the name for those who possess them) that characters can access using
Creation Points. They refer to supernatural powers that characters can
have innately, inherited gifts from past eras. In order to obtain one, the
character must simply spend the amount of Creation Points indicated
in the particular Legacy of Bloods description, just like choosing a
conventional Advantage. However, a Legacy of Blood is considered a
Legacy, and the character receives a Level Modifier of +1 for calculating
his experience, as described in Chapter 22 of Anima: Beyond
Fantasy.
There is no limit as to the number of Legacies that can be chosen
in the creation of a character. However, unlike other Advantages,
it is not possible to use the Non-Restricted Creation Points optional
rule (introduced in the Game Masters Toolkit) to obtain Legacy
Advantages when going up a level; since they are innate capacities in an
individual, he either possesses them since birth or simply does not have
access to them.
Although the Legacies of Blood that are described next refer to
human beings, access to them is not restricted solely to man. Members
of many other races, such as Sylvain, Daimah, or Dukzarist, have the
same chance of inheriting these Advantages.
Although most of the Legacies in this section are linked to Gaa,
they encompass elements so generic that they can be extrapolated to
any other setting. For example, the powers of the Blood of Orochi could
refer to those of demon blood, the same way that the Blood of Aeon
could refer to someone related to any elemental deity. Players should
simply find appropriate justifications for their Legacies.
BLOOD OF AEON: ELEMENTAL LINK
The Aeons, ancient entities whose power has been compared to the
gods by many cultures, shared in the past a part of their essence with a
limited number of mortals. The descendants of these people are still in
possession of some of the exceptional qualities of their ancestors, thus
becoming Legacies of Blood. This section refers to Legacies of Blood
whose powers come from connections to Aeons with elemental ties,
although the progeny of some high elemental lord could have similar
capabilities. When choosing this Advantage, the character must decide
which Aeon his powers are bound to.
Cost: 1
GENERAL ADVANTAGES
Some general Advantages exist that, to a greater or lesser extent,
affect all those Legacies of Blood descended from elemental Aeons.
Next are detailed two of the most common:
Elemental Affinity: The Legacies of an Aeon are spiritually bound
to the element to which their ancestor is associated. Consequently, they
reduce by half any damage they suffer based on that element, and apply
a bonus of +20 to all the Resistance checks related to it in some way.
These benefits do not work against effects produced by an entity whose
Gnosis is far beyond that of the character, since its high essence ignores
the basic properties that the blood grants. Additionally, the Legacy
increases by 10 points the Base Damage of any attack the character
makes based on this element, be it using Ki, magic, or Psychic Powers.
Aeons that do not have an association with an element do not provide
this benefit to their descendants.
Elemental Aptitude: Because of his supernatural nature, the
Legacy finds great ease in developing all kinds of Ki Techniques related
directly to the element to which his blood is bound to. Therefore, he
reduces by 5 points the MK cost of any effect related to this element in a
Technique learned or developed by the character. Effects whose MK cost
is already 5 points are not affected by this Advantage.
If a Legacy of Kagutsuchi wants to develop a Ki Technique that has
two effects related to Fire (for example, Attack Ability and Damage
Augmentation), the Technique would cost him 10 less MK points.
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CHAPTER VI
WHY A LEVEL MODIFIER?
Despite being essentially human, a Legacy of Blood has a
Level Modifier to balance the superior advantages that these
powers grant him in comparison to normal Advantages.
Otherwise, characters without these gifts would be at a
disadvantage. If the Game Master wishes, he can balance having
Legacies a different way, such as by increasing the Creation
Point cost of each Legacy by 1, instead of applying a Level
Modifier.
Sometimes, I feel pity for all those uselessly
striving to gain power.
They will never understand.
Their work, their fight, is pointless.
True power is carried in the blood.
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Blood of Kagutsuchi (Fire)
Kagutsuchi, the Great Beast of Flames, is an ancient entity intrinsically
related to the Kami of Varja. Of her, it is said that, in the past, she fought
beside Amaterasu against the Dark Aeon Orochi. According to legend,
her fire could purify or destroy at will everything for miles around her.
Her usual appearance is one of an immense bird of flames, from whose
feathers it is said that the Phoenix was born.
Her Legacies do not necessarily share a common appearance,
although a great number of them are albinos whose eyes glow like lit
coals when the Legacies begin to Accumulate Ki.
General Advantages: Elemental Affinity (Fire). Elemental Aptitude
(Fire).
Blood of Boreas (Air)
Boreas, Lord of the Four Winds or the Eternal Bird, is an Aeon
that often has been associated with Beryl Uriel, and is also said to have
many ties with the Sylvain culture. He often appears as a huge bird
with humanoid features, always surrounded by whirlwinds. His power
is such that with a single movement of his wings he is able to raise gales
and hurricanes capable of devastating virtually anything.
The Legacies of Boreas have a common tie; when they begin to
Accumulate Ki, they always produce small air currents that twist around
them, even forming tiny tornados.
General Advantages: Elemental Affinity (Air). Elemental Aptitude
(Air).
Tsubasa Kurokami,
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Blood of Niflheim (Cold)
Niflheim, Spirit of the Eternal Ice, is the Aeon that governs the cold
and ice. Unlike many of her siblings, her manifestations in antiquity upon
the face of Gaa were very few, though her blood was tied to a small
number of chosen through a pact with the leaders of the tribes of the
north. The Legacies of Niflheim are the descendants of these people, and
through their veins still run fragments of her power. No one knows what
physical form the Spirit of the Eternal Ice takes, but some say she has the
appearance of a woman made up of snow and frost.
The Legacies of Niflheim usually have pale skin, clear eyes (blue or
white, most of the time), and hair of an off-white (or even bluish) hue.
Although her Legacies are more commonly women instead of men, the
Legacy powers of the latter are sometimes greater.
Cold Control: The character has a limited control over cold that
grants him the ability to slightly alter the temperature around him. At
will, he can lower the temperature of everything within a distance of 60
feet around him by 5 to 10 degrees.
Sense Temperature Changes: Thanks to the powers of his blood,
the Legacy has an innate ability to feel changes in the temperature
around him. Thus, if he concentrates for three or four turns, he can
perceive heat or cold sources in a space of about 150 feet. This ability
also allows him to feel the heat that comes off a living being, but in these
cases, the being can resist being located by passing a Physical Resistance
(PhR) check against a Difficulty of 100.
General Advantages: Elemental Affinity (Cold).
Blood of Rudraksha (Electricity)
Rudraksha, Lord of the Storms, is one of the great Aeons that
manifested on Gaa during the war of the Deva. Known for his almost
limitless destructive capacity, this powerful entity devastated entire
armies before being temporarily confined in a prison known as the
Temple of Storms. At that time, the Aeon signed several blood pacts
with a multitude of individuals of enormous power, granting them a part
of his supernatural abilities. The Legacies of Blood of his that exist at
present are the descendants of these individuals.
The blood of Rudraksha is associated with electricity, lightning, and
storms, so his Legacies have an affinity for such elements. They do not
have distinguishing physical characteristics, except their Combat Aura
always takes the form of continuous electrical discharges that surround
their bodies.
Storm Link: The character can sense a storm at least 12 hours before
it occurs, and can tell if it is natural or if there is some mystical element
behind it. Additionally, this Legacy of Blood imbues the character with
power during a storm, so he receives, while he is in a storm, a bonus of
+1 to one of the following Characteristics: Dexterity, Agility, Strength,
or Power.
General Advantages: Elemental Affinity (Electricity).
Blood of Ran (Water)
Ran, the Aeon of waters and oceans, is one of the most colossal
creatures that has ever existed in Gaa. Occultists affirm that he is a
primal force, capable of causing tidal waves and typhoons with a single
movement of his body. Generally, and as far as physical strength is
concerned, he is considered the greatest of the Aeons.
The most common characteristics of his Legacies is that they always
have blue or green eyes and that their hair grows at a much faster rate
than any normal person; if they cut it, after only one or two days, they
once again have a long mane. Their Combat Aura is usually blue, as if
water is swirling around them, and when they Accumulate Ki, sometimes
the noise of waves can be heard.
Aquatic Movement: The Legacy has the capacity to move with
ease through aquatic environments, so he reduces by half any Action
Penalty applied for moving in water or similar liquids.
General Advantages: Elemental Aptitude (Water).
Blood of Toa (Earth)
Toa, the Earth Dragon, is one of the Aeons who has taken a more
active part in the history of humanity. Sometimes he is represented as
an enormous stone serpent who dwells in the depths of the earth, and
at other times like a dragon without wings. It is not known when or how
he made blood pacts or had congress with mortals, but his Legacies exist
in the world even now.
The Legacies of Toa are commonly people with an exceptional
physique, a prodigious musculature, and an almost inhuman resistance
to harm.
Regeneration: These Legacies heal more quickly than a normal
person, so their level of Regeneration is increased by a point.
Resist Criticals: The natural resistance of the Legacies allows them
to withstand physical damage much better than other individuals. For
that reason, they receive a bonus of +10 to their Physical Resistance to
counteract any Critical they suffer.
General Advantages: Elemental Affinity (Earth).
Blood of Phandemonium (Darkness)
The Aeon of darkness, also called the Eternal Night, is the incarnation
of pure darkness. His true physical form is not known, because whenever
he has manifested he has appeared surrounded by an unfathomable mass
of darkness, filled with eyes and mouths. It is believed he was one of the
forces that caused the destruction of the Deva during their war, and he
has taken part in other conflicts in the past, like the War of Darkness.
The Legacies of Phandemonium, or Heirs of the Shadow, do not
share common characteristics among themselves, except that their hair
and eyes are always of dark or clear shades. It is said that when one of
the Legacies has Accumulated a sufficient amount of Ki, his aura gathers
around his back in the form of two black wings.
Advantages: Elemental Affinity (Darkness). Elemental Aptitude
(Darkness).
Blood of Shephirah (Light)
Shephirah, the Light of the Heavens or The One of a Thousand
Wings, is widely regarded by occultists as one of the most powerful
Aeons. Like Boreas, she is intrinsically linked to the culture of the
Sylvain, and there are civilizations that adore her like a god. Her form,
despite being constantly changing, is characterized by a vaguely feminine
appearance, and she always appears surrounded by wings of light that
emerge from all parts of her body.
The Legacies of Shephirah typically have light hair (blond most of the
time) and blue or green eyes. However, their most peculiar characteristic
is that, when they Accumulate great amounts of Ki, their aura takes the
form of two enormous luminous wings that manifest on their back.
Advantages: Elemental Affinity (Light). Elemental Aptitude (Light).
THE EYES OF DEATH
Surely, there is no Legacy of Blood darker, more terrible, and more
frightening than the Ayin Apholion, also called the Eyes of Death.This
strange gift, whose possessors consider the greater part of the time to
be a curse, confers the disturbing ability to see the threads of life present
in all things. These people do not perceive the world in a normal way,
but like a set of threads, veins, and filaments that underlie everything
that exists.
