Class Skills

Skills are class-specific abilities gained at each level. Choose one skill per level from those available to your class.

Level 1

Airpush Can ranged attack with unarmed at 10'. Target resistant to damage.
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Bones Tattoo You gain AR: +1 vs piercing and slashing attacks
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Chance tattoo When you wake from a restful sleep, flip a coin or roll a dice- heads/evens you ...
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Hard versus soft You do +1 damage against unarmoured opponents with unarmed attacks.
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Ironclad You wear mail armour and only lose your ability to dodge. You gain proficiency i...
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Keys tattoo You gain AR1 against bleed conditions, and if you wrap chains or rope around you...
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Leaps and bounds You can leap 5' straight up, or 10' across from stationary. You can leap 15' acr...
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Naginata Anyone moving within melee range of your shortspear provokes reaction from you e...
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Soft versus hard You gain AP1 with unarmed attacks.
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Unarmed deflection Gain +1 on unarmed deflection checks.
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Warskin Tattoo You can seal a weapon to your skin and it becomes a tattoo. As an action you can...
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Water versus iron You can deflect weapons while unarmed and it does not result in damage to you. (...
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Water versus iron You can deflect weapons while unarmed and it does not result in damage to you. (...
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Level 2

Black belt Increase unarmed damage 1 step.
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Chameleon Tattoo Change colour of your skin and clothing to match surroundings as a move action.
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Cross this line You draw a line on the ground. The first enemy that crosses the line provokes re...
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Iron strike You increase your telling blow two damage steps for all physical attacks. You ca...
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Phoenix Tattoo You may stand from prone for 1 movement without provoking reaction.
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Skullface Tattoo Immune to fear, enemy WIL check or morale reduced by one.
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Sun Tattoo Shines with the light of a torch in dark places. 1M to light or extinguish.
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Way of the Buffalo You may hustle for extended periods as though you had cardio (2). If grappled yo...
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White mask You are immune to ESP and mind reading, your eyes cannot be removed.
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Wind step You may elect to kick up dust as part of your movement; creating cover in square...
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Level 3

Arrest fall Reduce falling damage by 10'. +1 on falling related checks increase crit chance ...
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Control Breath Increase max strain by 3. You are able to fight for 3 more rounds before fatigue...
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Meditation 1 hour meditation= 2 hours sleep. Will wake if threatened.
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Mountain Tattoo +2 max HP and +1 SDF checks.
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Open hand technique Reduces DS by 2, but if target takes damage they must make a SDF check or lose a...
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Sai specialist Gain 1 rank in two weapon fighting and two weapon coordination when fighting wit...
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Unarmed trip You can initiate a trip manoeuvre without provoking reaction.
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Way of the Lantern You bring light to darkness, and shine as a beacon. While in this stance you mus...
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Way of the Porcupine If grappled you may elect to use your reaction to cause D4 P damage to the targe...
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Level 4

Chi strike Melee unarmed attack that does minimum damage, but also inflicts either 1 strain...
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Demonsleeve tattoo Attacks from this appendage overcome a demons resistance to physical damage. Thi...
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Earthshaker You gain training in greatmaul, grow crystals from elbows, knees, knuckles, feet...
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Firemonk +1 fire damage for unarmed strikes, extinguish flames in a round. 8th level Burn...
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Focused Combatant Not distracted in melee. Immune to fascinated.
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Focussed combatant Not distracted in melee regardless of situation or number of opponents. Immune t...
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Inner fire You become more resistant to toxins. Make a success roll to burn a toxin out of ...
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Ki Shout Cone attack 15', CON and SDF check or distracted (one failed check) or impaired ...
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Ki balance You can trade your move action for two reactions.
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Ki focus You can draw on your inner lifeforce. You have +1 on any roll once per round.
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Knot work Tattoo +1 LIF checks, +1 round max strain.
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Skylord Gain training in warfan, blast air, force bull rush without provoke, attack with...
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The Haiku of healing Without announcing you erupt into a Haiku that has some spiritual or physical re...
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Viper strike Increase weapon mastery by 1 (Rank to 1 if not present)
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Waterbender Effervescence. You can use water to heal at +2DS (self or other adjacent). Purif...
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Way of the Bull You wait for your opponent to make the first move, then crush them with your pow...
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Way of the Lion Roar, morale check. Then fear. +1H on trip attacks. +4 on any fear checks.
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Way of the Panda You can eat green plants and leaves and gain sustenance.
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Level 5

