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<blockquote data-quote="Creamsteak" data-source="post: 486496" data-attributes="member: 552"><p>Kalanyr and I were working on some new proposed feats called Auras. An Aura often, but not necessarily, benefits the fighter with the ability and any allies. Some auras affect only the opposition and the fighter with the aura (Salvation), while others affect an entire grou (Prayer). Some auras are available to both unholy batteries and holy batteries. A fighter with an aura can only have one active at a time, meaning that some fighters with auras that they would like to use together (Meditation + Anything) is not a viable option. Oh, and one major point about auras, they can't be negated by a Trick.</p><p></p><p>Hope you like them, and I'm ready to find out what the problems in these are...</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">DEFENSIVE AURAS</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Prayer</p><p>AURA - REGENERATES LIFE</p><p>Cost: 4 xp</p><p>Prerequisites: 3 + Chi</p><p></p><p>Every round the fighter chooses to keep his Prayer Active, the fighter regenerates 1 lost hit at the cost of 4 chi. Any allies of the fighter present gain 1 lost hit as well, at a cost of 2 chi per fighter. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Resist Fire</p><p></p><p>AURA - PROTECTS AGAINST FIRE DAMAGE</p><p>Cost: 5 xp</p><p>Prerequisites: 3 + Chi or 3 + Ki</p><p></p><p>While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/roundand 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This Aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles phoenix/dragon, and the signature locations volcano/hells by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Defiance</p><p></p><p>AURA - INCREASES DEFENSE</p><p>Cost: 5 xp</p><p>Prerequisites: 3 + Chi or 3 + Ki</p><p></p><p>While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This Aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles hammer/mace, or the signature locations temple/shrine by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Resist Cold</p><p></p><p>AURA - PROTECTS AGAINST COLD DAMAGE</p><p>Cost: 5 xp</p><p>Prerequisites: 3 + Chi or 3 + Ki</p><p></p><p>While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles blizzard/tsunami, or the signature locations tundra/glacier by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Cleansing</p><p></p><p>AURA - REDUCES POISON AND CURSE DURATION</p><p>Cost: 5 xp</p><p>Prerequisites 3 + Chi</p><p></p><p>While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles spider/scorpion, or the signature locations cemetery/tombs by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Resist Lightning</p><p></p><p>AURA - PROTECTS AGAINST LIGHTNING DAMAGE</p><p>Cost: 5 xp</p><p>Prerequisites 3 + Chi or 3 + ki</p><p></p><p>While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles lightning/thunder, or the signature locations heavens/clouds by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Vigor</p><p></p><p>AURA - INCREASES SPEED AND STAMINA RECOVERY</p><p>Cost: 5 xp</p><p>Prerequisites: 3 + Chi</p><p></p><p>The fighter can retreat more easily, by draining chi. Every round this ability is active, the fighter uses 2 chi + 1 chi/for every ally. When performing a retreat, the fighter and any allies do not suffer a hit on a failed retreat, but the chi is drained. Also, the fighter can catch a retreating opponent more easily because of the enhanced speed. When an opponent successfully retreats, the fighter with Vigor gets one last chance to stop the opponent from escaping, and the opponent must attempt to flee a second time. Two fighters with Vigor act on each other as if neither had the ability active. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Meditation</p><p></p><p>AURA - INCREASES MANA RECOVERY</p><p>Cost: 5 xp</p><p>Prerequisites: 9 + Chi or 9 + Ki</p><p></p><p>A fighter with Meditation active can regenerate chi/ki during a battle. Every round, a fighter with the Meditation Aura active regenerates 1 chi/ki. This allows a fighter to continue fighting for a longer period. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Redemption</p><p></p><p>AURA - REDEEMS THE DEAD FOR MANA AND LIFE</p><p>Cost: 6 xp (Epic)</p><p>Prerequisites: 9 + Chi</p><p></p><p>A fighter with Redemption can return the bodies and spirits of his defeated foes to the divine in exchange for renewed fighting power. During combat, while Redemption is active, opponents that are dead during the fighters round disolve into divine energy. This energy is partially transfered to the fighter with the aura active, who regenerates 5 chi and 2 hits from the energy. Keeping this aura up costs 2 chi/round. