Quote Originally Posted by SurlySeraph View Post
Because having the ultimate attack of a fate-themed martial art be easy to completely ignore leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Plus I think "You can perfect away this attack for free, but if you do your rolls are at +1 TN or +1 difficulty for about 6 actions" isn't terribly unbalanced.
Perhaps instead flip it around: make an attack, the attacker may voluntarily forego any defense in order to take none of the attack's usual effects but must accept the penalty.