Most or all of the entries here are about an alternative version of Snake Style created by one of my characters. Enjoyment.
Undated A snake's venom kills it's target after it has struck, leaving the snake to wait until it's dead. The martial artist can employ the same principle with an unarmed martial arts attack. The master of snake style covers his fist with infectious Essence. When successfully struck roll against the target's Stamina + Resistance. If successful the Essence has infected the target and they suffer the effects of the blow again every time the player reflexively spends five motes on an action up to Essence actions. Roll the attack's raw damage pool as if they had just been struck again with the same number of successes.
This is a good high level Charm but is conceptually a bit too much like Terrestrial martial arts, a problem which afflicts my whole reinvention of the style and should be more abstract in the celestial style. Like working on the precept that the snake doesn't have to be in contact with it's victim for it's venom to have an effect. Merely touching a target can prove fatal. Very dangerous considering the snake's ability to ambush.