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Salvation</p><p></p><p>AURA - PROTECTS AGAINST ELEMENTAL DAMAGE</p><p>Cost: 6 xp (Epic)</p><p>Prerequisites: 12 + Chi</p><p></p><p>A fighter with Salvation is divinely protected from the assaults of his enemies. When a fighter takes Salvation, the fighter chooses 4 signature styles and 4 signature locations to which the fighter reduces damage from by 1. As an aura, this ability must be active in order for a fighter to benefit. If a signature style and a signature location are both generated for a move, the fighter reduces the damage by 2. Maintaining Salvation drains 2 chi every round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Creamsteak, post: 486496, member: 552"] Kalanyr and I were working on some new proposed feats called Auras. An Aura often, but not necessarily, benefits the fighter with the ability and any allies. Some auras affect only the opposition and the fighter with the aura (Salvation), while others affect an entire grou (Prayer). Some auras are available to both unholy batteries and holy batteries. A fighter with an aura can only have one active at a time, meaning that some fighters with auras that they would like to use together (Meditation + Anything) is not a viable option. Oh, and one major point about auras, they can't be negated by a Trick. Hope you like them, and I'm ready to find out what the problems in these are... [size=6]DEFENSIVE AURAS[/size] Prayer AURA - REGENERATES LIFE Cost: 4 xp Prerequisites: 3 + Chi Every round the fighter chooses to keep his Prayer Active, the fighter regenerates 1 lost hit at the cost of 4 chi. Any allies of the fighter present gain 1 lost hit as well, at a cost of 2 chi per fighter. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time. Resist Fire AURA - PROTECTS AGAINST FIRE DAMAGE Cost: 5 xp Prerequisites: 3 + Chi or 3 + Ki While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/roundand 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This Aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles phoenix/dragon, and the signature locations volcano/hells by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. only one aura can ever be active at a given time. Defiance AURA - INCREASES DEFENSE Cost: 5 xp Prerequisites: 3 + Chi or 3 + Ki While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This Aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles hammer/mace, or the signature locations temple/shrine by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time. Resist Cold AURA - PROTECTS AGAINST COLD DAMAGE Cost: 5 xp Prerequisites: 3 + Chi or 3 + Ki While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles blizzard/tsunami, or the signature locations tundra/glacier by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time. Cleansing AURA - REDUCES POISON AND CURSE DURATION Cost: 5 xp Prerequisites 3 + Chi While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles spider/scorpion, or the signature locations cemetery/tombs by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time. Resist Lightning AURA - PROTECTS AGAINST LIGHTNING DAMAGE Cost: 5 xp Prerequisites 3 + Chi or 3 + ki While active, this aura protects fighters from certain attacks by reducing damage. This aura drains 1 chi/round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. This aura reduces damage from attacks using the signature styles lightning/thunder, or the signature locations heavens/clouds by 1. If an attack uses a signature style and signature location that this protection reduces by 1, the damage is reduced by 2 instead. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time. Vigor AURA - INCREASES SPEED AND STAMINA RECOVERY Cost: 5 xp Prerequisites: 3 + Chi The fighter can retreat more easily, by draining chi. Every round this ability is active, the fighter uses 2 chi + 1 chi/for every ally. When performing a retreat, the fighter and any allies do not suffer a hit on a failed retreat, but the chi is drained. Also, the fighter can catch a retreating opponent more easily because of the enhanced speed. When an opponent successfully retreats, the fighter with Vigor gets one last chance to stop the opponent from escaping, and the opponent must attempt to flee a second time. Two fighters with Vigor act on each other as if neither had the ability active. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time. Meditation AURA - INCREASES MANA RECOVERY Cost: 5 xp Prerequisites: 9 + Chi or 9 + Ki A fighter with Meditation active can regenerate chi/ki during a battle. Every round, a fighter with the Meditation Aura active regenerates 1 chi/ki. This allows a fighter to continue fighting for a longer period. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time. Redemption AURA - REDEEMS THE DEAD FOR MANA AND LIFE Cost: 6 xp (Epic) Prerequisites: 9 + Chi A fighter with Redemption can return the bodies and spirits of his defeated foes to the divine in exchange for renewed fighting power. During combat, while Redemption is active, opponents that are dead during the fighters round disolve into divine energy. This energy is partially transfered to the fighter with the aura active, who regenerates 5 chi and 2 hits from the energy. Keeping this aura up costs 2 chi/round. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time. Salvation AURA - PROTECTS AGAINST ELEMENTAL DAMAGE Cost: 6 xp (Epic) Prerequisites: 12 + Chi A fighter with Salvation is divinely protected from the assaults of his enemies. When a fighter takes Salvation, the fighter chooses 4 signature styles and 4 signature locations to which the fighter reduces damage from by 1. As an aura, this ability must be active in order for a fighter to benefit. If a signature style and a signature location are both generated for a move, the fighter reduces the damage by 2. Maintaining Salvation drains 2 chi every round and 1 additional chi for every fighter benefiting from this Aura. The minimum damage is 0, as this defense can only defend, not absorb an attack. Only one aura can ever be active at a given time. [/QUOTE]
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