Outrage-Kindling Cry
Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts, 5 Essence
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Template:Counterattack, Terrestrial
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Doe Eyes Defense, Storm-Calming Embrace, Table-Turning Reversal
Who can stand idly by while a fragile beauty endures torment and aggression from her brutish foes? Outrage- Kindling Cry can be used in response to a decisive attack against the martial artist, allowing her to counterattack with a (Manipulation + Presence) persuade roll against all characters who can hear her, adding (her enemy's Essence) dice to the roll. She doesn't suffer the usual penalties for targeting multiple characters. If the martial artist suffers any wound penalties after the resolution of the attack, then the same penalties apply to the Resolve of all targets. Any character whose Resolve is overcome turns on the enemy that attacked the Black Claw stylist, depending on the strength of his Intimacy for her. Characters with a Minor Tie or no Tie will attempt to restrain the enemy or talk him down, but will not turn to violence. A Major Tie might lead them to attempt to attack him, but only to subdue him or drag him away so that he cannot continue fighting. With a Defining Tie for the martial artist, they will go so far as to kill the enemy if no other recourse presents itself. A character must enter a Decision Point to resist, and treats the intensity of any positive Tie he has to the martial artist as one level higher for determining what Intimacies he can use to justify spending Willpower. If his Intimacy is already at the Defining level, then resisting costs an additional point of Willpower instead.
Special activation rules: Outrage-Kindling Cry can only be used once per fight, but can be reset with a two or three-point stunt that emphasizes the Black Claw stylist's appearance of vulnerability, fragility, or her nature as a righteous underdog taking on cruel or cowardly foes.
Terrestrial: A Dragon-Blood may only target a single character, or an audience of trivial opponents who might fight effectively as a battle group, rather than all witnesses. {{Black Claw Style Charms}}
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