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Basic Lunar Unarmed Charms

Body Weapon Technique (Revised) 

  Cost: 1 mote
  Duration: Instant
  Type: Supplemental
  Minimum Strength: 1
  Minimum Essence: 1
  Prerequisite Charms: None

A Lunar enhances his unarmed combat abilities, growing faster and more deadly even in his least lethal forms. This charm adds +2L to all of the Lunars attacks, and can add his Essence in points to the accuracy, defense or rate of any of his unarmed attacks. Lastly, the Lunar adds +3 to his Initiative for the turn. All of these bonuses apply to all of the Lunars attacks this turn. A Lunar can use this charm even when he is surprised by an ambush.

Foot-Confusing Buffet (Revised) 

  Cost: 2 motes or 1 mote per -1 initiative
  Duration: Instant
  Type: Reflexive
  Minimum Dexterity: 3
  Minimum Essence: 2
  Prerequisite Charms: Sinuous Striking Grace

The importance of going first in combat is vital, yet a Lunar Exalt might find himself unarmed facing someone with a mighty Daiklave or against someone who is just faster and more agile than him. This charm allows him to mitigate both of these factors, to his advantage. The effect of this charm depend on rather or not your opponent is armed; against an armed opponent, the cost of the charm is 2 motes. It negates the subject's speed modifier, allowing you to fight him as if he was unarmed. If the target is also unarmed, you can use this charm to give him an initiative penality of -1 per mote spent on activation. You cannot spend more motes when activating this charm against an unarmed opponent than your Essence rating. This charm must be used before initiative is rolled.

Other Charms

  • Sinuous Striking Grace gives you a +2 modifier to your Initiative roll for every mote spent at activation. You cannot spend more motes on this charm than your Dexterity rating. See Lunars, page 196.
  • Tyrant Lizard Strike is a part of this charm tree. See Lunars, page 137.
  • Hydra Head Attack no longer cares about whatever your rolled Inititive is, only the number of motes you spend and your Essence rating. It also requires Sinuous Striking Grace as its prerequisite. Lunars, page 137.
  • Snake Body Technique is a part of this charm tree. See Lunars, page 137.
  • Coiled Cobra Stance only requires Snake Body Technique as its prerequisite. See Lunars, page 137.

Alternatively, head over to some of the other Unarmed Combat subtrees: These include Natural Attacks, Tenctacle Monster?, Clinch And Subdual?, and Intelligent Combat?.