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The origin of this ability is lost in a myth that goes back to the time
of Holst. According to some occultists, this power was born from the
hypothetical union of Holst and Lachesis, one of the three Fates, whose
hands hold the threads of destiny. Others attribute it to a pact between
Clotho and a mortal man she loved, with whom the Fate exchanged
her left eye, in order to save his life. Whatever the truth, this ability
is intrinsically linked to the Fates, because the Legacies that have it
perceive the world as the Fates do.
Cost: 2
Eyes of the End of All Existence: The Legacy has the ability to
see the threads present in everything that exists, and consequently can
destroy practically anything or anyone, with even the most innocuous
wounds. Consequently, the Legacy ignores the Damage Barrier of
objects, regardless of their size, toughness, or density. Simply by striking
the appropriate places, he is able to destroy everything with impossible
ease. Therefore, he also increases the Breakage of his impacts by 5
points, regardless of what weapon he is using.
In combat, all his attacks produce an automatic Critical on his adversaries,
regardless of the damage that the attack actually produced. Creatures
with Damage Resistance do not suffer an automatic Critical, but their
entire body is considered a vulnerable spot for the Legacys attacks. The
Legacy also has the ability to aim more accurately at the spiritual lines of
the body of his enemy; if he does so, he applies a penalty of 10 to his
Attack Ability, but gains in return a bonus of +40 to the level of Criticals.
This power also allows the Legacy to visualize the spiritual lines of invisible
or spiritual beings, even if he cannot fully distinguish the appearance or
form of such beings. Thus, he never applies the penalty for complete
Blindness when facing invisible beings, but only the penalty for Partial
Blindness. Nevertheless, he is affected by illusionary spells or any similar
power that deceiveshis perceptions. For example, a character using a
spell of Illusory Invisibility would simply alter the perception of the eyes
of the Legacy, making him think that he does not see anything.
The character must be able to see to make use of all these abilities,
since his powers depend directly on his sense of sight. If at any time he
lacks sight or, for any natural cause, is unable to see his surroundings,
he loses these abilities.
A character with this Legacy of Blood is able to damage any adversary,
ignoring completely all kinds of protection or immunity that it has.
Only beings who he cannot damage because of their high Gnosis are
unaffected by this ability. In those cases, the character cannot see any
kind of threads in them.
EYES OF THE SOUL
The origin or true nature of the Legacy called the Eyes of the
Soul is unknown, but since it originated in Varja, many think that some
Kami or greater spirit of the Oriental Island is related to it. In any case,
people are born even today with this strange capability, which causes
them to see everything that surrounds them in a different way.
This Legacy allows the character to see the world, not in the normal
way, but instead like a continuous gathering of spritual energy and Ki.
Unlike other individuals able to sense Ki, the Legacy is able to see it like
it is something real and tangible. This ability also allows him to perceive
the form of all the objects or things that he sees,even if these do
not give off energy. Consequently, he can use his Ki Detection, instead
of the Secondary Abilities Notice and Search, to make any kind of
perception check that uses sight as the principal means. For example,
using his Ki Detection, the Legacy could try to locate a hidden trap or a
concealed object in an enormous storage room. This power also allows
the Legacy to see invisible bodies or spiritual beings, as long as they are
real entities that emit some kind of spiritual energy.
An individual with this capacity cannot be dazzled and ignores the
penalties for any darkness that does not have a supernatural origin.
In order to make use of the powers of the Eyes of the Soul, the
character must develop the Ki Ability of Erudition. Otherwise, although he
innately has these powers, he simply is not yet able to benefit from them.
Cost: 1
LEGACY OF THE MOON (TSUKIYOMI)
In antiquity, 12 high priestesses of Varja signed a pact with
Tsukiyomi, Goddess of the Black Moon, so that their descendants
would gain some of her tenebrous power. Although this pact cost them
their souls and eternally bound the essence of their children to the
darkness, the lady of the Naraku fulfilled her word in part, binding the
spiritual energies of their firstborn to the moon. Even today, the heirs
of those dark priestesses possess this Legacy, just as strong as it was a
thousand years ago.
Cost: 1
Ties to the Moon: The power of the Legacies of Tsukiyomi
depends directly on the state of the moon. Consequently, the Legacy
gains different benefits depending on what phase the moon is in. None
of these Legacy Advantages, with the exception of Eclipse, are applied
during the day.
Full Moon: When the moon is most illuminated by the sun, the
powers of the Legacies are minimal, although they still receive certain
benefits thanks to the moons influence. During this time, the character
simply obtains a bonus of +5 to all actions.
Last Quarter: During this period, the Legacy obtains a bonus of
+10 to all actions.
First Quarter: The bonus to all actions of the Legacy during this
phase is increased to +15.
New Moon: Also called the Black Moon, this time is the moment
at night when the powers of the Legacy are at their apogee. The
character receives a bonus of +20 to all actions, can conduct actions
of Inhuman Difficulty, and receives a modifier of +2 to his level of
Regeneration.
Eclipse: In a perfect eclipse, during the moment in which the
dark surpasses the light even during the day, the power of a Legacy of
Tsukiyomi is absolute. As a result, at this time, he obtains a bonus of
+30 to all actions, can perform actions of Zen Difficulty, and obtains a
modifier of +8 to his level of Regeneration.
THE BLOOD OF UROBOROS
Uroboros, the Serpent of Time, is one of the most enigmatic entities
of antiquity. Many occultists have investigated his origins or nature, but
no one has been able to discover what he is really. There are some who
consider him an Aeon, while others catalogue him as the greatest of the
Great Beasts or, in some cases, even a god. How he bound his blood to
mortals is as inexplicable a mystery as is Uroboros himself, but without a
doubt individuals exist who possess some of his power.
Legacies of Uroboros always have a strange birth mark, in the form
of a serpent, somewhere on their body. Normally it forms a perfect circle,
but the mark grows and changes as its possessor increases his powers.
A character with the Blood of Uroboros enjoys a limited control
over space and time, allowing him to make certain supernatural jumps
and to act before anyone can respond to his movements. Simply put,
the Legacys antagonists are left with the feeling that time has stopped
for them for a split second. As a consequence of this ability, a Legacy
of Uroboros obtains Surprise over any adversary by having an Initiative
result of 100 points more than the adversary rather than 150. Secondly,
when the Legacy retreats, he does not suffer the Flanked penalty to his
Defense Ability, because he takes advantage of the abilities provided by
his blood to separate himself without being more vulnerable.
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BLOOD OF THE GREAT BEASTS
Within this category are gathered those Legacies through whose veins
run the blood of some of the Great Beasts, or of an ancestral entity of
similar power (like angels or demons). Thanks to their lineage, the Legacies
are endowed with a multitude of inhuman qualities, although their precise
powers and capabilities vary depending on who their predecessors are and
the qualities that have been awakened in the Legacies. Consequently, no two
Legacies of this blood are exactly the same.
Inhuman Powers: The Legacy receives 40 Development Points to
choose any combination of Creature Powers described in Chapter 26 of
Anima: Beyond Fantasy, as if he had an equivalent of Gnosis 5. This
Advantage does not allow the character to choose Essential Abilities, but
only abilities from the list of Powers. Naturally, physical capabilities slightly
alter the appearance of the character. For example, an individual who has
the ability to fly would probably have wings on his back.
Additional Creation Points invested in this Legacy indicate that the
blood lineage of the character is more powerful, increasing the DP he
receives to 80 or 120 points, respectively. The Development Points
provided by this Advantage do not increase the level of the character.
Cost: 1, 2, 3
EYES OF DESTINY
The Eyes of Destiny is a strange ability that grants its possessors the
capacity to see things before they happen, allowing them to adapt to the
movements of enemies, regardless of how fast or capable they are. The
origin of this Legacy is unknown, but the Legacy is so old that there are
those who suggest it is the first of all Legacies. What or who caused it
is completely unknown.
The Eyes of Destiny Legacy allows its possessor to adapt to the
combat style of his enemies. After fighting for a prolonged period of
time against the same adversary, the character begins to increasingly
anticipate his opponentsmovements. At first, he is only able to slightly
anticipate the movements, but later he can see them coming long
before they begin. As a result, he obtains a bonus to his Attack and
Defense Ability on any action directly opposed by an enemy that
he has been fighting for a certain number of turns. The more
time spent fighting the enemy, the greater the bonuses the
character obtains, as indicated in the following table:
These bonuses are kept even after the passage of time. For example,
if the Legacy faces the same enemy several days after the previous battle,
he can still predict the enemys movements as well as he could at the
end of the last battle, since he has already adapted to the enemys
combat style. However, when an enemy improves or changes his fighting
ability, the advantage provided by the Eyes of Destiny as a result of past
combats are lost with respect to that opponent. Simply put, a change in
the enemys way of fighting, in even the slightest way, completely alters
the fighting style to which the Legacy has become accustomed. As a
result, the possessor of the Eyes of Destiny loses the bonuses obtained
against a when the enemy goes up a level if this increases the enemys
Attack or Defense Ability in any way.
It is also possible that an enemy who purposely conceals his full
combat ability can make the Legacy lose his bonus when the enemy
declares the use of his full ability. In that case, the style to which the
Legacy had become accustomed to does not truly represent the ability
of his enemy.
Note that the bonus provided by Eyes of Destiny is specific to the
Legacy and a particular enemy. Each individual uses slightly different
movements when fighting, so time spent fighting one enemy does not
apply when fighting another one.
The Eyes of Destiny are useless against attacks and defenses of a
magical or psychic character, unless the character has the Advantage See
Supernatural as well.
Activating the bonuses of this Legacy demands a cost of 1 Ki point
per turn. Ki points do not have to be spent to become acclimated to the
enemys fighting style or to remember past fighting time, but only to use
the bonuses provided by this Legacy.
Additionally, a character with the Eyes of Destiny also has an
enormous facility to copy Ki Techniques that he witnesses. For that
reason, if he has the Ki Ability of Technique Imitation, the benefit the
ability offers him increases. Consequently, he reduces the cost in MK of
imitated Techniques: those of first level cost of 15 MK points less, those
of second level cost 25 MK points less, and those of third level cost
40 MK less (instead of 10 MK, 20 MK, and 30
MK less, respectively).
Cost: 2
TABLE 20: EYES OF DESTINY
Time Applicable Bonus
5 Turns +10
10 Turns +15
15 Turns +20
1 Minute (20 Turns) +25
3 Minutes (60 Turns) +30
5 Minutes (100 Turns) +35
10+ Minutes (200+ Turns) +40
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ETERNAL BLOOD
Legacies of Eternal Blood have a bond with entities foreign to Gaa
that provides them with an unparalleled resistance to death. Although
not strictly immortal, they lack vulnerable spots on their body. Therefore,
they can withstand damage that would be impossible for anyone else to
withstand, such as having their heart impaled by a sword or their head
pierced by an arrow.
Legacies of Eternal Blood do not have any common characteristics,
except for their inhuman resistance to damage.
Cost: 1
Invulnerability: A character with this Legacy does not have any
vulnerable spots, so he is completely immune to the effect of automatic
death as a result of having received a mortal Critical to any of them. Also,
his body must suffer massive damage to die, so the character remains
conscious when at negative Life Points of up to 20 times the value of
his Constitution. However, he suffers an All Action Penalty equal to the
amount his Life Points are negative. If the optional rules of between life
and death are used from the Game Masters Toolkit, the Legacy
applies a bonus of +80 to Physical Resistance checks for the purpose of
staying alive once he has reached his limits.