Be as water You vow that you will never take a life. Increase your attacks by +1H and +1DS. ...
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Control pain You can ignore the pain of your first wound so that it does not fatigue you. You...
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Dagger Tattoo Able to summon as a real magical dagger- tattoo disappears. If dagger is dropped...
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Foot tattoo Can walk without fatiguing. Cannot recover fatigue while walking.
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Ghost eyes Preternatural ability to target the unseen. Only misses on numbers divisible by ...
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Grounded You are happy striking from prone at only -1 to hit, and if you do damage to you...
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Ki strike You focus your unarmed strikes with ki. Increase unarmed damage step by 1.
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Reaping tattoo If you can kill your target on the next strike, gain +2H against that target. Fo...
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Snake, rat or spider tattoo When it senses danger it leaves you- crawling off and causing 1 round of strain....
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Spirit Tattoo Snake/rat/spider alerts to danger. Bites to wake you from sleep.
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Water style Each round that you take a different action gain a cumulative +1 on any single d...
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Way of the Direwolf The strong rule the pack and the pack is strong like a fist. You can attune with...
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Way of the Goblin Survive, existence is victory. While in this stance when fleeing from a combat, ...
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Way of the Naga Teaches that each student should strive to be the grand master, but not kill the...
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Way of the Panther Can move through tree limbs as though normal ground. Unarmed attacks in this sta...
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Level 6

Broken arrow Gain +2 on deflect attempts using unarmed verses missiles.
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Burning ki You can manifest your Ki physically as a weapon and it adds D6 fire damage.
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Cherry blossom Tattoo You take half damage from any falls. +1AR Crushing damage.
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Cobra touch As part of a melee physical attack you can spend 10' of movement to increase an ...
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Energy capacitor When targeted by an energy Attack, you take one less point of damage and become ...
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Environmental destruction You can as part of an attack choose to use and destroy items in the local area (...
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Hundred hands If you attack with a primary action, as a move action you may also execute an un...
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Prevent harm You can as a reaction deflect at+6 an attack from someone against themselves, eg...
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Shackleless You can break down doors of average build automatically. Sturdy or heavy doors r...
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Tengu step Take a 10' move as a reaction.
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To the victor If you drop an opponent unconscious or otherwise incapable of holding their weap...
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Water body You gain an AR of 1, rolling with all blows instinctively. This affects physical...
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Way of the Manticore Teaches that by killing another, you gain their Ki and grow stronger through str...
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Way of the Rhino Reduce difficult terrain moved over by one if moving in a straight line and term...
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Way of the Sphinx Teaches that duty is the only meaningful way to express a life. Strength, honour...
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Way of the Unicorn Teaches that there is harmony in all things, and you seek to maintain balance an...
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Wolf Tattoo +1 on attacks if adjacent to allies, AR1 energy.
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Level 7

Chrysanthemum tattoo Can heal self 1HP per level as a move action, or in addition to any recover or h...
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Dragon Tattoo Gain Magic Resistance MR2
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Drunken charge You stumble in a rapid, erratic fashion. Those you run by must make an WIL check...
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Iron fist Your unarmed attacks are considered iron for the purposes of attacking creatures...
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Ki buckler You gain the ability to focus your Ki into a physical manifestation that allows ...
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The oath of the Ocean While unarmed for each available hand you can shape water as a shield gaining +5...
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War butterfly When wielding two war fans, can jump 5' further or reduce falling damage to nil....
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Way of the Crane You call out and challenge an opponent, and do not refuse a duel. You respect no...
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Way of the Dragon Teaches that knowledge is true power, and that to share knowledge is to lessen y...
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Way of the Kirin Teaches that each combat has its own energy which nourishes its participants. Fi...
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Way of the Wyvern Teaches that victory must be sought at any cost! When you engage in combat you s...
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Way of the fox Your slyness and hidden ferociousness serve you well. When bloodied, you gain +1...
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Level 8

