The Arts

Art Types

Boosts

Boosts are performed as simple actions, and only apply affects to yourself.

Counters

Counters are performed as reactions.

Strikes

Strikes require an attack roll in order for the art to affect the target.

Stances

The effects of a stance persists as long as you are in it. Assuming and changing your stance is a simple action. You remain in a stance until you choose to change it or you are taken out of it and all its effects immediately end when:

• you execute an art from a different school
• you are killed
• you have at least frightened 3
• you are prone
• you are resting
• you are running
• you are unconscious
• you are helpless

Concentration

Performing an art requires a focused mind. Adverse environmental conditions can be

Using Arts

To use an art of a particular school, you must be in a stance belonging to that school.

Art Flow

When you perform arts, your stance shifts (subtly or significantly depending on your style). You remain in your stance, but now you are in a different mental or physical state to perform your next art. This is core basis of your art flow.

What this means is that when you perform an art, you are no longer in a state you can use any art of the same form or realm (including the one just used). Arts of that form or realms are considered to be out of flow.You must wait a number of rounds equal to the art's form or realm as you adjust your art flow before you are returned to a state where you can perform arts of that level once again.

While you are adjusting your art flow, you are able to use arts of other forms or realms, but they too will initiate an adjustment period in your stance for arts of their respective forms or realms.

You may force yourself to perform an art whose form or realm is out of flow, but this requires strenuous effort. Performing an art out of flow requires expending stamina equal to the art's form or realm. Once performed, the adjustment period for arts of that form or realm is reset.