Shower of Deadly Blades

Cost: 6m, 1wp; Mins: Thrown 5, Essence 2
Type: Simple
Keywords: Withering-only
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Cascade of Cutting Terror

The Lawgiver hurls a barrage of throwing weapons, centered around a single target, but striking every enemy within short range of that target. This is rolled as a single withering attack against all targets, but damage is only rolled against the initial target. Damage to all other targets is determined by this roll: foes struck by the attack automatically lose an amount of Initiative equal to the initial target, but not exceeding the Solar's Essence. This extra Initiative is not rewarded to the Solar upon success; she only gains Initiative from her initial target. This attack is generally used to scatter groups of enemies, and tends to leave dozens of throwing weapons embedded into the scenery.

Using Shower of Deadly Blades forces an ammunition check (see p. 202) which cannot be enhanced by a Charm, and if she fails the Solar may not use this Charm again until she has taken at least three turns scavenging weaponry, as described on page 202.