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2015-07-15, 02:07 AM
Way of the Assassinating Fist (Ansatsuken)
The Way of the Assassinating fist, or Ansatsuken, is an ancient martial art, recording it's lineage from student to master for over 600 years. At the fundamental level, Ansatsuken is about using 'Satsui no Hado", or murderous intent, to channel your Ki into powerful, destructive techniques. As such, Ansatsuken holds a great number of powerful warriors and assassins in it's historical ranks, and was known as the most deadly of arts.
That all changed when a master known as Gokui took the mantle of grandmaster of the school of Ansatsuken. He knew that such a murderous, corrupting art could never be truly used for righteous purpose, and so he set about changing the art to encompass Mu no Hado, the "Power of Nothingness", instead of murderous intent; this opened up the school to more flexible combat arts and meant fewer instances of corrupted students.
Those guides, those instructions, have not dissappered, and with the right amount of devotion, the secrets of Satsui no Hado may still be unlocked.
Mu no Ken/Satsui no Hado
At third level, when you take this class, you must choose weather you channel Mu no Hado (Power of Nothingness) or Satsui no Hado (Surge of Murderous intent). Mu No Ken is generally regarded as more lawful and good, whereas Satsui No Hado is wholly Evil and chaotic.
Ansetsuken Techniques
Also at third level, you learn the ancient techniques of the Ansetsuken Dojo:
- HadoKen/Messatsu go Hado: You learn to focus your Ki into a ball of destructive force you may fire at your opponent. You may spend a point of ki to cast the Eldritch Blast cantrip. If you channel Mu no Hado, you may choose for the cantrip to deal either fire or radiant damage instead of force damage; If you channel Satsui no hado, you may deal fire or necrotic damage instead of force damage.
- Tatsumaki Senpukyaku/Tatsumaki Zankyaku: You can propell yourself through the air with a ki-fueled whirlwind kick. As an action, you may spend a point of ki, and move in a straight line up to your movment speed; each creature you move adjacent to during that movement takes damage as it you hit them with an unarmed strike, or half that on a successful dexterity saving throw.
- Shoryuken/Messastu Go Shoryu: You focus your ki into your fist and your legs, punching your opponent into the air. As an action, you may spend a point of ki and make a single unarmed attack against a Large or smaller creature; if you hit, that creature must make a strength save or be pushed 10 ft. away from you, either straight back or straight up into the air; Knocking them into the air causes them to take 1d6 falling damage. At the end of the push, the creature is knocked prone.
Ansatsuken Specialization
Monks of the Ansatsuken school find themselves naturally drawn to one ofthe three major techniques, and they learn to harness that ability with much more skill than thier bretheren. At 6th level select one of your Ansatsuken techniques: that technique no longer costs a point of Ki to use.
Charge Technique
At 11th level, you learn the secrets of pushing your techniques further than you thought possible. When performing an Ansatsuken technique, you may spend an additional point of Ki to add your wisdom bonus to the damage of your technique.
Ultimate Technique
At 17th level, you learn the final secret of your path, the ultimate technique. This is directly tied to your Ansatsuken specialization:
- Shinku Hadoken: as an action, You fire your hadoken as a 120 ft. long, 10 ft wide beam. Each creature in this area must make a dexterity save. Failue means they take 10d10 points of Radiant or force damage, your choice, or half that on a successful save.
- Shinku Tatsumaki Senpukyaku: as an action, You funnel your ki into your legs, aturning your spinning kick into a whilring vaccuum of destruction. All creatures within 30 ft. of you must make a strength saving throw: Failue means that they are pulled adjacent to you (or as close as possible) and are dealt 10d10 magical bludgeoning damage. Those that make the save are not pulled and take half the damage.
- Shinryuken: You funnel your ki into your fist, turning you into a pillar of firey destruction. As an action, you make a single unarmed attack against a creature; if it hits, that creature takes 5d10 magical bludgeoning and 5d10 Fire damage, and is pushed 10 feet away from you for evey 10 points of damage the attack deals, taking falling damage as appropriate.
The sole exception is those that channel Satsui no Hado:
- Shun Goku Shatsu: As an action, you may move up to your speed at a target and grapple them; should you succeed, your target must make a constitution saving throw. on a failue, that target dies instantly; success means that they take 5d10 magical bludgeoning and 5d10 necrotic damage.