Resist Death: The character applies a special bonus of +40 to any
kind of Resistance check against natural or supernatural effects that
produce automatic death.
THE BLOOD OF OROCHI
Orochi, the dark Aeon, is one of the most frightful entities of Gaa.
Throughout history, some scholars have connected him to Zemial or
Edamiel, due to his obsession with destroying everything and plunging
existence into absolute nothingness. His legend was forged originally in
Varja, during the time of splendor of Kuon Teikoku, and he was considered
one of the worst threats that the Eternal Empire had to confront.
Orochi has the form of a gigantic white serpent with seven heads,
each one of which is a portal to nothingness. It is not known whether
this is his true aspect, but this is his appearance in many scrolls on Varja
legends. After manifesting himself and devastating everything in his way,
Orochi demanded that seven pure princesses be given to him, who he
impregnated with his essence so that they took within themselves his
descendants. He was finally sealed off by Amaterasu himself.
The Legacies of Blood of Orochi are the last descendants of those seven
princesses and are destined to awaken their dark predecessor someday.
Cost: 1
BLOOD OF VIOLENCE
There are people who carry the blood of Orochi in their veins
without knowing it, until some terrible event releases their wrath and
awakens their power. After their powers awaken, these Legacies tend to
be solitary individuals who are consumed by the power they carry within
them, or who live apart from others for fear of hurting them.
The characters with this Legacy of Blood possess a devastating power
that allows them to enormously increase their capabilities at a terrible
price. If the character wishes it, he can awaken the blood of Orochi to
considerably increase his strength. When doing so, he obtains a bonus
of +20 to his Combat Abilities and his Initiative, as well as a bonus of +1
to all his Ki Accumulations. If he also has the Gift, he receives a bonus of
+20 to his Magic Accumulation. However, this great gift comes at a high
cost, as it consumes the body and soul of he that uses it, making him lose
2 Life Points each turn he keeps the Legacy active. This loss is considered
a Sacrifice for determining the recovery of Life Points.
Activating the blood of Orochi is a Passive Action, but an entire turn
must pass after its activation before it takes effect.
ANGER UNLEASHED
Unfortunately, having the blood of Orochi carries a great risk. As a bearer
of the power of violence, the possibility exists that the Legacy will enter a state
of wrath that impels him to kill and destroy everything that he finds around
him. In order to avoid entering this state, the Legacy must make a Willpower
check whenever any of the following circumstances occurs:
The character is present at some terrible event that makes him boil with
anger or engulfs him in desperation.
Whenever he receives a Critical in combat, regardless of whether it
produces an effect or not.
When he f inds himself near another Legacy with the same blood, since
his nature responds instinctively to the innate violence that runs through all
their veins.
If any of these circumstances occurs while the Legacy has the power
of Orochi active, he suffers a penalty of 3 to his Willpower Characteristic
when he makes the check. If he fails the check, his power is completely
unleashed, so the bonuses to his Combat Abilities, Initiative, and MA
increase to +30 and he adds +2 to his Ki Accumulations. Similarly, the
price he pays is also greater, so the Legacy bleeds from his entire body,
increasing the loss of Life Points to 5 per turn. It is even possible that some
additional transformation occurs, such as the Legacys pupils filling with
blood or his hair changing color.
It is very difficult to leave the state of Anger Unleashed. Consequently,
the Legacy can only attempt to do so if he is about to hurt somebody
very dear to him, in which case he can make a new Willpower check
(although he still applies a 3 to the value of his Characteristic). The
character automatically leaves the state of Anger Unleashed if he falls
unconscious.
When his Life Points are reduced to 0, the Legacy stops losing them
as a result of his power and must make a Willpower check each turn.
If he fails the check or if there is nobody left alive around him, he falls
unconscious and enters the state between life and death because of his
bleeding.
EXISTENCE EATERS
The Existence Eaters are one of the darkest Legacies men and
women born with the curse of being able to consume the very essence of
other people or things to increase their own energy reserves. Common
characteristics among them do not exist save for, perhaps, the unusual
fact that they never resemble each other, even if they are the closest of
kin. Determining where this Legacy originated is impossible, because
rather than coming from a certain ancestry, this ability seems to have
arisen at random in a very small number of people worldwide.
The Legacy has the ability to absorb the energy of objects and beings
he comes into contact with, being able to consume their essence to
increase his own Ki reserves. When he wishes to do so, he merely needs
to physically touch something whose Base Presence is equal or inferior
to his own. If it is an inanimate object, there is no possible resistance:
the object loses 5 points of Presence per turn until it becomes undone
into a pile of ashes, granting the character 1 Ki point for every 5 points
of Presence that he absorbs.
This ability also allows him to drain the energy of other living beings.
To do so, the Legacy must put himself into contact with his enemy, be it
physically or through something affected by the ability Aura Extension.
Whenever the Legacy makes contact, his enemy must make a Physical
Resistance (PhR) check against a difficulty equal to double the Presence of
the Legacy or the enemy will lose an amount of Life Points equal to half the
level of failure and, in addition, 1 Ki point for every 5 Life Points consumed.
The Legacy immediately absorbs any amount of Ki that he takes in this way.
Since contact is enough to activate the ability, the Legacy can activate this
ability at any time, even while he is being struck by his enemy.
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The maximum amount of Ki points absorbed per day by a character
using this ability can never surpass the Base Presence of the character;
once that value is reached, he has satiatedhis absorption until many
hours have gone by. That way, a character with Presence 30 could not
absorb more than 30 Ki points per day. In fact, during this time, the
character cannot activate his power at all (i.e., while his power is full, he
cannot take Life or Ki Points away from a target or absorb them with it).
If an Existence Eater uses a Ki Technique that allows him to drain Ki
or Life Points, he automatically increases by 40 points the difficulty of
the targets Resistance check.
Cost: 2
VENOMOUS ESSENCE
The Children of the Basilisk, as these Legacies are also known, are
individuals who have inherited the blood of the most poisonous creature
of Gaa. Everything that is in their body, from their skin to their hair, is
in fact a powerful supernatural poison able to kill any kind of being. The
potency of this ability depends on the essence of each Legacy, and goes
up as he grows and increases his powers. In consequence, when a Legacy
is only a young child, contact with him simply causes sickness, but as an
adult, a mere brush of his hand can end the life of anyone.
A Child of the Basilisk has the ability to poison other individuals
in an innate way. The difficulty of the Venom Resistance check (VR)
depends on the means used for delivering the poison. If he puts his skin
into direct contact with that of another individual, the VR Difficulty is
equal to the Presence of the Legacy +30. If someone ingests his blood or
saliva or it enters someones bloodstream, the victim must pass a check
against his Presence +60. The Venomous Essence is especially powerful
during any kind of sexual relations; for that reason, anyone who has any
kind of intimate contact with the Legacy must pass a VR check against
his Presence +90.
Not only is the poison within every part of the Legacys body, it
also saturates the spirit of the character. Even attacks that depend on
the Legacys aura can poison his opponents. As a result, if the Legacy
develops the ability Aura Extension, any attack that causes damage will
force the target to make a VR check, whose difficulty is equal to the
Presence of the Legacy +20.
Anyone who fails the VR check will automatically suffer the penalties
of Extreme Pain for a number of hours equal to his level of failure. If the
difference is greater than 40 points, the victim dies.
Apart from producing these effects, the nature of the character also
makes him especially resistant to poisons. Thus, he obtains a bonus of
+20 to his Resistance checks against any kind of toxic substance.
Cost: 1
NATURAL WEAPONS
This Legacy includes all those characters who, for one reason or
another, have the supernatural capacity to manifest physical, natural
weapons at will. The ability can have very diverse origins, as varied as the
natural weapons the character can have. Claws, hair, bones, wings, or
even the Legacys own blood can all be natural weapons. The character
must designate what his natural weapons are at the time of choosing
this Legacy.
Normally, natural weapons are not in view until the character
declares his desire to manifest them. At that moment, his body alters so
that he can use the weapons: hands become claws, hair begins to move
on its own, wounds form blood blades This manifestation has a cost
of 5 Ki points, although there is no maintenance to keep the weapons
manifested.
A Legacy automatically obtains knowledge of how to use his natural
weapons without the necessity of investing DP in their use; for him
using the natural weapons is something innate. The Base Damage of
the natural weapons is always 40 plus the Legacys Strength bonus,
and they have the same Initiative modifier as fighting unarmed (that is,
+20). Depending on the nature of the natural weapons, the Legacy must
choose Cutting, Thrust, or Impact as a Primary Attack Type.
The character must select, in addition, two of the following
special advantages for his natural weapons, as appropriate to the
weaponsunique nature. Some of them, like Increased Damage or
Armor Reduction, can be chosen more than once.
Cost: 1
Increased Damage: The weapon applies +25 to its Base Damage.
This advantage can be chosen a second time, increasing the bonus to +50.
Increased Speed: The weapon obtains +20 to its Base Speed. This
advantage can be chosen a second time, increasing the bonus to +40.
Precise Weapon: The weapon uses the Precise rule.
Increased Trapping: The natural weapon allows the Legacy to carry
out the Trapping maneuver and gives a bonus of +2 to the attribute used
by the Legacy in the opposed check for the maneuver.
Shield Against Projectiles: Despite not being a proper shield, the
weapon allows the Legacy to stop projectiles as if it were. When this
advantage is chosen, the Legacy must choose what shield this weapon
acts like.
Armor Reduction: Because of its exceptional qualities, the weapon
reduces the Armor Type of the defender by 3 points. This advantage can
be chosen a second time to reduce the Armor Type by 6 points.
Increased Critical: The weapon has a vicious quality, conferring a
bonus of +30 to the level of Critical of any attacks with it.
Increased Area: When executing an Area Attack, the weapon
includes up to 5 adversaries, just as if it were a Large weapon.
Dual Weapon: The dual characteristic of the weapon allows the
character to make a second attack with it, as if he wielded an additional
hand weapon.
BLOOD OF THE DEAD
This aberrant ability arose from a damned ancestry in antiquity,
tainted by contact with the Book of the Dead. A Legacy with this power
is able to use his blood on a corpse to return it to a state of half-life for
a brief time. In reality, the corpse is not truly alive, and its body is only
a marionette controlled by the Legacy that barely retains memories or
abilities from its previous existence.
In order to activate the Blood of the Dead, the Legacy must spill a
considerable amount of his blood, which contains his energy and vital
essence, on a corpse. The more blood he spills, the greater the powers
imbued in the body will be. As the corpses are not granted special
mobility by the power, they can only move if they are in a state that
allows it. Thus, the Blood of the Dead does not affect ashes, skeletons,
or similarly deteriorated remains. The corpse rises in less than a minute
after receiving the blood (sometimes, depending on the body at issue,
the time needed may only be a few seconds).
