[MA] Styles for Myth campaign

[Dunadin777]

UPDATED 1/26/2011: Minor tweaks; explained the nature of the Heron Guard's special combination.

I just bought MA this past week, and as such I think I'd like to make a few specific Martial Arts styles for the campaign I'm running. Here are the bare bones of the first two styles--just a description with a vague idea of what I expect of them. If you have any suggestions for filling in the gaps, please share your thoughts. I don't personally care about cinematic skills or techniques for my campaign, but if you have good suggestions for those fields, I'll put them in to make the styles more complete for general use.

(Format stolen from Icelander's style posts)


Two Arms for the Emperor
'Twisclifrunga' (lit. 'double clawing talons')
(Dual-broadsword Military Style) 3 points
The Heron Guard are the immortal order of the Emperor's guard. For more than eleven hundred years, the Heron have safe-guarded the rightful bearer of the Ibis Crown. During this time, the Heron have secured long life-spans from their patron deity, along with the power to heal. In war, the Heron Guard employ their unique abilities in the form of wise fanaticism--attacking fiercely without abandoning the wisdom of their years.

The martial art of the Heron is based upon terrible, swift action. Wielding two of the Heron's finely crafted talon-swords, a practitioner of this martial art is trained to keep both of his swords in constant motion. This style favors parries over dodging attacks or giving ground to the enemy, and it encourages vicious counter-attacks to the foe's weapon and arms. This fighting form is exclusively taught and used amongst the Heron Guard, and they would react harshly if a member of the Order of Regan were to teach it to outsiders.
Skills: Broadsword;Theology(Regan).
Techniques: Counterattack(broadsword); Feint(broadsword); Combination attack(talon-sword/riposte + talon-sword/weapon); Combination attack* (talon-sword/thrust/vitals + talon-sword/thrust/vitals + talon-sword/swing/vitals); Dual-weapon Attack(broadsword)**.
Cinematic Skills: To be filled in.
Cinematic Techniques: Dual-weapon Attack(broadsword).
Perks: Off-hand weapon training(broadsword); Unusual Training (May Learn Broadsword DWA vs 1 Target Only); Weapon Bond (talon-swords; must be bought for each).
Optional Traits
Secondary Characteristics: Extra Willpower.
Advantages: Ambidexterity; Power Investiture(Regan) with Longevity at first level and healing spells later; Reputation; Social Regard (Feared and Venerated).
Disadvantages: Code of Honor(more-or-less chivalrous); Vow(protect the people of the Cath Bruig); Fanaticism(for the Emperor).
Skills: Savoir Faire(military); Soldier; Tactics.
Techniques: To be filled in.

*Special Attack. Each of the first two thrusting attacks embed the sword into the target's body. The swords are considered unready for all purposes except for the third attack in the combination, and removing them otherwise requires a Ready maneuver and a ST roll
** Needs Unusual Training perk.

Legion Wolf-and-Hound
'Bordwacen' (lit. 'shield vigil')
(Broadsword-and-shield Military Style) 3 points
In the hundred and twenty years since the Avatara founded the Legion, it has seen more than its share of war. Equipped, trained, and finally led into battle by the most powerful mages known amongst the free world, the Legion began as an elite force tasked with stopping the hordes of undead overwhelming the tattered Cath Bruig Empire. While mustered from the humblest of origins, the common warrior of the Legion is far and away more reliable than the dissonant militias they replaced and yet still a far cry from the militant perfection of the Heron Guard.

Bordwacen was developed as an easy-to-train method of fighting undead hordes with a disciplined core of troops. Nicknamed Wolf-and-Hound by the old dogs of the Legion, this form is about waiting out your opponent, finding an opening, and then exploiting that opening to make a deliberate attack without over-extending yourself. Soldiers are trained to fight in close quarters, whether in enclosed spaces or shoulder-to-shoulder in a 'picket fence' of swords and shields. Used against living opponents, the simple rigor of this art makes it rather predictable and limited, but warriors still manage to best their average counterpart.
Skills: Broadsword; Shield.
Techniques: Close Combat(broadsword); Feint(shield); Targeted Attack (Broadsword/swing/Neck).
Cinematic Skills: To be filled in.
Cinematic Techniques: To be filled in.
Perks: Shield-wall Training; Sure-footed(uneven); Teamwork.
Optional Traits
Secondary Characteristics: To be filled in.
Advantages: Fearlessness 1 or 2.
Disadvantages: Duty.
Skills: Hazardous Materials/TL3 (magical); Hiking; Soldier; Tactics.
Techniques: To be filled in.