Double black You increase your unarmed damage step by one.
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Inner Ki Permanently improve one check of your choice from WIL, SDF, LIF or CON by 2.
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Ki shield Requires Ki buckler, allows deflection of arrows and small missiles 1/round as a...
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Lions roar Sonic blast cone 30' D6
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Spirit of protection tattoo The tattoo is mobile and moves to where you have been struck. This acts as +AR1 ...
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The ki is my ally You close your eyes. For the next round, any attack or check you attempt is at +...
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Throat punch On a hit you can elect to strike a caster so that they are incapable of articula...
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Way of the Demon Teaches that others should not meddle in your affairs. When in this stance you g...
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Way of the Gorgon Teaches that true power requires solitude and introspection to achieve. When in ...
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Way of the Monkey Your cheekiness allows you to take advantage of things in the moment. You gain +...
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Way of the Turtle Outlast. While in this stance you gain +2AR if you do not attack in a round, and...
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Level 9

Fated dodge Pick a whole number between 1 and 15 that is not divisible by 4 without remainde...
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Force of nature As you draw your weapon a tremendous blast of wind issues forth. Anyone in base ...
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Ki Healing As a full round action that provokes reaction, you can heal yourself for D6 dama...
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Ki sphere Requires Ki shield. Your Ki is now a physical manifestation. It can be used to b...
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Preternatural senses Allows you to fight blind with only a -2 penalty to hit within 30', and a moveme...
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Tortoise Tattoo Treat one ability as though one rank higher (non-mastery)
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Waterstrike You can focus your Ki so that as you step on water, it resists you and you can w...
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Way of the Badger Tenacity and Aggression in the face of larger foes. If you elect not to move thi...
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Way of the Griffin Teaches that strength, unyielding power and self-reliance brings victory. When i...
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Way of the Mantis Patience, training and preparation begets victory. When in this stance, you act ...
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Level 10

Carp Tattoo Can breathe water.
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Child of the owl Tattoo of owl eyes on the back of your hands- hold up your arms crossed in front...
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Crow Tattoo Immunity non magical disease, Resistant to taint and awry effects +2 checks aga...
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Ki power up You spend your move and primary actions for a round to charge your Attack with k...
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Quakestrike A single blow while you are on the ground throws a damaged opponent as though yo...
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Speak no evil Monkey tattoo Whispers in the avowed ear when they are being deceived. Strangles bearer if the...
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Split fire Can deflect a directional fire attack.
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Swordheart Now anything of similar size can act as a weapon you are trained in for you. A s...
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Timed to deflection You attack in concert with a single ally; your attack if successful prevents the...
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Vital counter If struck by a telling blow, make a AGL check. If successful then you take half ...
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Way of the spider Allows movement across any surface even those that cannot bear you normally as l...
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Level 11

Ignore Pain With a successful WIL check you may ignore the effects of wounds for a round.
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Ki black palm Your unarmed strike with an expenditure of 1-3HP bypasses armour on living targe...
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Kiss the air Attacks against you are now at -1.
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No blade Fighting with your Bladed weapon in its scabbard now counts as though you are fi...
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Tā Moko Tattoo Prevents possession, or charm effects. Ancestral spirits occasionally give insig...
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Way of the Cyclops Teaches that focus is everything. Concentrate fully on a deed and it will be don...
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Level 12