Cost: 1
Sacrifice of Blood: When he uses his Blood of the Dead ability,
the Legacy must declare how much blood he spills. He, then, sacrifices
as many Life Points as he wishes, and spends an amount of Ki equal to
a fifth of the Life Points sacrificed. For example, if he sacrifices 50 Life
Points, he must also spend 10 Ki. Any cost in Life Points spent for this
purpose is considered a Sacrifice when determining recovery because of
the vital energy consumed.
Blood Marionettes: A corpse animated by the Legacy gains Life
Points equal to quadruple the sacrificed Life Points used to animate him,
but never more than the body had originally when it was alive. The
corpse acts like an extension of the will of the Legacy, using the combat
ability of its controller, but keeping its own original Characteristics.
However, it applies a penalty to all actions determined by how much
blood was spent on it by the Legacy, with more blood yielding lower
penalties, as indicated in Table 21.
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An animated corpse loses the properties of the blood very quickly:
at a rate of 5 Life Points per hour. The Legacy can invest more blood
in the corpse to prolong its existence, but if at any time the Life Points
of the corpse falls to 0 or below, the corpse becomes inanimate again.
Investing more blood and Ki in a corpse already animated by the
Legacy follows the same rules as creating it in the first place. Blood of
the Dead cannot animate the same body more than once.
A blood marionette can have its effectiveness reduced by losing body
parts or suffering other similarly catastrophic damages, but it lacks
vulnerable spots and does not suffer penalties because of pain.
Techniques through Marionettes: A Blood Marionette can
use any Ki Technique that its creator knows, although it only has an
amount of Ki equal to the points invested in its creation. Once all its Ki
Points are spent, the Marionette becomes inanimate (just as if it lost all
its Life Points).
BLOOD OF KAMI
Legacies with the Blood of Kami are
descendents of some of the Kami of Varja, the old
gods of the Oriental Island. Thanks to the blood that runs
through their veins, the Legacies have certain unique powers,
usually related to the singular capabilities of each deity. Since
there were over a thousand Kami, with very diverse natures, the
powers of each Legacy are also different, according to the Kami
that the Legacy is tied to.
This section gathers the abilities of Legacies whose Kami blood
have been diluted over the passage of time. If the Game Master allows
it, a player can invest a greater number of Creation Points to obtain
additional powers (representing more potent blood).
Cost: 1
Divine Blood: Because of the unique characteristics of his blood,
the Legacy has the ability to perform actions of Inhuman difficulty. All
the Kami Legacies, regardless of the nature of the Kami they come
from, always have this ability.
Kami: Genus Loci
The great majority of the Kami were bound to very concrete
places, such as forests, rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. As a result,
Legacies descended from these spirits increase their capabilities when
they find themselves in places that are attuned to their nature.
Therefore, a Legacy descended from the Kami of a river is more
powerful when he is in the proximity of streams and torrents, as
would be one who descends from a Kami of a mountain when
he is in a mountainous zone. When choosing this bloodline,
the Legacy must determine what type of natural place his
powers are bound to. When he is there, all his physical
attributes and Ki Accumulations are increased by 1 point.
Legacies that have the Gift also increase by +15 their MA. If
the Legacy is in the actual original location of the Kami in
Varja (the exact lake, mountain, forest or whatever that
gave birth to the Kami), those bonuses increase by 2 points
(+30 with regard to MA).
Kami: Lord of War
The Kami bound to war were powerful spirits who broke with
their source to become soldiers at the service of Amaterasu. Although
their innate powers were not as great as those of their brothers, their
combat ability was much greater. Normally, these Kami were associated
with a specific type of weapon that represented the Kamis essence. As
a result, their descendants have the capacity to increase their power
when they are wielding that type of weapon, since it awakens the divine
blood that runs through their veins.
When choosing this lineage, the Legacy must choose a specific
type of weapon (katana, nodachi, bow, etc.). When he wields that
type of weapon, his innate powers awaken and he gains the ability to
channel energy through the weapon. While the Legacy is channelling
energy through his weapon in this way, the weapons Quality level
increases by 5 points (up to a maximum of +25), the weapon is able to
damage energy (as if it had the Ki Ability of Aura Extension), and the
Legacy receives a bonus of +1 to Ki Accumulation.
This ability costs the Legacy 1 Ki point per turn to maintain.
BLOOD OF THE DRAGON
The Dragon, the first and greatest of all the Aeons, is the essence
of fantasy itself in its purest state. No one knows when he gave part
of his essence to mortals, but those who bear his blood are able to
develop the most incredible abilities.
The powers of this Legacy are left to the GMs discretion. Blood of
the Dragon is also a prerequisite to access some Magnus, such as The
Seals of the Dragon.
Cost: 1
LATENT BLOOD
Latent blood is not an individual Legacy as such. Instead,
it gives the character a multitude of them that he can
awaken later. Someone with this lineage can
spend the bonuses to Characteristics he
receives at each even level as if they
were Creation Points to buy Legacies
of Blood (just as if he were using
the optional rule Non-Restricted
Creation Points). A character who
advances to level two, for example,
could take advantage of his +1
bonus to a Characteristic to awaken
Eternal Blood instead, and when going
up to level four, he could use his +1
Characteristic point to awaken the
Eyes of the Soul.
Cost: 1
TABLE 21: BLOOD MARIONETTES
Sacrificed Life Points Penalty to All Actions
20 or less 100
21 to 50 80
51 to 100 60
101 to 150 40
150 or more 20
Through the veins of
Celia run great latent
powers.
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Ars Magnus
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The Ars Magnus, or Great Arts, are unique and special combat
styles, providing incredible abilities beyond all imagination. With them,
a fighter can transform himself to increase his abilities, use weapons as
improbable as musical instruments, or even control the very essence of
chaos to fight.
Players can equip their characters with Ars Magnus, thus
personalizing their combat abilities and granting them incredible powers.
Doing so is accomplished by fulfilling the requirements of the particular
Magnus and investing the amount of Development Points and Martial
Knowledge points that learning it requires.
Note that the Ars Magnus described in this chapter do not form
a comprehensive list. If he wishes it, the Game Master can create his
own Ars Magnus. He simply needs to define the special abilities they
provide, how they are used, and the cost (both in Development Points
and Martial Knowledge) that must be paid to acquire them.
Next to the Ars Magnus of this chapter, the following elements
appear:
Requirements: Indicates the general requirements a character
needs to fulfill to acquire that Ars Magnus.
Legacy of Blood: Indicates what Legacy of Blood the character
needs to possess in order to learn the Ars Magnus, if any.
Prerequisite Weapons: In order to master an impossible weapon,
a character must often master certain other weapons. This section lists
any such prerequisite weapons.
DP Cost: The amount of Development Points that a character must
invest to master the Ars Magnus. Those points are considered to be
spent on a Primary Combat Ability, so they are included within Primary
Combat Ability spending limits.
MK Cost: The amount of Martial Knowledge points a character must
spend to master the Ars Magnus.
MINOR ARS MAGNUS
The Minor Ars Magnus are those special combat styles that a
character can access from first level. Like all the Ars Magnus, they are
incredible combat styles, but their powers and abilities are less spectacular
than the true Ars Magnus. If the Game Master allows it, a player can
choose any of the arts on the following list when creating his character.
BERSERKER
Requirements: None.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 30 MK Cost: 10
A character with this Magnus can enter the Berserker state voluntarily.
While in that state, he applies a bonus of +10 to his Attack Ability and
a penalty of 20 to his Defense Ability, and he ignores penalties to
physical actions resulting from Pain or Fatigue (although not to those from
physical deprivation). As a further disadvantage, the thirst for bloodshed
sometimes blinds the character, making him incapable of distinguishing
between friends and enemies or recognizing when he should retreat. A
character in a Berserker state continues fighting at all times, even going so
far as to attack companions and allies if there are no more enemies left
within his vicinity. In order to avoid these consequences, the character
must make a Willpower check, which, if he passes it, will immediately
cause him to emerge from his Berserker state. If his Life Points are below
a fourth of his total, he suffers a 2 penalty to that check.

YUUSE BATOJUTSU
Requirements: Batojutsu.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 20 MK Cost: 10
Yuuse Batojutsu is an unsheathing technique that not only allows
a character to draw his weapon without any type of penalty, but that
enormously increases the speed and effectiveness of his attack when
he does so. To use this ability, the character must have his weapon
sheathed for at least one whole turn, during which time he concentrates
and plans his attack. The more time the character spends preparing
himself, the more powerful his strike will be. If he spends an entire turn
concentrating, the character receives a bonus of +10 to his Initiative and
Attack Ability. Each additional turn that he spends preparing increases
the bonus by +10, up to a maximum of +30 (that is to say, three turns).
During the time the character spends preparing, he cannot execute any
attacks or unsheathe the weapon, but he can Accumulate Ki or defend
himself without any penalty.
Naturally, using this Magnus requires a weapon that can be
unsheathed.
MASTERING THE ARS MAGNUS
As with certain abilities or Ki Techniques, mastering one of
the Ars Magnus is not an easy task. Given the incredible powers
that they grant and the complexity of their principles, the
Game Master can demand that a character, even if he already
fulfills its requirements, has to spend a certain amount of time
trying to master the Ars Magnus. In that case, the same time
calculations can be used as with learning a Ki Technique.
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KIAI
Requirements: Ki Use, Any martial art at Advanced Degree.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 10 (Tao at half) MK Cost: 10
This ability is tied to the use of martial arts. It is a very basic form
of energy projection, triggered instinctively by a fighter at the moment
of making a very powerful blow. In order to use Kiai, the character must
declare he is doing so before making a martial arts attack. He then adds a
bonus of +10 to the Base Damage of the attack and may damage energy
just as if he used the Presence Extrusion Ki Ability. Since using this ability
weakens the character, the character can only use Kiai once every five
turns or must lose 1 Fatigue point when using it. Kiai consumes 1 Ki point
whenever it is used.
GUARDIAN
Requirements: Notice 50+.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 40 MK Cost: 10
This Magnus focuses the defensive abilities of a
character toward the protection of others, allowing
him to become an ideal bodyguard. Consequently, the
character does not require having Initiative or anticipating an attack
to defend a companion from a particular blow, as long as the character
is next to the companion. Similarly, the character applies only a 10 to
his Block and Dodge Abilities to stop the attack or to Push Aside his
companion, instead of the normal 30.
This Magnus has no effect if the character has lost Initiative with
respect to a certain enemy as a result of Surprise.
FINAL ATTACK
Requirements: None.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 30 MK Cost: 10
The character has the ability, at any given time, to spend all his
energy, ability, and luck in a desperate attack that can turn the combat
around. When he declares that he wants to mount a Final Attack, the
character obtains a special bonus of +20 to his Attack Ability, and any
point of Fatigue that he uses to boost it grants him +20 instead of
+15. This ability can only be used once per combat situation, and the
character must be below half of his Life Points to do it. Once used, at
least a day must pass before it can be used again.
Final Attack can be combined freely with any Technique, Magnus,
or special ability.
SPECIAL MANEUVER
Requirements: None.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 30 MK Cost: 10
Over the years, the character has developed a characteristic and
unique combat maneuver that allows him to fool his enemies. This
maneuver is a special trickthat only the character knows, granting him
an advantage when carrying out a particular attack. The maneuver does
not use Ki points; it is the characters sheer martial prowess that allows it
to be carried out. In game terms, the character can use this maneuver at
will, and it grants him a bonus of +20 when executing the attack.