Using an ultimate technique is extermely taxing; once performed, you may not do so again until after a long rest.
The Way of the Assassinating fist, or Ansatsuken, is an ancient martial art, recording it's lineage from student to master for over 600 years. At the fundamental level, Ansatsuken is about using 'Satsui no Hado", or murderous intent, to channel your Ki into powerful, destructive techniques. As such, Ansatsuken holds a great number of powerful warriors and assassins in it's historical ranks, and was known as the most deadly of arts.
That all changed when a master known as Gokui took the mantle of grandmaster of the school of Ansatsuken. He knew that such a murderous, corrupting art could never be truly used for righteous purpose, and so he set about changing the art to encompass Mu no Hado, the "Power of Nothingness", instead of murderous intent; this opened up the school to more flexible combat arts and meant fewer instances of corrupted students.
Those guides, those instructions, have not dissappered, and with the right amount of devotion, the secrets of Satsui no Hado may still be unlocked.
Mu no Ken/Satsui no Hado
At third level, when you take this class, you must choose weather you channel Mu no Hado (Power of Nothingness) or Satsui no Hado (Surge of Murderous intent). Mu No Ken is generally regarded as more lawful and good, whereas Satsui No Hado is wholly Evil and chaotic.
Ansetsuken Techniques
Also at third level, you learn the ancient techniques of the Ansetsuken Dojo:
- HadoKen/Messatsu go Hado: You learn to focus your Ki into a ball of destructive force you may fire at your opponent. You may spend a point of ki to cast the Eldritch Blast cantrip. If you channel Mu no Hado, you may choose for the cantrip to deal either fire or radiant damage instead of force damage; If you channel Satsui no hado, you may deal fire or necrotic damage instead of force damage.
- Tatsumaki Senpukyaku/Tatsumaki Zankyaku: You can propell yourself through the air with a ki-fueled whirlwind kick. As an action, you may spend a point of ki, and move in a straight line up to your movment speed; each creature you move adjacent to during that movement takes damage as it you hit them with an unarmed strike, or half that on a successful dexterity saving throw.
- Shoryuken/Messastu Go Shoryu: You focus your ki into your fist and your legs, punching your opponent into the air. As an action, you may spend a point of ki and make a single unarmed attack against a Large or smaller creature; if you hit, that creature must make a strength save or be pushed 10 ft. away from you, either straight back or straight up into the air; Knocking them into the air causes them to take 1d6 falling damage. At the end of the push, the creature is knocked prone.
Ansatsuken Specialization
Monks of the Ansatsuken school find themselves naturally drawn to one ofthe three major techniques, and they learn to harness that ability with much more skill than thier bretheren. At 6th level select one of your Ansatsuken techniques: that technique no longer costs a point of Ki to use.
Charge Technique
At 11th level, you learn the secrets of pushing your techniques further than you thought possible. When performing an Ansatsuken technique, you may spend an additional point of Ki to add your wisdom bonus to the damage of your technique.
Ultimate Technique
At 17th level, you learn the final secret of your path, the ultimate technique. This is directly tied to your Ansatsuken specialization:
- Shinku Hadoken: as an action, You fire your hadoken as a 120 ft. long, 10 ft wide beam. Each creature in this area must make a dexterity save. Failue means they take 10d10 points of Radiant or force damage, your choice, or half that on a successful save.
- Shinku Tatsumaki Senpukyaku: as an action, You funnel your ki into your legs, aturning your spinning kick into a whilring vaccuum of destruction. All creatures within 30 ft. of you must make a strength saving throw: Failue means that they are pulled adjacent to you (or as close as possible) and are dealt 10d10 magical bludgeoning damage. Those that make the save are not pulled and take half the damage.
- Shinryuken: You funnel your ki into your fist, turning you into a pillar of firey destruction. As an action, you make a single unarmed attack against a creature; if it hits, that creature takes 5d10 magical bludgeoning and 5d10 Fire damage, and is pushed 10 feet away from you for evey 10 points of damage the attack deals, taking falling damage as appropriate.
The sole exception is those that channel Satsui no Hado:
- Shun Goku Shatsu: As an action, you may move up to your speed at a target and grapple them; should you succeed, your target must make a constitution saving throw. on a failue, that target dies instantly; success means that they take 5d10 magical bludgeoning and 5d10 necrotic damage.
Using an ultimate technique is extermely taxing; once performed, you may not do so again until after a long rest.