Martial Arts Styles: MA004 Shadeblade (Void/Spirit)

Shadeblade is the exclusive style of the lawful evil Darkmaker order of Serene Knights. Like other Serene Knight styles, it accommodates spell use, boosts psionic powers, and confers elemental powers before style mastery. Shadeblade is a hard, aggressive style that corners an opponent and beats down their defences with direct assaults when possible, resorting to special maneuvers and elemental powers when closing in on the enemy is not possible. Unlike Hopesabre and Judge's Sword, the Shadeblade practitioner spends little time learning to avoid blows, relying instead on maintaining an offensive advantage, and using toughening exercises and armour training to reduce the harm of being hit.
Sagus Consensus Designation: MA004
Focus: Internal
Secondary focus: Strike
Mode: Hard
AC modifier: 3
Attacks: 2
Damage: 1d6
Critical hit: fatal dam x2
Prerequisites: Darkmaker
Complimentary Arts: Monkpalm
Progression:
Basic
I: Meditation, Concentrated Push, Weapons: Bo, Jian
II: All-Around Sight, Weapons: Daab, Nunchaku, Supplement: Dual Weapons
III: Mental Resistance, Eagle Claw, Weapons: Shortspear, Spear Supplement: Armoured MA
IV: Distance Death, Blind Fighting Weapon: Doublespear Supplement: Elemental Mastery (Void) [gain Elemental Power Sword of Darkness]
V: Leap, Ironskin, Weapon: Double-Bladed Katana
VI: Levitation, Weapon: Tuck
VII: Psionic Boost, Astral Projection, Weapon: Flamberge [gain Elemental Power Lightning Bolt]

Effect

Void Power: Sword of Darkness (as 6th level WJ spell, cast as 6th level WJ)
Spirit Power: Lightning Bolt (as 3rd level MU spell, cast as 6th level MU)

Side/Secondary Effects

Moshu: This martial art may be active while casting spells (any)

Source

Negative Material Plane/Astral Plane

Related School

Parentage: Old Neijing, Dongzee

Related Element

Void/Spirit