I’ve been a little busy lately and have not been able to post another martial arts style that I’ve written. As you may recall, I shared Stone Mountain Style last time. It designed by the dwarven masters of the ki. To emulate a mountain of … well … stone.
Strand of Fate Style was designed long ago and is largely in tales that few believe. Practitioner of the style are said to be able to snap their fingers and break their enemy’s strand in the fabric of fate, but that is just an old tale told around campfires. Few have actually seen such abilities worked, and fewer still talk about it.
Strand of Fate Style (Combat, Style)
You feel a connection to the strands of fate and know how to pull them in your favor.
Prerequisites: Unarmed Strike, 10th-level monk.
Benefit: You gain a +1 bonus to all your saving throws. While using this style, any living creature you successfully attack with your unarmed strike takes a –2 penalty to all saving throws until the start of your next turn.
Strand of Fate Tug (Combat)
Once you have felt a creature’s strand of fate, you can attack that strand from farther away.
Prerequisites: Strand of Fate Style, 14th-level monk.
Benefit: You gain a number of hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier. While using the Strands of Fate Style, you can attack any living creature within 30 feet that you previously attacked within the last minute with the Strands of Fate style as if you were within melee range. If you are using your unarmed strike, these attacks also inflict the –2 penalty to all saving throws per that feat.
Strand of Fate Shatter (Combat)
You can break someone’s strand of fate, killing them instantly.
Prerequisites: Strand of Fate Style, Strand of Fate Tug, 18th-level monk, ki pool.
Benefit: You are immune to death effects. While using Strands of Fate Style, if you successfully attacked a living creature in the previous round, you can spend 3 points from his ki pool as a standard action to shatter the creature’s strand of fate. The creature must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 your monk level + your Wis modifier) or die instantly, its body turning into dust. This effect prevents the use of raise dead and resurrection to restore the creature to life (although true resurrection works as normal).
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