Arterial Strike
Arterial Strike
Prerequisites: Martial Rank 7
Disciplines: Stalker
Standard Action [REC Weapon Speed + 2]
Cost: 5 Stamina and 2 Stamina Burn
Effect: Your strike aims for a major artery, leaving your enemy's blood to paint the floor. Make an attack:
Range: Melee
Target: One Creature
Attack: Melee Weapon vs. AC
Hit: Weapon[7 WD] damage and the target must make an Injury Check with a +5 bonus or suffer an Arterial Injury (see below). If the target is already Disabled, it instead suffers a -10 penalty to the Injury Check (instead of making a second check). If the target suffers the same level of Arterial injury twice, the subsequent injury is upgraded in severity 1 degree (i.e. Deep Cut becomes Nicked Artery, etc)
| Severity | Injury |
|---|---|
| Moderate | Deep Cut |
| Severe | Nicked Artery |
| Critical | Severed Artery |
| Lethal | Sliced Throat |
Master Augment, Deeper Strike [Stance]
[Martial Rank 7]
Requirement: You must be utilizing a Stalker Stance.
Effect: If the target succeeds the injury check, it instead suffers 1 point of Blood Loss. Additionally, increase the difficulty of any Saving Throw imposed by the injury by 1d10.
Augment, Greater Arterial Strike
[Martial Rank 8, Stacking]
Stacking [Rank 8, 9, 10, etc]: This augment may be applied multiple times and is limited by your Martial Rank.
Effect: Increase the damage dealt by 1 WD.