Perforating Piston Offensive: Difference between revisions

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Kind: Celestial Martial Arts
Cost: 7 motes
Duration: One scene
Type: Simple
Min. Martial Arts: 5
Min. Essence: 3
Source: Pertinacious Automaton style inspired by Argent
Prerequisite Charms: Merciless Iron Assault
Summary: All unarmed attacks to piercing damage. Spend 1wp for an attack to ignore all armor.

The martial artist's synchronicity with the Great Maker grants him deep insight into the armor of his target. If he has Pertinacious Automaton Form activated, his fingers seem to end in pinpoints of light, like brightly burning embers. His punches and kicks slam through armor as if it were not there. All unarmed Martial Arts attacks made while this charm is active deal piercing damage. Further, any soak reduction done by other charms of this style are applied after this charm divides the soak in half.

In addition, the martial artist can reflexively spend a point of Willpower when making an unarmed Martial Arts attack to have that attack completely ignore all of the soak provided by armor, forcing the target to soak the attack only with their Stamina and charms that enhance natural soak.

Alchemical exalts activating this charm gain a point of temporary Clarity.

Sources

Knowledge of this charm can be gained from the following sources:

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 {{1ECharm
-|summary=An attack does piercing damage. Add Martial Arts to damage against inanimate targets.
+|summary=All unarmed attacks to piercing damage. Spend 1wp for an attack to ignore all armor.
 |kind=Celestial Martial Arts
-|cost=3 motes
+|cost=7 motes
-|duration=Instant
+|duration=One scene
-|type=Supplemental
+|type=Simple
 |trait=Martial Arts
 |mintrait=5
 |miness=3
-|source=[[Unrelenting Automaton]] style by [[exalted:Argent|Argent]]
+|source=[[style::Pertinacious Automaton]] style inspired by [[exalted:Argent|Argent]]
-|prereqs=[[Merciless Iron Offense]]
+|prereqs=[[requires::Merciless Iron Assault]]
-|desc=With this charm, the martial artist allows his body to vibrate in tune with the heart-pistons of the sleeping Machine God. Each of his strikes leaves glowing handprints and dents on his opponent's armor - not that it bothers most of them, since the released essence makes them erupt in fountains of gore inside their metal shells. The martial artist does piercing damage with one unarmed Martial Arts strike. If he uses this charm to strike against inanimate objects, he may add his Martial Arts score to his base damage.
+|desc=The martial artist's synchronicity with the Great Maker grants him deep insight into the armor of his target. If he has Pertinacious Automaton Form activated, his fingers seem to end in pinpoints of light, like brightly burning embers. His punches and kicks slam through armor as if it were not there. All unarmed Martial Arts attacks made while this charm is active deal piercing damage. Further, any soak reduction done by other charms of this style are applied after this charm divides the soak in half.
+In addition, the martial artist can reflexively spend a point of Willpower when making an unarmed Martial Arts attack to have that attack completely ignore all of the soak provided by armor, forcing the target to soak the attack only with their Stamina and charms that enhance natural soak.
+Alchemical exalts activating this charm gain a point of temporary Clarity.
 }}
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