Writhing Blood Chain Technique

Cost: 8m, 1wp (12xp); Mins: Martial Arts 5, Essence 3; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Basic, Obvious, Stackable, Taint
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Five Knife Fist

Blood gushes from the Abyssal's back and arms and hardens into rust-colored chains tipped with barbed claws. The Abyssal may grow as many as 13 chains, but there is no mechanical benefit to having more or less.

Blood chain attacks use the statistics of a dire chain, without any magical material bonuses. This Charm does not grant the Abyssal extra attacks; instead, the chains gain +4 Rate, and the Abyssal may ignore up to three points of multiple action penalties on any attack he makes with them.