Two situations exist that prevent this maneuver from granting a
combat bonus. First, if an enemy has already witnessed or experienced the
maneuver or knows its operation and its trick,it stops being effective
against him. Second, an enemy whose base Defense Ability is 60 or more
points higher than the characters base Attack Ability is simply too skilled
in combat to be fooled by the maneuver.
Special Maneuver can be combined freely with any Technique,
Magnus, or special ability.
MAJOR
ARS MAGNUS
The Major Ars Magnus are the most complex combat
disciplines known, and they endow characters with amazing
abilities and powers. Unlike with the Minor Ars Magnus, these
abilities are impossible for characters of first level to know, so
they must master them at some later time.
ASHURIAM: DIMENSIONAL ASSAULT
Requirements: Attack Ability 220+, Use of Necessary
Energy, Zen, Power 11+.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 80 MK Cost: 80
This Magnus grants the character the ability to
move between dimensions to a limited extent,
allowing him to attack his enemies from another
plane of existence. When activating this power,
the character disappears from reality for a
few moments, hiding himself in a small closed off space
or pocket dimension called Ashuriam, halfway to the Wake.
From there, although he cannot feel the real world (he only
perceives what surrounds him in a vague and murky way),
he is able to create small openings in space through which he
attacks his enemies. The origins of this ability go back millennia
and are bound to the personal agents of some Shajads, who
used it to assassinate those who posed a nuisance to their
lords. With the passage of the centuries, such knowledge fell
into disuse, and its incredible difficulty could not but aid its
fading away.
When a character activates the Magnus and enters
the pocket dimension, his movement is limited to a 150 foot
radius from the point he entered the dimension. That is, after
activating this ability, the characters area of movement is set,
and if he wants to go beyond that limit, he must first return
to the real world. Similarly, the dimension, although unreal,
recreates everything in the surrounding area, so fences, walls,
and other similar constructions also are manifested there.
Since the character is not properly in the real world when
in the pocket dimension, he cannot be the target of physical
or supernatural attacks that do not have the Gnosis ability to
cross planes.
Once within the pocket dimension, the character can, at
will, create a breach in space from which to attack enemies in
the real world. Unfortunately, the difficulty of perceiving his
enemies and the limited space he has to attack through causes
him to suffer a penalty of 40 to his Attack Ability. However,
the nature of these attacks makes it practically impossible to
counterattack, since the very small openings (often only the tip
of a weapon is all that is seen) do not give sufficient opportunity
to do so. Thus, the defender can only counterattack if the
Attack Result is 100 points in his favor (that is to say, a 100
in the Combat Table), and, even then, he applies a 100 to his
Attack Ability.
Using this ability costs 10 Ki points and is an Active Action,
so the character must have the ability to act if he wants to change
planes. Each turn that he remains in the pocket dimension, the
character must spend an additional Ki point to maintain the
power. Also, when he wants to create a breach in space to reach
the real world, he must spend 5 Ki points per attack.
While a character is in the pocket dimension, he cannot
recover Ki, Fatigue, or Life Points.
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ASSASSINATING FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION
An assassin can kill his victims in a very effective way thanks to
Ashuriam: Dimensional Assault, because given the nature of this ability, it
is frankly difficult to notice his presence. Someone without the capacity
to See Supernatural simply cannot even perceive a character when he
moves through the pocket dimension, and only at the moment in which
he creates a dimensional breach to attack will anyone have the slightest
possibility of seeing him. In this case, the character who uses the Magnus
adds +100 to his Hide and Stealth Secondary Abilities to determine
whether the defender is treated as being attacked From Behind or is
Surprised (as long as, of course, the defender was not aware of his
presence). In addition, the character can try to slip away immediately
after carrying out the attack, in which case he does not apply any penalty
to his Hide and Stealth Abilities to conceal himself, even after having
revealed himself to attack.
If an enemy has the capacity to See Supernatural, he can try to
perceive the slight fluctuations in reality that the character leaves behind
when he moves through the pocket dimension, but even so the enemy
suffers a penalty of 100 to Notice or Search.
While a character is inside the pocket dimension, the energy of the
character can be detected normally, although he receives a bonus of +100
to his ability of Ki Concealment (if he has that ability).
QUASI-DIVINE BEINGS AND
SUPERNATURAL TRAVELERS
Many entities exist that have a Gnosis so high that they can walk
freely between dimensions or can sense what happens around them on
several planes of existence simultaneously. For them, the world is made
up of a multitude of layers, and they perceive all of them at the same time,
regardless of which of them they are actually on. Those beings are able
to sense what happens in the pocket dimension created by Ashuriam:
Dimensional Assault and can even attack a character despite being on
another plane of existence. A being of Gnosis 40 or greater completely
ignores the effects of this Magnus, since for him it does not cause any kind
of difficulty that his enemy attacks from another dimension. Moreover,
beings of Gnosis 45 or greater are able to use this type of interdimensional
attack at will, without the need to master this Magnus. After all, they can
move freely between the various dimensions.
AGNITUM: ABSOLUTE EYE
Requirements: Attack Ability 180+, Erudition, Perception 11+.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 30 MK Cost: 30
Agnitum: Absolute Eye is an ancient ability that allows a character
to project his senses through an object and, using physical energy, guide
it as if it were an extension of his body. Thus, a character could shoot a
projectile and control its trajectory, allowing him not only to increase his
accuracy enormously, but also to reach objectives that are initially outside
his field of view.
When making any ranged attack, be it thrown or fired, the character
can decide to project his senses through the missile and guide it to its
target. Doing so grants him a bonus of +20 to his Attack Ability, allows
him to ignore the penalties for cover, and allows him to attack enemies
who are within his range, but who he cannot see directly (like, for
example, by causing the projectile to turn a corner). However, this ability
also carries a negative consequence. When projecting his senses through
a projectile, the character has serious difficulties correctly perceiving his
immediate surroundings. Consequently, in a turn during which he makes
use of this Magnus, he also applies a penalty of 20 to his Defense Ability
and a 40 to any check that requires the use of Perception.
This Magnus can only be used with one projectile per turn, and its
use consumes 3 Ki points. This Magnus can be freely combined with any
other ability or Ki Technique, as well as with other Magnus.
HIDDEN ATTACKS
Agnitum: Absolute Eye allows a character to attack his opponents
from a hidden position, without having to reveal himself directly to them.
Therefore, a character who uses this Magnus while remaining out-of-sight
does not reveal his position, and consequently, his enemies do not obtain
a bonus to Notice or Search checks to locate him while he attacks.
CHAOS MEISTER: CONTROL OF CHAOS
Requirements: Attack Ability 250+, Defense Ability 250+,
Inhumanity, Use of Necessary Energy, Power 11+.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 80 MK Cost: 100.
Chaos Meister is one of the most powerful and complex supernatural
combat styles. Its power is so exceptionally strange and mysterious that
possibly there are less than 10 people in the world capable of using it. Its
original name, as well as its origin, has been lost in time, but its users are
known as Chaos Masters for their capacity to alter the laws of existence
in their favor during combat. Visually, when a character activates any one
of the abilities of the Chaos Master, his body seems to split in two and
to simultaneously conduct several actions, although, after a few moments,
only one of them, the possibility that the character finally has chosen,
remains.
This Magnus grants the character the quasi-divine ability to partially
control space and time in combat, allowing him to alter his actions
to maximize his abilities in the fight. Consequently, a character who
masters this Magnus can use, at will, any of the three abilities listed in
this section (Existential Alteration, Duality of Destiny, and Null Tempus).
Each time he uses one, the character must spend a certain amount of
Ki points to activate it. That cost is an automatic payment and does not
require the Accumulation of Ki to use the ability.
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Existential Alteration: By modifying the possibilities of an action,
this power allows the reroll of any attack or defense that the character
carries out. The cost of the power is 10 Ki points per use, but if it is
used more than once for the same roll, the cost is doubled for each
consecutive additional use (10 points for the first reroll, 20 points for
the second, 40 points for the third, etc.). This power cannot be used to
avoid Fumbles. Also, this power only affects combat abilities.
Celia rolls the dice to attack an enemy, and not being satisfied
with the result, she uses the ability of Existential Alteration to redo it.
Since it is the first time she is using her ability to reroll that dice result,
she spends 10 Ki points to reroll. However, she is not satisfied with
that result either, so she uses her ability again, but this time the cost
is 20 Ki Points. Altogether, she has spent 30 Ki points to reroll twice.
Duality of Destiny: By manipulating the threads of fate, the Chaos
Master can discern between the two likeliest results that each of his
actions entails, allowing him to choose the result that pleases him more
in each case. Therefore, this power grants the character the ability to
switch the tens and ones digits of any of his dice rolls. Doing so costs 20
Ki points. This power cannot be used to avoid Fumbles, nor to cause an
Open Roll. That is, a roll of 29 could be made into a 92, but that would
not make it an Open Roll. Also, this power only affects combat abilities.
Null Tempus: Considered generally to be the greatest power of the
Chaos Master, Null Tempus allows the character to completely undo an
event that just happened and cause it to be reattempted with hopefully
a better result for the character. If, for example, the character has his
arm severed by an enemy attack, he could use Null Tempus to go back
in time just a few moments to try to avoid that fate. In game terms, the
power annuls the last action executed in combat (either the characters
or his enemys). That exact action must be reattempted, but with new
dice rolls by all parties involved. Because the character has to be alive
and conscious to make use of this ability, he cannot use it to undo an
action that has left him unconscious or dead. In addition, if the character
has spent Ki using other Chaos Master abilities to affect dice rolls related
to that action, he does not recover the already spent Ki points when
he uses Null Tempus. Similarly, he is not able to recover Life Points that
have been sacrificed. Activating Null Tempus has a cost of 50 Ki points.
This power does not have any utility over entities with a Gnosis of 40 or
greater. Also, this power only affects combat abilities.
ETHERIAL: INFINITE ATTACKS
Requirements: Attack Ability 200+.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 40 MK Cost: 40
Etherial: Infinite Attacks is a personal combat style that allows a
character to initiate a series of fast attacks that, despite not having
an apparent effect on his enemy, manifest moments later causing
very different consequences. For example, a character could execute
hundreds of strikes on an enemy to no effect, only to see, seconds later,
all these cuts appear simultaneously on the enemys body.
When he uses this ability, the character selects a target and enters a
special combat mode with a duration of five turns. During these turns,
all the attacks that he makes against the target do not cause him to lose
Life Points, although the theoretical damage from each attack must be
recorded. At the end of the fifth turn, the character totals all the points
of damage that he would have done to his enemy with his attacks and
chooses one of the special abilities to use from the following list:
Sure Critical: The total value of the damage produced is reduced
to half and his enemy immediately loses Life Points equal to this amount.
This damage produces an automatic Critical, even if the attack has not
removed half of the Life Points of his enemy. The effects of the Critical
are determined normally. The character has the ability to decide whether
the Critical produces mortal damage or simply disables his adversary.
This ability has no effect on creatures with Damage Resistance.
