Dragon-Blooded Martial Arts

 

Spirit Sight

Cost: 5 motes

Duration: One scene

Type: Reflexive

Minimum Martial Arts: 3

Minimum Essence: 2

Prerequisite Charms: None

As mentioned previously, a basic part of Immaculate training is that of interacting with the spirit world. The first step in this training is to comprehend how to perceive the spirit world. This ability is gained as part of the basic training of a Dragon Path, whether the Exalt becomes an Immaculate during character creation or joins the Order later in life. Possessing it is a requirement for learning the Charms on the Dragon Path.

The practical upshot of this is that by spending five motes of Essence, an Immaculate can perceive spirits and incorporeal beings. Normally invisible spiritualized beings become visible to the Spirit Walker. This power lasts for an entire scene ― or until the Exalt consciously reattunes herself to the normal world. Reattuning to the normal world is a dice action.

Tuning in to the spirit world does tend to distract one from the concerns of the material one though. The Exalt invoking this ability suffers a +1 to the difficulty of any activity relating to the corporeal world while using Spirit Sight.

 

Spirit Walking

Cost: 3 motes, 1 Willpower

Duration: One scene

Type: Simple

Minimum Martial Arts: 3

Minimum Essence: 3

Prerequisite Charms: Spirit Sight

The Immaculates are widely known for their ability to interact with and combat spirits. By merely concentrating for a moment, a properly trained Dragon-Blood can do more than just see the spirit world. She can “Spirit Walk,” mystically attuning herself to the spirit world on a physical level.

This Charm allows the Immaculates who know it to interact with spirits as if they were normal corporeal beings. Physical damage dealt by a Spirit Walker that would normally pass right through a spirit’s immaterial form affects it as if the spirit were flesh and blood, as do the Charms and abilities of the Exalted. The Immaculate is still in the physical world, however, and has to deal with any physical limitations that may apply. Also, unless the Immaculate uses Spirit Sight, she cannot see dematerialized spirits.

Spirit Walking puts the character truly in tune with both the spiritual world and the corporeal one. When Spirit Walking is used with Spirit Sight, the +1 penalty to difficulties for physical world action is negated.