DB Perfect Defenses
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[edit] Dragon Blooded Perfect Defenses
[edit] Air
Unassailable Whirlwind of (Element) Defense
Cost: 4m, 1w
Minimums: Thrown 5, Essence 4
Type: Reflexive (Step 2)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Elemental, Obvious
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Elemental Armor Technique, Deadly Blades of the Five Dragons
Just as the Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense mimics the perfect dodges practiced by the vile Anathema, the Unassailable Whirlwind of (Element) Defense is similar to the perfect parries they practice in their attempts to defy the holy will of the Immaculate Dragons. The Dragon-Blood creates a very short lived, very intense, whirlwind composed of their element around themselves which perfectly blocks one parryable attack that the Dragon-Blood is aware of, by reducing the attack successes to zero after all other effects.
This charm has an interesting synergistic effect with Elemental Armor Technique. If activated while Elemental Armor is active, further invocations of UWoED during the same tick do not require any willpower expenditure. However, if this charm is activated more than once on any given tick, all invocations of Whirlwind Shield and Elemental Armor on the DB deactivate at the end of the tick.
This charm is subject to the same elemental vulnerabilities as Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense. DBs can learn multiple versions, as per the rules under Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense. \\
[edit] Earth
Unassailable Pillar of (Color) Jade
Cost: 4m, 1w
Minimums: Resistance 5, Essence 4
Type: Reflexive (Step 7)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Elemental, Obvious
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: (Element) Protection Form, Unfeeling Earth Meditation
Just as the Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense mimics the perfect dodges practiced by the vile Anathema, the Unassailable Pillar of (Color) Jade is similar to the perfect soaks they practice in their attempts to defy the holy will of the Immaculate Dragons.
In response to an attack, the Dragon-Blood forms a jade carapace around himself, perfectly soaking any damage from the attack by reducing the raw damage dice to zero. This charm does not modify any other effects that the attack may have on the Dragon-Blood that are not specifically damage.
However, jade formed hastily is very brittle to certain types of damage. This charm is subject to the same elemental vulnerabilities as Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense. DBs can learn multiple versions, as per the rules under Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense.
[edit] Water
Unassailable Block of the Elements
Cost: 4m, 1w
Minimums: MA 5, Essence 4
Type: Reflexive (Step 2)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Elemental, Obvious
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Terrestrial Hero Form, Dragon-Claw Elemental Strike
Just as the Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense mimics the perfect dodges practiced by the vile Anathema, the Unassailable Block of the Elements is similar to the perfect parries they practice in their attempts to defy the holy will of the Immaculate Dragons.
The Dragon-Blood creates a nigh-invulnerable sheath of the element around one arm as they execute a transcendently perfect kata which perfectly blocks one parryable attack that the Dragon-Blood is aware of by reducing the attack successes to zero after all other effects.
However, such elemental perfection can be predicted by those who know the cycle of elements and, what can be predicted, can be prevented. As such, this charm is subject to the same elemental vulnerabilities as Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense. DBs can learn multiple versions, as per the rules under Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense.
[edit] Wood
Renewing Blessing of (Element) Defense
Cost: 4m, 1w
Minimums: Medicine 5, Essence 4
Type: Reflexive (Step 8)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Elemental, Obvious
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Verdant Curtain of Serenity, Grievous Wound Alteration Energy
As the Dragon-Blooded are one with their Element, they can draw upon it's essence to imbue them with ferocious healing powers, instantly healing one attack as it is delivered and reducing the rolled damage successes to zero before they are applied. (This counts as a soak with the healing being a special effect and thus does not effect any other effects which might take effect upon a successful attack against the DB.)
However, just as each element can be destroyed by another, each element has a form of attack that it cannot heal. This charm is subject to the same elemental vulnerabilities as Unassailable Body of (Element) Defense. However, as this charm requires true oneness between DB and element, each DB can only learn the version associated with their native element, unless they also know Most Beneficent Seed of the Five Dragons.