Absolute Attack: The character obtains a bonus to his next
attack equal to the total damage that he should have produced
during those five turns. For example, if the character causes 200 points
of damage with all the previous attacks, he could execute his next
attack with +200 to his Attack Ability against that enemy. In the case
of creatures with Damage Resistance, the maximum bonus that the
character can obtain is +250.
Thousand Blows: The character can carry out, in that turn, a free
additional attack against his adversary for every 25 points of damage
that he should have produced with his attacks during the previous turns
(every 150 points of damage, if the target has Damage Resistance). For
example, if the character would have caused 75 points of damage, he
makes three additional attacks with his full Attack Ability.
Seal of Power: The attacks interrupt the flow of energy in the body
of the enemy. The total value of damage produced is reduced to half and
his enemy immediately loses Life Points equal to this amount. Then, the
enemy must pass a Physical Resistance check with a Difficulty equal to
the unreduced damage value. If he fails it, he is incapable of using his Ki
Abilities and Techniques for a number of hours equal to his level of failure.
Celia uses this Magnus against an adversary and she attacks him in
five consecutive turns. During this time, her strikes would ordinarily
have produced a total of 150 points of damage to that enemy. Next,
she can choose between making him lose 75 Life Points and causing
a Sure Critical, carrying out her next attack with a bonus of +150 to
her Attack Ability, executing six additional attacks, or making him
lose 75 Life Points and forcing him to pass a PhR check against a
Difficulty of 150 to avoid losing his Ki Abilities and Techniques for
several hours.
Using this Magnus costs 5 Ki points, regardless of the special ability
chosen. This Magnus can be freely combined with any ability or Ki
Technique.
HAIMA: SHADOW OF BLOOD
Requirements: Defense Ability 200+, Willpower 10+.
Legacy of Blood: Eternal Blood.
DP Cost: 30 MK Cost: 30
The Ars Magnus known as Haima: Shadow of Blood is a markedly
defensive style, which grants its user a supernatural control over his
bloodstream, allowing him to create shadows that absorb most of the
hits he suffers. When the character defends, before rolling the dice, he
can declare that he sacrifices, voluntarily, any amount of Life Points to
create a Shadow of Blood, an artificial form that takes the hit in his place.
The shadow has Life Points equal to double the sacrificed Life Points.
Thus, if the character sacrifices 30 Life Points, the shadow has 60 Life
Points. The minimum amount of Life Points that can be used to create a
shadow is 5 Life Points, but there is no maximum value.
When the character activates this ability while defending himself
from an attack, the shadow suffers the damage instead of the character,
who, additionally, does not lose his action in that turn either, even if
the Final Attack of his adversary is superior to his Final Defense. This
ability is only effective if the damage suffered by the shadow from the
attack is less than its Life Points. If the damage suffered is greater than
the Life Points of the shadow, the attack overcomes all of the benefits
of this Magnus: the defender suffers full damage and loses his ability to
act. Simply put, the attacker has managed to so massively damage the
artificial form that it is incapable of protecting its creator. The shadow
is only effective against the intended attack and loses its effect after the
character has defended against that attack (even if the attack did not
produce any damage). The shadow is not an independent being, but
instead an instantaneous body double that occupies the same place as
the defender.
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Haima: Shadow of Blood is useful with any kind of
defense: Dodge, Block, or supernatural shields. It is also
possible to combine this Magnus with any kind of combat
Technique or even with other Magnus.
Visually, use of this ability cannot be perceived until the
moment the defender takes a hit. In that moment, his body
becomes undone in blood, and in barely a fraction of second,
from the drops that splash everywhere his body is newly
formed again. Generally, all the blood reforms in the shape
of the character shortly after, unless the attack has managed
to surpass the Life Points of the shadow (in which case, the
shadow splashes to the ground, leaving the actual
defender in its place).
Lemures is the target of a very powerful
attack Technique, and fearing that he will be
incapable of stopping it, he declares that he
sacrifices 50 Life Points to create a Shadow of
Blood with 100 Life Points. Next, he defends
himself from the attack normally, which causes
a total of 80 points of damage. As the loss is less than
the 100 Life Points that the Shadow of Blood can resist,
the shadow absorbs the impact and Lemures does not
suffer any damage (except for the 50 Life Points that he
sacrificed) nor loses his action. If, on the contrary, the
attack had produced more than 100 points of damage to
him, the Shadow of Blood would not have been able to
withstand the blow: Lemures would suffer full damage (in
addition to the 50 sacrificed Life Points) and would have
been put on the defensive.
MAGNUM: LIBERATION OF POWER
Requirements: Attack Ability 200+, Aura Extension.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 30 MK Cost: 50
Magnum: Liberation of Power allows the character to
gather a great amount of offensive energy during
a short period of time and unleash it moments
later. For several seconds, he draws and
absorbs power from the environment, and
the energy visibly condenses in parts of his
body (normally in his fists or his weapon) until the moment
he releases it with a powerful strike.
A character is free to declare at any moment his
desire to begin preparing himself to make an attack
using this Magnus, designating how many turns
(between one and five) he will gather energy.
During this preparation time, he can continue
attacking normally, but he applies a penalty
of 20 to his Defense Ability. Upon reaching
the preset turn for release, he may carry out a single attack
applying a bonus of +20 to his Attack Ability for each turn
that he gathered power. If, for some reason, he is not able to
unleash the blow in the designated turn (for example, if he
has been put on the defensive at that moment), he loses his
bonuses and must start anew (he does not have to pay the
activation cost in this case, however).
Creatures with Damage Resistance can use this Magnus,
but they only obtain a +10 per turn of preparation, instead
of the normal +20.
This ability has an activation cost of 1 Ki point for each
turn that was spent preparing for the attack, which is paid
when he unleashes the gathered power in his attack.
Konosuke accumulating
power to carry out Magnum.
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INFINIUM: FLUCTUATION OF SPACE
Requirements: Attack Ability 200+, Inhumanity, Agility 11+.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 40 MK Cost: 40
This Magnus, known also as space jumping,is a combat power that
takes advantage of the maximum the speed of a character when moving
short distances. By concentrating his Ki and having it all release at the
appropriate time, he can move so inhumanly fast that, to all effects, he
teleports himself. Thus, he can appear anywhere (or even at several
places at the same time) looking for an advantageous position to attack his
enemies from, even before they understand what is happening.
Unlike the general rules for transportation, this Magnus allows
a character to make small jumpsin space so quickly that, for a few
moments, he disappears from the view of his enemies. Those enemies
are incapable of reacting because they do not perceive from where the
characters attacks are coming from. In game terms, the character can
activate this ability during combat to try to attack the enemy from a
Flank or From Behind, with all the bonuses that the position entails.
Before carrying out any attack of a physical nature (although that does
not necessarily mean that both contenders must be already fighting), the
character must declare he is making a jump and the position he intends
to reach. His enemy can only perceive where the character is jumping to
by making a Notice check with a Difficulty determined by the Movement
Value the jumper; the higher it is, the harder it will be for his enemy to
anticipate his actions. That Difficulty appears in Table 22. A character
who has the Initiative and voluntarily gives up his action to anticipate the
jump can use Search instead of Notice, in which case the Difficulty is
reduced by two levels. Note that passing the check does not interrupt the
attack in the slightest; the character who has executed the jump simply
does not obtain an advantageous position.
A jump in space is a Passive Action intrinsically linked to an attack.
The character executing it moves at most a fourth of his movement,
although nothing prevents him from using it against an enemy with
whom he is already engaged in combat. This Magnus can only be used
once in each turn and costs 2 Ki points per activation.
If the Agility of the character who uses this Magnus is lower than
that of his enemy, the enemy receives a bonus of +80 to his Notice
check, since the enemys natural speed allows him to anticipate better
such contingencies.
Celia, whose Movement Value is 13, can use a jump in space to
try to place herself in an advantageous position to attack an enemy.
If she tries to locate herself on the Flank of her enemy, the enemy
must pass a Notice check against 140 (Very Difficult) to anticipate
the action. If she tries to reach the From Behind position, the check
is against 120 (Difficult). Every time she makes a jump, Celia must
spend 2 Ki points.
MATRIX: EXISTENTIAL DIVISION
Requirements: Attack Ability 150+, Defense Ability 150+,
Multiplication of Bodies.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 50 MK Cost: 50
Using the control of his energy to the maximum level, the character
has the capacity to divide himself existentially into several bodies.
However, unlike what happens with other abilities or Ki Techniques,
these physical forms are not copies; each and every one of them is, in
fact, him. Simply put, he fragments his own being, separating his power
and his soul into several different individuals who share the same mind.
A character who masters this Magnus can divide himself into
different bodies that act independently, while sharing the same will. For
all practical purposes, a player controls all his selves as if they were only
a single person, despite each ones moving as a distinct individual.
When he deactivates this Magnus, the bodies gradually disappear
until only one of them is left, in which the essences of all the others are
integrated. Each form can be a maximum of 300 feet distance from each
other or they become incapable of acting in agreement and disappear.
Unfortunately, the fragmentation equally divides the Life Points, Ki,
Zeon, and free PPs of the character between the different bodies. For
example, a character with 240 Life Points could separate his body into
two selves with 120 Life Points each, into three with 80 Life Points, four
with 60 Life Points, and so on. In addition, each division also divides the
power and ability of the individual, so the bodies suffer an All Action
Penalty of 10 for each one that exists. Thus, if the character separates
into two selves, both suffer a 20 penalty, while they suffer a 40
penalty if there are four selves.
All the damage that the bodies suffer during the maintenance of
this Magnus manifests itself in the character when he deactivates this
Magnus. If one of the bodies dies for whatever reason, when the Magnus
ends, that bodys damage is automatically considered a Sacrifice of Life
Points rather than normal damage for determining how long it takes
the character to recover them. It is important to keep in mind that,
while this Magnus is active, the only way to truly kill the character is to
annihilate all the selves he has divided into.
Activating this Magnus is a complete Active Action, so a character
activating it cannot do anything else during that turn, not even take a
Passive Action. This Magnus has a cost of 5 Ki points for each division at
the moment of its activation, and a maintenance of 1 Ki point per body
every 5 turns. Once deactivated for whatever reason, the character must
wait for at least one hour before making use of this ability again. The
maximum number of bodies a character can separate himself into can
never be greater than half of his Power Characteristic, rounding up.
If Lemures wanted to use this Magnus to divide himself into five
different bodies, he would have to spend 25 Ki points. Due to the
fragmentation of his power, his Ki and Life Points would be divided
equally among the five, and all his bodies would suffer a penalty of
50 to all actions.
MUNDUS: CONTROL OF THE SURROUNDINGS
Requirements: Attack Ability 200+, Defense Ability 200+, Mass
Movement, Inhumanity.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 30 MK Cost: 50
Mundus: Control of the Surroundings is an ability of colossal power
that allows the character to use his environment to attack; all that exists
around him turns into a weapon at his disposal. Without even moving,
he can raise sharpened columns from the ground, launch dozens of
objects from a distance, or crush his opponents using simply the air that
surrounds them.
