Falling Petal Style

Falling Petal style is a First Edition terrestrial martial art largely duplicating the canonical Falling Blossom style (Cult of the Illuminated, pp. 102-104), both styles based on the idea of expendable warriors; however, while Falling Blossom is based around a fanatical, nearly religious devotion, Falling Petal is a Fair Folk specific style, based on oaths, obligation, grace ownership, the social peculiarities of raksha society and the fact death of the physical body is not as significant to raksha. Almost without exception, all practitioners of this style are common raksha, usually warriors, in servitude for one reason or another to noble raksha. Some have been forced to learn the style by their masters, but more dangerous are the many with true devotion to those they protect.

A Falling Petal stylist devotes his actions to the one who owns his or her feeding grace. While not a requirement, more dedicated stylists have Lures related in some way to serving their master. Such raksha, if they survive, tend to wind up in Bedlam fairly regularly, so many know a number of Bedlam related charms, particularly Raging Vortex Form (Fair Folk, pg. 157). A significant percentage of this style's practitioners take their devotion one step further and become living artifacts for their masters by learning the Extinction of Desire charm (Fair Folk, pg. 192).

Like Falling Blossom style, Falling Petal style treats attacks with swords and knives as unarmed attacks and is incompatible with armor.

Blowing Seed Intervention

Cost: 1 mote
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minima: Martial Arts 2, Essence 1
Prerequisite Charms: None

As Living Shield Technique (Cult of the Illuminated, pg 103), with the following changes:

• The martial artist may add the sum of her Conviction and Valor in yards to their leaping distance when using this charm
• This charm may only be used to intercept attacks on someone who owns a feeding grace of the martial artist.

Thorn Pruning Risk

Cost: 4 mote
Duration: One turn
Type: Reflexive
Minima: Martial Arts 3, Essence 1
Prerequisite Charms: Blowing Seed Intervention

As Undefended Assault Method (Cult of the Illuminated, pg 103), with the following changes:

• The martial artist does not gain an an automatic success for each attack in the turn (though the automatic successes given to those that attack him remain).
• Any stunt dice (including those from Style pools) the martial artist uses during the turn to enhance a Martial Arts test are turned into automatic successes.

Sacrificial Germination

Cost: 1 mote and 1 health level per die, 1 Willpower
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Minima: Martial Arts 3, Essence 2
Prerequisite Charms: Blowing Seed Intervention

As Dual Scarlet Blossom Technique (Cult of the Illuminated, pg 103).

Falling Petal Form

Cost: 5 motes
Duration: One scene
Type: Simple
Minima: Martial Arts 4, Essence 2
Prerequisite Charms: Thorn Pruning Risk, Sacrificial Germination

As Falling Blossom Form (Cult of the Illuminated, pg 103), with the following changes:

• The effects regarding reincarntaion and what happens to the martial artists ghost (i.e. the text starting "Finally, because of the fervor" to the end of that paragraph) do not apply.
• While under the effects of this form, the raksha's natural resistance to perminant death caused by the distruction their physical body (Fair Folk pg. 135) applies even when that distruction is caused by the Creation-born (see Fair Folk pg. 136).

Ideal Espaliering Strike

Cost: 3 motes, 1 Willpower, 1 experience point
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Minima: Martial Arts 5, Essence 2
Prerequisite Charms: Falling Petal Form

As Purity of Purpose Attack (Cult of the Illuminated, pg 104).

Strength of Faith Meditation

Same? Done as shaping instead?

Verse of the Martyr

Replace. Maybe something to do with Bedlam?