Bladewisp Using your ki, you can animate a small knife, dagger, spike or shuriken to kinet...
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Chainstrike You attach your Kama, knife or dagger to a chain, rope or other flexible length....
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Earth Tattoo This Hexagon has a mountain within it. +1AR when touching the ground.
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Ki deflect You can now deflect (ki or unarmed only) spells or effects with the word 'bolt' ...
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Labyrinth tattoo Facial tattoo of a labyrinth- those within 10' targeting you must MAG check and ...
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Mask presence You may choose to appear less powerful, as low as half your level. You are conce...
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Ocean wave tattoo Never need to eat, drink or sleep- but if your skin ever gets wet by contact wit...
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Return to sender When you successfully unarmed deflect an incoming physical projectile, you can s...
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Tumblespike You can move and make ranged thrown attacks; one with each hand.
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Level 13

Crescent Moon Tattoo +1 on LIF and CON checks. You gain +2DS on recovery under the moon.
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Greatleap You can leap up in the air equal to your movement. Leaping down this distance do...
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Runecarver As you fight, your ki burns/carves/scratches or scorches runes into the surround...
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Secret Master You can skip the early weapon mastery progression and jump straight to master (1...
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Silver strike Your unarmed attacks are considered to be silver. +1DS.
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Spirit strike You strike an adjacent target with an unarmed palm strike, but although you roll...
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Way of the Centipede Shadow walk between shadows within sight range and 20'.
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Level 14

Abort strike Upon hitting an opponent you can elect to use your reaction to instead fall pron...
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Demonground strike Stomp the ground Cracking it and kicking up small objects then blast them out wi...
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Jade fist Ability to damage weapons, armour or other solid objects, an object so struck mu...
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Ki breaker On a successful attack that causes damage, prevents opponent from using any powe...
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Sleeve of cracked stone tattoo Allows you to turn into a statue, not requiring air etc but motionless- each rou...
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Tiger burning bright Each round choose precision or power before attacking- add one to hit or damage....
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Wasp Tattoo Increase base movement by +1
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Way of the Wraith Teaches that darkness and silence is your ally. When in this stance you can hide...
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Level 15

Astral combat Without moving you can engage another opponent psychically without using strain....
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Great sky kick (A15/A23/A31).
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Hear no evil tattoo Monkey with hands over ears- causes you 1HP damage when you hear a lie (LIF chec...
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Ki Scream In a scream, those within 15' of you take 2D6 psychic damage. A successful CON c...
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Lightning combo Allows two attacks, taking your primary action and move actions, both at -5 to h...
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Spirit of power Tattoo A ghostly effect extends from your body like a melee weapon- when making unarmed...
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Transverse ki strike You can elect to strike a target in front of you, and leave that target complete...
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Level 16

Centipede Tattoo Allows you to shadowstep. You scutter into the shadows and reappear from another...
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Ki weapon You can extend your ki effects to wielded weapons, not just unarmed.
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Palm of the prophet Directed energy attack at up to 20' range. Choose Force, Lightning or Fire damag...
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Spirit punch your Ki extends your unarmed strikes by 5', the force of your blows unchanged.
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Water step You can walk on water a maximum distance equal to your movement. All your moveme...
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Level 17

Immovable object You can bind yourself to the spirit of the ground, and become extremely difficul...
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Master of ravens You can move about the dead as though you were one of them. They will not molest...
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Scorpion Tattoo Your unarmed strikes deliver pain - targets struck must make a CON check or be i...
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The ultimate aim Rather than attacking this round, you can use any action or partial move to look...
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Level 18

Angelkite For each successful strike in one round you punt your target up 20'. You need to...
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Butterfly Tattoo +1 SDF checks, AR+2 vs psychic attacks.
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Crab Tattoo This circle has a crab within it. As long as you are hydrated you gain AR+1
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Palm of enlightenment Crush damage 12D6 to a giant hand sized template.
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Spirit of will Charm and coercion effects cannot hold you. You gain a +3 on checks against thes...
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Spitting cobra Tattoo As a reaction when you attempt to deflect an attack, your tattoo strikes at your...
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Way of the Hydra Teaches that you must act swiftly and thoroughly and to endure the unendurable. ...
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Level 19

