Ki Boost

Tier 1 Technique (Easy(d) difficulty)

"Behold, the strength of a thousand armies!"

— General Drakewing Drogson, before single-handedly decimating an entire army.

Ki is all about manipulating life energy, so it makes sense that one would try to use this to enhance their own natural strength. This technique allows the user to boost a certain attribute of a target (which can be themselves) by channeling their energy into them. There are a variety of ways this effect can occur, as listed below, but it should be noted that these boosts are temporary, and only last until the end of the user's next turn in combat. In addition, when combining effects, the difficulty of them is combined, and some effects cannot be combined.

• Ki-kara (d): Boosting a target's physical attack strength, this technique adds damage to the target's unarmed combat checks equal to the user's ranks in Knowledge. This also gives unarmed combat checks a critical rating of 3. This can be combined with any other effect, except for Ki-mando.


• Ki-buru: (dd): This technique boosts the target's general ability to inflict damage, by all means. While attacking under the effect of this, the base damage of any attack is doubled. This may be combined with any other effect, unless otherwise stated.


• Ki-kudo (dd): This technique fills the target with vigor, increasing their speed. While under the effect of this technique, the target can always perform a second maneuver during combat without spending strain (although they may still only perform two maneuvers a turn), they can ignore the effects of difficult terrain, and cannot be immobilized. This can be combined with any other effect, except for Ki-mando.


• Ki-pawai (dd): This technique enhances all of a target's physical attributes at once, adding d to their Agility, Brawn, and Presence checks. This can be combined with any other effect, except for Ki-mando.


• Ki-mando (dd): This technique boosts a target's mental attributes, adding d to their Cunning, Intellect, and Willpower checks. This can be combined with any other effect, except for Ki-pawai.

Effect

Varies with technique

Manifestation

Ki Boost appears as a yellow aura around the target, boosting a certain attribute of theirs.

More information about the ruleset:
Ki:

Gestures & Ritual

Ki Boost is commonly used by focusing on the effect desired, shouting the name of the technique, as well as the suffixes of the additional effects. For example, combining Ki-pawai with Ki-kudo would require shouting "Ki-kudo-pawai!" The user must place at least one arm on their target, unless that target is themselves. The actual requirements involve a lot less shouting than is typically done by users on a common basis.

Related Discipline

Ki

Effect Duration

Until the end of the user's next turn

Effect Casting Time

1 Combat Maneuver and 1 Action (1 minute)

Range

engaged (range band)

Level

Characters need at least 1 rank in Ki to use this technique

Applied Restriction

Ki Boost needs at least one arm free to be used on others, and the vocalization, while often done over-dramatically, is not optional. If the user's hands are both incapacitated, or the user cannot speak, they cannot use this technique.