Movement Value From Behind Flank
11 Easy (40) Average (80)
12 Average (80) Difficult (120)
13 Difficult (120) Very Difficult (140)
14 Very Difficult (140) Absurd (180)
15 Absurd (180)
Almost Impossible
(240)
16
Almost Impossible
(240)
Impossible (280)
17 Impossible (280) Inhuman (320)
18 Inhuman (320) Zen (440)
19+ Zen (440) Automatic
TABLE 22: INFINIUM: ANTICIPATING A JUMP
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In game terms, a character who masters this Magnus can attack and
defend himself, in any circumstance, using what is near. He is even able to
change the objects around him to use them effectively in combat. Despite
its great power, the ability has certain limits when it comes to affecting
the environment. In the first place, it is not possible to use it directly on
living beings, regardless of how insignificant the beingsPresences are.
In addition, it does not alter exceptionally sturdy bodies or oneswhose
Presences are very high. For example, a character fighting in a temple
whose walls and grounds were loaded with supernatural energy would
be unable to change them to use them as a means of attack.
Whenever a character makes use of this ability, he must spend a
Ki point for each attack carried out. Even if the attacks of this Magnus
encompass a multitude of different objects, all of them use a generic
profile. It is perfectly possible to use this Magnus in combination with
abilities or Ki Techniques.
Damage: This Magnus uses a Base Damage of 80 when resolving its
attacks. To this amount is added the Power bonus of its user.
Speed: This Magnus has a Speed equal to the Initiative of an unarmed
character.
Breakage and Fortitude: This Magnus has the equivalent of a
Breakage of 8 and, by its exceptional nature, cannot be broken.
Primary Attack Type: Since the character uses a variety of
elements to attack, he is able to use Cut, Thrust, or Impact as the
Primary Attack Types for his attacks. If he uses torches or bonfires, he
could also use the Heat Primary Attack Type.
Complete Attack Action: Using this Magnus requires absolute
concentration, so a character cannot attack with other weapons at the
same time that he uses his surroundings to attack.
Indirect Use: Even when held or immobilized,
the character does not have any difficulty attacking
with his surroundings. Therefore, he ignores all
penalties that could be applied to the ability for being
immobiized in any way.
Radius of Effect: Despite being considered hand-
to-hand attacks, the offensive actions of this Magnus
extend in a 30 foot radius.
Lack of Means: If the Game Master decides that the
surroundings where a character is located is not suitable
for use in combat or that there are not enough elements
there to use properly in the fight, he can apply a penalty
between 10 and 50 to the ability and the Magnuss
damage.
SPECIALIZED USES
Besides attacking and defending normally, the character can use
this Magnus in a slightly different way in each turn to adapt
to what is best for him. Consequently, before rolling
the dice to determine his Initiative in a turn, he can
choose one of the following special uses:
Defensive Barrier: The character
forms a physical barrier around himself
using a great number of solid objects. In
this way, he defends himself as if using
a supernatural shield that can withstand
damage equal to 300 points per turn before being broken. If it is
destroyed, the character can defend himself in the usual way, but as
of that moment he applies the pertinent penalties as normal. In order
to make use of this ability, it is necessary that the character have at his
disposal a multitude of objects of great solidity next to him that can
serve him to this end. Without such a resource to call upon, he simply
cannot create the defensive barrier or the resistance of it is very much
lower. Naturally, if over the course of several turns the objects used
are continuously damaged, they could be so destroyed that it becomes
impossible to continue using them.
Offensive Focus: This specialized use indicates that the character is
making an effort to use great physical masses to increase the destructive
power of the attacks as much as he can. Consequently, the Base Damage
of the attacks for that turn are at +40.
Rain of Shards: The character can concentrate on projecting
hundreds and hundreds of shards, rocks, or similar matter towards
everything that is around him. In this way, he executes an Area Attack
against all the enemies within a radius of 30 feet of his location. In order
to use Rain of Shards, he simply applies a penalty to his Attack Ability
of 20. Naturally, there must be enough suitable shrapnel-like objects in
the surrounding area to use this ability.
Trapping: If the character has ropes or similar flexible elements at
his disposal, he can use them to trap his enemies without a problem.
For that reason, if he makes use of this capacity, he does not apply any
penalty to his Attack Ability to make a Trapping maneuver. Depending
on the objects that are used for Trapping, the attack will use a different
Strength value. As a guideline, a heavy cord has a Strength of 8, whereas
heavy chains or cables have a Strength of 10.
Unexpected Use: The character uses this Magnus in an unusual way,
trying to surprise his enemy. For example, he could cause a stone edge
to project from his sword or armor to suddenly attack. Consequently,
his enemy must pass a Notice check against a Difficulty of 140 (Very
Difficult) or be forced to apply the penalty for being Surprised to his
Defense Ability. Depending on what is available in the surroundings, the
player must come up with a suitably imaginative use whenever he wants
to use this ability. Of course, using the same stratagem twice against the
same enemy will prove ineffective.
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Air Attack: Even if he has absolutely nothing to attack with, the
character can use the very air in an offensive way. In these cases, the
Magnuss Base Damage is reduced to 20, but the enemy must pass a
Notice check of 140 (Very Difficult) to perceive the attack. If he fails the
check, the enemy suffers the penalty of Blindness to his Defense Ability.
Exodus is facing a High Inquisitor in some ruins of Solomon.
After a few minutes of combat, he sees that there are a few chains
hanging from the ceiling of a room and decides to use them to
trap his enemy. To do so, he declares, before rolling the dice to
determine his Initiative, that he wants to employ the Trapping
specialized use of Mundus: Control of the Surroundings. Next, he
simply makes an attack roll with his full Attack Ability to determine
whether he traps his enemy.
RAIKOU: LIGHTNING BLADE
Requirements: Attack Ability 200+, Inhumanity, Dexterity 10+,
Agility 10+.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 60 MK Cost: 60
A character who masters this Magnus is able to initiate a
sequence of attacks moving from one side to another at an insane
speed. As long as he continues doing so, his acceleration increases
exponentially, as does his Attack Ability. Like a blur that can barely
be followed by sight, the character attacks repeatedly, defeating any
adversary easily.
This Magnus grants the character the capacity to activate a
sequence of chained attacks that improve turn by turn. Therefore,
after he declares at the beginning of a turn of attacks that he is using
this Magnus, he obtains an attack (without modifying his Attack
Ability) in that turn for each combat turn in which he was not
forced to defend while using the Magnus. Thus, in the first turn he
executes a single attack, two in the second, three in the third, up
to a maximum of 10 total attacks per turn. Given his enormous
speed of movement, the character can choose between
concentrating all his attacks on the same target (carrying out
continuous attacks against him) or dividing them between various
enemies who are within his range of action when moving. However,
the sequence stops immediately if, at any time, the character
conducts some action other than an attack, like for example, if he
is forced to defend himself. Simply put, his movements have been
interrupted and he has lost his acceleration. In order to initiate the
sequence of attacks again, he must start from the beginning.
Certain requirements exist to use this Magnus correctly. In the
first place, the character who executes it cannot declare additional
attacks nor make them thanks to the use of an additional hand
weapon, so he executes his attacks with his full ability. This restriction
also applies to additional attacks obtained through Ki Techniques.
Secondly, maintaining this ability has an enormous cost in Ki, which is
increased the longer that it is active. This Magnus consumes a Ki point
for each attack beyond the first carried out in sequence; that is to say,
in the second turn of activation it costs 1 Ki point, 2 in the third, 3 in
the fourth, etc. This cost is automatic, and it is not necessary for the
character Accumulate Ki to maintain the ability.
Creatures or characters with Damage Resistance cannot make use
of this Magnus.
Lemures, with 200 Attack Ability, initiates a sequence of
attacks using Raikou: Lightning Blade. In the first turn, he make one
attack at 200 Attack Ability, while in the second, if he has not done
anything other than attack and did not need to defend himself, he
will carry out two attacks (both at 200 Attack Ability). In the third
turn, he will be able to make three attacks, and so on, until he is
forced to defend or does something other than attack.
REM: THE EYES OF DESTINY
Requirements: Attack Ability 180+, Defense Ability 180+,
Perception 10+, Erudition.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 40 MK Cost: 60
Rem: The Eyes of Destiny is a combat Magnus that allows a
character to adapt to the actions of any martial artist who uses
Ki against him. A character can use it to unravel the function of
any combat Technique and automatically find an appropriate
countermeasure. By understanding the flow of Ki in the body of an
enemy, the principles on which a specific Technique is based, and its
movements and tricks used in its execution, the character can make
that Technique virtually ineffective against him.
Whenever the character witnesses an activation of a Ki Technique
and focuses his attention on it, he can make a Notice check to
determine whether he finds its weakness (that is, an appropriate way
to overcome its effects). Since the Martial Knowledge of a Technique
also measures its complexity, it is that value that determines the
Difficulty of the check. If the character surpasses a value equal to
double the MK cost of the Technique used, he obtains a +25 to
any opposed action when he attacks into or defends against the
Technique. If the characters check result is quadruple the MK
cost of the Technique, the character has thoroughly mastered
all the Techniques ins and outs and receives a bonus of +50.
These modifiers are applied whenever the character attacks
into or defends against the Technique he has adapted himself to.
For example, if it were an attack Technique, the character would
add +25 or +50 to his Defense Ability whenever he defends
against it, and if it were a defense Technique, he would increase
by +25 or +50 his Attack Ability whenever he attacks someone
using it.
It is important to keep in mind that the effects of this
Magnus act against a specific Technique, regardless of who
uses it; whether the Technique is used by a Master or one
of his students, a character who knows how to counteract
a certain Technique always applies the modifiers against it.
However, it is also necessary to emphasize that two Techniques
with very similar effects (or even the same) are not the same
Technique. Two seemingly identical Techniques created by two
different Masters would not necessarily be similar enough for
this Magnus to apply to both when only one was adapted to.
The bonuses of this Magnus can be combined freely with
those of any other Magnus or Ki Technique. A character who
possesses the Eyes of Destiny Legacy of Blood applies +40 to any
Notice check to use Rem: The Eyes of Destiny, since the Legacy
facilitates this Magnuss use enormously.
Celia is the target of an attack Technique with a cost of
60 points of MK. In order to understand the ins and outs
of that attack, she must pass a Notice check against 120 or
240 (double and quadruple, respectively, the MK cost of the
Technique). If she succeeds, she receives a bonus of +25 or +50
whenever she defends against it.
SAMIEL: FINAL RETRIBUTION
Requirements: Attack Ability 200+, Defense Ability 200+,
Inhumanity.
Legacy of Blood: None
DP Cost: 60 MK Cost: 60
A character who knows this Magnus has the ability to
accumulate all the damage that he has received from a specific enemy
and turn it into pure energy. Thus, he is able to channel that power to
return it against his enemy or to increase to unthinkable levels his own
powers.
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In game terms, the character who masters this Magnus obtains
an amount of points equal to the damage that is caused him by a
particular enemy with attacks or direct actions. These pointscan be
used, at a later time, as a direct bonus to an opposed action against
the individual who caused the damage. The character is free to decide
how he wants to use them, and he can also divide the bonus between
various actions in whatever way is most convenient for him (as long as
it is against the enemy who caused him the damage). For example, if a
character lost 120 Life Points as a result of the attacks or actions of an
enemy, several turns later he could decide to spend 50 points to obtain
a bonus of +50 to his Dodge against an attack by that enemy and later
spend the other 70 in improving his own Attack Ability. If loss of Life
Points is caused by more than one enemy, the characters player must
write down how many points he has taken from each one of them.