Devastating palm strike A single unarmed push strike, target makes an SDF check or moves back D20 feet. ...
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Featherstep Gravity no longer as a firm grasp upon you, make an unarmed success roll against...
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Mantis strike If an opponent in melee fails to hit you, you may using a reaction execute an un...
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Poison Lips Your breath is poison, as a primary action exhale 3D6 poison damage to a target ...
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Soulburst Ki orb You summon a sphere of Ki that you can propell forward that explodes with devast...
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Level 20

Forbidden fist style You must strike unarmed and do C damage to your opponent. They must make a LIF c...
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Ki hands At the cost of D6 HP of life damage, you can for one round create an additional ...
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Mountain goat You leap up onto an adjacent target or their weapon without provoking reaction, ...
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The way of the fist Your unarmed attacks are now considered enchanted, gain +3H and +1DS.
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Way of the Pheonix Teaches that everything is a cycle, and entropy and death is required for the cy...
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Level 21

Kiss of the dragon Using a needle, you can with a successful strike block the chi and life flow of ...
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Kiss the water Requires water step- you can now move over water indefinitely as long as you do ...
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Missile denial You can elect a 5' space in front of you for every 10 full levels. Any attackers...
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Level 22

Dragonfly Tattoo Attackers attack you at -1H.
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Extendable limbs You can stretch your arms or legs by 5' at will.
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Spectral form . You become spectral. Non magical weapon attacks have no effect on you. Your at...
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Spirit debt . You can borrow two fatigue levels worth of recovery from your spirit. When you...
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Transcendent kick An unarmed attack knocks back the target in feet equal to damage taken, and the ...
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Level 23

Snake nest tattoo As a full round action, you may send out a swarm of snakes from your tattoo. The...
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Tiger Tattoo +1 damage step for melee and unarmed attacks. You can opt for your unarmed attac...
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Level 24

Spectral step You can as an action become spectral for 1 round, immune to normal weapons. You ...
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Volcano tattoo A triangle with an erupting volcano within. You gain +1AR, +1H and +1 Fire damag...
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Level 25

Bloodbender Impair target, Can control or inflict 4D6 life damage. Target can elect to take ...
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You think that's air you're breathing You no longer need air, you metabolize oxygen through spiritual energy that surr...
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Level 26

Dragon claw (Primary attack, two attack rolls against one target- if both miss or are deflec...
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Lightning rope You can summon a bolt of lightning and slide down in by holding it in one hand. ...
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Level 27

Elemental soul Chose one:
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Master of air Feather step pre req. All distances are doubled and you only need to come within...
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Level 28

Devastating cut With any slashing attack you can cut down a tree in a single blow. If fighting a...
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Level 29

Sunburst arrow You fire an arrow into the air, and splinter it with ki, empowering it with fire...
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Level 30

Impossible font of weapons You can keep attacking as long as you hit and cause damage with a weapon then dr...
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Risen Tattoo Cross with light. When you are killed unless brought back to life you rise again...
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Star Tattoo You have a tattoo of a star emblem, within is silver. You gain +1AR as long as y...
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Level 31

Black Hand
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Level 32

Eye of Horus Tattoo around thumb and index finger, so that when you form the "okay" circle, i...
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Level 33

Inevitable something something You strike an opponent for 1HP of damage. Each time they recover they must LIF c...
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Level 34

Five finger death punch This takes your primary, move and reaction to execute a single C unarmed strike....
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Level 35

Blossom stairs To move each round you only need to touch one thing- even a leaf or raindrop wil...
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Fallen from heaven Angel tattoo that if looked at has eyes that burn and you cannot look away, fasc...
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Level 36

Force ghost Grand master avowed can change their form to a blue glowing spirit, which looks ...
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Impossible defence You can now attempt to deflect a critical hit as though it was a normal hit.
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Perfect strike Every hit you strike is a critical. You can elect to appear to kill a willing op...
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Ultimate swordsman You attain enlightenment and peace, and will never harm another. Your aura of pe...
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Level 38

Soundstrike You hit faster than the speed of sound; and shatter the sound barrier.
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