Throat-Baring Hold

Cost: 4m; Mins: Strength 4, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive (Step 10)
Keywords: None
Duration: Until next action
Prerequisite Charms: Any Strength Excellency

A Steward may place herself in danger to ensure her foe's defeat. This Charm gives the Lunar the option of automatically inflicting no damage with her crushing attack. Instead, she rolls (Strength + Martial Arts). Each success reduces her target's bashing and lethal soak by one until the Lunar's next action. Although the character does not get any opportunity to exploit this weakness, her packmates and allies do.