Although there is no theoretical limit to the amount of points that
a character can accumulate, it is not possible to spend more than 150
of them on a single action (i.e., the maximum bonus can never surpass
+150). Creatures with Damage Resistance cannot make use of this ability.
The points obtained by means of this Magnus disappear when more
than 10 minutes have passed from when the damage was suffered. If the
character has not spent them by that time, he loses them.
It is perfectly possible to combine the bonuses that are obtained
through this Magnus with those of any ability or Ki Technique.
SHINKYOU: MIRROR POSITION
Requirements: Defense Ability 250+, Perception 10+.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 60 MK Cost: 80
It is very possible that the Magnus known as Shinkyou, also called the
Mirror Position, provides one of the most powerful defensive abilities.
It is a fighting style that allows a character to enter a state of absolute
concentration, which acts simultaneously as a perfect system of defense
and attack. Its name comes from the fact that he who uses it remains
still, reacting only in reflex to the movements of his opponents. When
he activates this Magnus, the character opens his guard and remains
perfectly still until an enemy tries to attack him, at which point his body
responds instinctively to the attack.
Shinkyou: Mirror Position is a defensive Magnus that a character
can activate at will; before rolling the dice to determine his Initiative,
he must declare his desire to use it. As of that moment, for the five
following turns he remains completely still, being incapable of moving or
initiating any kind of Active Action. The character cannot Accumulate Ki
or magic, nor prepare himself to use Psychic Powers; his concentration
is centered only on responding to any kind of threat. Once this Magnus
is activated, the character is incapable of acting until those five turns
have passed.
In return, during that period, the combatant does not apply any
negative as a result of suffering additional attacks and obtains a bonus
of +50 to his Abilities of Block and Dodge to protect himself from any
hand-to-hand attack (this modifier is not applied against projectiles).
Additionally, while this Magnus is in use, the character can automatically
counterattack any attack he successfully defends against, without using
any of his actions. That is to say, as long as his Final Defense is superior
to his enemys Final Attack, he can counterattack (according to the
normal rules), even if he has already been put on the defensive or he
has suffered damage. There is no limit to the number of counterattacks
that a character can carry out in a turn; if he is able to defend himself, he
is also able to mount a counterattack. This Magnus does not allow him
to protect another person; it only works against attacks directed against
the character who uses it.
Once the five turns have passed during which this Magnus remains
active, the character is left mentally drained, making it impossible to use
it again until at least another five turns have passed.
This Magnus has an activation cost of 10 Ki points whenever it is
used. It cannot be combined with Ki Techniques or other Magnus.
SUMMUN: ACCUMULATION OF ENERGY
Requirements: Attack Ability 180+, Dexterity 11+.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 30 MK Cost: 30
Summun: Accumulation of Energy is a combat ability that allows
a character to carry out physical attacks at a distance thanks to his Ki.
Controlling his energy, he is able to execute blows so extremely fast
that they deform space to hit the target. For example, he could strike a
target dozens of feet away with his fist or his sword, without the slightest
problem. His arm or weapon does not, in fact, grow longer; it is the
deformed space between him and his target that seems to shorten
before his movements.
Despite attacking from a distance, all the blows that the character
executes are considered hand-to-hand attacks when determining the
modifiers that the defender applies. Moreover, if the character is too
far away from his enemy, such that the enemy cannot reach him with a
passive movement (one fourth of his Movement Value), the enemy will
be incapable of counterattacking, even if his Final Defense is higher. The
range at which the character can attack with this Magnus is determined
by his Dexterity Characteristic, as shown on Table 23.
Whenever a character carries out an attack by making use of this
Magnus, he must spend 1 Ki point.
TRANSFORMATION: THE AWAKENING
Requirements: Attack Ability 200+, Defense Ability 200+,
Inhumanity.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 50 MK Cost: 50
Transformation: The Awakening is a Magnus that allows the character
to use his energy to transform himself into a much more powerful form,
thus increasing his speed and strength considerably. For all intents and
purposes, this Magnus multiplies the characters combat level, giving him
the capacity to defeat with ease enemies who he would otherwise be
incapable of besting. This Magnus usually surrounds the users body with
an aura of energy.
A character can maintain this transformation for a number of turns
equal to the sum of his Willpower and Power Characterisitics. He must
spend 3 Ki points per turn to maintain this Magnus. Once this duration
has passed, if he wants to stay transformed, he must spend a point of
Fatigue each additional turn. After the Magnus has been deactivated,
several hours must pass before the character can use this Magnus again.
While the transformation is active, the character obtains a modifier
to all actions equal to his Power bonus and +1 to his Ki Accumulations
for every +15 bonus that he has. Therefore, a character with a Power
Characteristic of 15 would have a bonus to all actions of +30 and +2 to
all his Ki Accumulations. Additionally, he also has the ability to carry out
actions of Zen Difficulty.
The effects of this power can be combined with those of any type
of Ki Technique, but not with those of another Magnus that utilizes any
form of physical transformation.
TABLE 23: REACH OF SUMMUN
Dexterity Range Dexterity Range
11 10 feet 16 80 feet
12 15 feet 17 150 feet
13 25 feet 18 300 feet
14 30 feet 19 450 feet
15 45 feet 20 800 feet
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TRANSFORMATION: PHYSICAL POWER
Requirements: Attack Ability 200+, Defense Ability 200+, Use of
Necessary Energy, Inhumanity.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 30 MK Cost: 50
This Magnus allows the character to use his Ki to reach a state of
superior power, partially altering his body by increasing his physical
mass and musculature. Thus, the character transforms himself, obtaining
extraordinary power and turning his body into an unstoppable mass.
When he uses this Magnus, the character can choose between two
different degrees of transformation, depending on how much he wants to
increase his physical power. Each state confers different benefits to him,
although it also reduces his Speed because of the enormous muscular
mass that he acquires. Activating the transformation is a Passive Action,
but the benefits the Magnus grants do not start until the beginning of
the following turn.
The effects of this transformation can be combined with those
of any kind of Ki Technique, but not with those of another
Magnus that involves any kind of physical transformation.
First Degree: The character obtains a bonus of +2
to his Characteristics of Strength and Constitution,
obtains a bonus of +20 to the damage that
is produced by his attacks, and possesses
a Damage Barrier of 80 against any blow
of a physical nature. In addition, due to his
resistance, all the attacks that he suffers have
their Base Damage reduced by 10 points.
Unfortunately, the increase to his physical
mass gives him a 20 penalty to his Initiative and
forces him to apply a 2 to his Movement Value.
During each turn he maintains the transformation, he
must spend a Ki point. Visually, this transformation
increases the physical mass of the character by
approximately 20%.
Second Degree: As the previous degree,
except it grants a bonus of +4 to the Characteristics
of Strength and Constitution, grants a +40 to the
damage of attacks, and provides a Damage Barrier
of 140 against any physical blow. In addition, all the attacks that he
suffers have their Base Damage reduced by 20 points. Unfortunately,
the increase in his physical mass gives him a 40 penalty to his Initiative
and forces him to apply a 4 to his Movement Value. During each turn
he maintains the transformation, he must spend 3 Ki points. Visually, this
transformation increases the physical mass of the character
by approximately 50%.
TRANSFORMATION: ELIODON
Requirements: Attack Ability 150+, Defense Ability 150+.
Legacy of Blood: Blood of the Great Beasts.
DP Cost: 20 MK Cost: 40
This Magnus awakens the power in the blood of the character,
allowing him for a few moments to transfigure his body into a much
more powerful form. Upon using this Magnus, the character obtains
an additional amount of DP equal to double his Presence to acquire
Essential Abilities and Creature Powers described in Chapter 26 of
Anima: Beyond Fantasy as if he had Gnosis 20. Each character is
free to choose the abilities that he desires in his first transformation, but
once he has chosen those abilities, he must keep on choosing those exact
abilities whenever he transforms again (that is to say, his form is fixed
after the first change). When he increases in level and obtains additional
DP to spend in the transformation, he can use them to improve the
powers that he already has (paying the DP difference) or can acquire
new abilities. Naturally, all these changes enormously modify the body
of the user of the Magnus, turning him into something inhuman during
the time in which he is transformed.
A character can activate this transformation as a Passive
Action, but the change and the powers that it entails does not take
place until the following turn begins. During each turn the character
remains transformed, he must spend 3 Ki points to maintain that form.
The transformation must be maintained for at least 5 turns, so if the
character does not have at least 15 Ki points when he goes to activate
it, he cannot do so.
TRANSFORMATION: RUPTURE OF DESTINY
Requirements: Attack Ability 250+, Defense Ability 250+, Zen.
Legacy of Blood: None.
DP Cost: 100 MK Cost: 100
Quite possibly, there is no more dangerous Magnus than the frightful
ability Transformation: Rupture of Destiny. It is an ancient power, sealed
in antiquity so that it would never fall into the hands of mortals. The
power was sealed away because the few mortals who managed
to control it had the ability to challenge the very heavens.
This Magnus allows a character to synchronize
for a few brief moments with the forces of Creation,
letting flow through his insides a primordial energy
that nourishes and alters his body. When
triggering this transformation,
the character obtains an
earthshaking power, a force
so vast and primary that
it allows him to destroy
destiny itself. Like an
incarnated god, in those
brief moments during
which the extraordinary
energies of this Magnus
flood him, he is able to
do things unimaginable for
mortals. Unfortunately, the duration
of the power is limited and ends all too quickly, leaving the
character completely exhausted.
At any time, a character can activate this Magnus as a Passive
Action. When he does so, the immense coalescing of energy
grants him a bonus of +100 to all actions and +100 to Initiative.
Unfortunately, synchronizing with such power has a high cost,
as it consumes a portion of his soul in the process. For that
reason, the character loses half of his current Life Points
when he activates this Magnus, and the loss counts as a
Sacrifice when determining his rate of recovery.
From the instant the Magnus is activated, the
energies of the Magnus begin to disperse, so in each
subsequent turn the character reduces the bonuses
from this Magnus by 10. The bonuses disappear
completely after 11 turns have passed, but the character continues
acruing the 10 penalties. Thus, in turn 12 he would suffer a penalty
of 10, in turn 13 a 20, in turn 14 a 30, and so on until reaching
a maximum of 100 to all actions and Initiative. These penalties are
supernatural and are recovered at a rate of 10 points per hour passed
since the Magnus was activated.
After the character uses this Magnus, he must wait an entire day
before activating it again.
Lemures, aware that he is in a desperate situation, decides to
activate Transformation: Rupture of Destiny. Possessing only 140
of his 200 Life Points, he sacrifices 70 Life Points (half of what he
has left) to be able to use this Magnus. His Attack Ability, Defense
Ability, and Initiative are increased by 100 points, but he suffers
a cumulative penalty during each subsequent turn until finally
reaching a 100 penalty.
The First Degree of
Transformation: Physical
Power
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